Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys By Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times Published: March 10, 2021, 1:45pm Share: 2 Photos Brandy Clark performs at the fourth annual ACM Party for a Cause festival in Las Vegas on April 1, 2016. (Amy Harris/Rex Shutterstock/Zuma Press/TNS) Photo Gallery SEATTLE — When most people think about music from Washington, they default to Seattle, the city of grunge. But the town that birthed indie rock darlings and generational rap stars hardly has a monopoly on Washington music culture. Some of our greatest musical exports have deep connections with the more rural parts of the state. The proof is in the Grammys.