Welcome to Pen and Paige, the online home of Montana-based freelance journalist Anna Paige. I write lifestyle, music and pop culture features for half a dozen local publications, including Magic City Magazine and Yellowstone Valley Woman. I also pen a weekly music column for the Billings Outpost and publish Magic City Kitsch, a blog on the Billings music scene. Read More »
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Hamilton Loomis brings the blues
When Hamilton Loomis says “Everybody get your blues on,” he’s serious.
The Texan blues/rock/funk fusionist took the stage to a crowed room on Friday night in Billings, and attendees brought their dancing shoes.
Loomis and his band, composed of Stratton Doyle on saxophone and keys, Kent Beatty on bass, and Josh Duckworth on drums, delivered a sweltering set.
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A downtown Halloween
More on this neighborhood’s annual traditions: A downtown Halloween, Take a ghostly tour through one of Billings oldest neighborhoods.