Songs about tangoing Martians and colonoscopies

Seattle singer/songwriter Deb Seymour writes tunes about hitchhiking chickens in electric cars, tango dancing with Martians and the absurd indignities of undergoing a colonoscopy.

“Life is so difficult you can’t take it seriously sometimes,” Seymour said in an interview with the Journal from her home in Ballard.

The performer one fan described as a combination of Joni Mitchell and Lucille Ball brings her original tunes, a few covers and comic banter to a concert at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Germain’s Episcopal Church, 600 N. Lake Cushman Road, Hoodsport. Admission to the Tall Timbers concert is t...