'Get ready for music galore at the shore'

New KS interview in the Delaware Beachcomber.

REHOBOTH BEACH -- Multi-instrumentalist Ken Stringfellow has a busy, busy schedule these days.

The co-leader of Seattle powerpop band the Posies, who will play songs from his third solo album at a free concert at Dogfish Head on Wednesday, is also a member of the reconstituted Big Star. Oh, and he's also been the regular touring keyboardist for alt-icons R.E.M. for nearly a decade.

So which of these four projects is his priority?

"I don't know what it says about me, but everything's a priority," said Stringfellow, calling from a cellphone while trying to navigate the Massachussetts Turnpike on Wednesday. He was en route to Boston after having played two shows in one day in New York City Tuesday.

"That's kind of the vibe," Stringfellow said. "There's never just a show at night. In the daytime I'm either doing press or a radio show or an in-store (record store appearance)."

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