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2023-08-182h 55Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest August 10, 2023This was a mish mash of music with a PNW connection. Enjoy!
2023-08-132h 572023-08-0505 min2023-08-0502 min2023-08-0502 min2023-08-0501 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages-Maphead by Ken Jennings Part 4This was fun book, and Ken is remarkably glib and funny in this section.
2023-08-0510 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages-Maphead Part 3Continuation of Ken Jennings great book about his love of Cartography. Look it up.
2023-08-0509 min2023-08-0505 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages--Maphead by Ken Jennings Part 1Read by the author himself in this first episode.
2023-08-0505 minNotes by NorthwestNotes by NW August 3Take a listen to this three hour program with a range of music from the 50s until almost today.
2023-08-053h 002023-07-282h 59Notes by NorthwestNW Passages: Poetry reading by Jaiden Dokken Part 1 Jaiden Dokken, will serve a two-year term as Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate. Developed through a partnership between Clallam County and NOLS, a major goal of the Clallam County Poet Laureate program is to use poetry to bring a variety of voices and perspectives to culturally diverse audiences throughout the county, and to bring communities together through poetry.
2023-07-1601 min2023-07-1602 min2023-07-1605 min2023-07-1602 min2023-07-1606 min2023-07-1607 min2023-07-1604 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages-The Islands Call Part 1 Read by the author, Sandy FrykholmIn current-day Seattle, Gino makes his money writing a phony astrology column and playing fortune teller for party entertainment. Sara, a fraud investigator, has visions of the future that always come true—and she’ll do anything to keep it a secret. Her clairvoyance has destroyed important relationships in her life.When they meet, Gino hopes they can be more than friends. Unfortunately, the most Sara will commit to is cat-sitting for him while he goes sailing in Italy for his 25th birthday.But when Gino disappears while swimming near the islands of the sirens off the Amal...
2023-07-1607 min2023-07-1605 min2023-07-1604 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages-Snow Falling on Cedars Part 1This is the kind of book where you can smell and hear and see the fictional world the writer has created, so palpably does the atmosphere come through. Set on an island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, where everyone is either a fisherman or a berry farmer, the story is nominally about a murder trial. But since it's set in the 1950s, lingering memories of World War II, internment camps and racism helps fuel suspicion of a Japanese-American fisherman, a lifelong resident of the islands. It's a great story, but the primary pleasure of the...
2023-07-1604 min2023-07-1604 min2023-07-1606 min2023-07-1602 min2023-07-1605 minNotes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages-Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan Part 1From the NY Times review of this book. Egan has become my favorite PNW author.If you’re looking for something to believe in, you could do worse than Timothy Egan’s particular blend of intelligence and empathy. In his ninth book, “A Pilgrimage to Eternity,” this self-described “lapsed but listening” Irish Catholic makes the 1,200-mile journey from Canterbury to Rome along the Via Francigena “on foot, on two wheels, four wheels, or train — so long as I stay on the ground,” as he attempts to decide what he believes. If this book doesn’t quite settle the question of belie...
2023-07-1605 minNotes by NorthwestNotes by NW July 8This is a mix of music featuring artists and songs with a PNW connection. I chose Alice in Chains twice on this show, as I found something interesting online this week. The song Ranier Fog was recorded almost 20 years after the death of the group's former lead singer, Layne Staley. Though the magic or creepiness of AI, someone added his vocals to that song. You can find the version here.
2023-07-091h 57Notes by NorthwestInterview with Dan Brubeck-Brubeck Brothers QuartetThe Field Arts & Events Hall had its debut performance this week, the Brubeck Brothers Quarter, featuring two of the sons of a jazz pioneer, Dave Brubeck. This show includes excerpts of my interview with the very engaging Dan, along with a selection of the group's work. And I played a compare and contrast--the original version of the best selling jazz record of all time, Take Five by Dave Brubeck, followed by the Brubeck Brothers version.
2023-07-081h 14Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW July 1, 2023Summer is here in Sequim! This show included some CW songs with artists with a PNW connection, a nod to Canada Day, a shout out to my friends from Maple Valley where I played a song by their neighbor Brandi Carlile, and one of my favorites, Just Breathe, dedicated to my mom. She's breathing fine, by the way.
2023-07-031h 59Notes by NorthwestJune 24, 2023 Notes by Northwest: Music in the Park EditionThis show is dedicated to the artists featured at this summer's Music in the Park, mostly musicians from the Peninsula including favorites like Black Diamond Junction, Bread & Gravy, Buck Ellard and Jean Lemke. The first 40 minutes or so was not recorded (operator error) but I think you'll enjoy this nonetheless. Music in the Park features free concerts on Tuesday nights at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim and is brought to you by KSQM radio.
2023-06-251h 18Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW June 16This was a mix from The Stooges with their cover of the Kingsmen's Louie Louie, to Mark Knopfler, checking the PNW box with a solo effort called Seattle. Also featured the Postal Service, who is back on tour now, and Death Cab for Cutie for my sweet niece, who is actually a fan (who knew?).
2023-06-211h 56Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest June 10, 2023The first part of the show featured covers of Woody Guthrie songs, including a new release by the Dropkick Murphys from Okemah Rising (Okemah being the hometown of Woody Guthrie). Also had original and cover of Cryin' Time by Buck Owens and Will Worden, and a Stevie Ray Vaughn cover of Hendrix and Hendrix' cover of All Along the Watchtower, originally by Bob Dylan.A protégé of Woody Guthrie.Total coincidence. Or was it?
2023-06-111h 58Notes by NorthwestMay 27, 2023 Notes by NWI just listened to this show again, and really like the selections, ranging from a few covers of Woody Guthrie songs to Odo Abby, who is credited with bringing world music to the Pacific NW.
2023-05-281h 57Notes by NorthwestApril 22, 2023 Notes by NWAfter a few ''operator errors" at the beginning of the show, it was smooth sailing of a mix of PNW music from the 1950s til today.
2023-05-011h 54Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest-April 29, 2023This was a true variety show, with Country Joe McDonald kicking it off with his version of Roll On Columbia, to some groups I haven't played a lot, like Asterhouse and Mudhoney.
2023-04-301h 58Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW: April 15, 2023We took a tour from early Woody Guthrie to some mellow sounds for the first hour, and then ramped it up a bit, ending with PJ and Nirvana, with selections from their 1993 releases Vs. and In Utero.
2023-04-161h 58Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW: April 8, 2023The first hour of the show was on the mellow side, including Burl Ives (Anacortes, WA); Louis Armstrong (from soundtrack to Sleepless in Seattle), and Bing Crosby singing about the iconic Black Ball Ferry line. The second half was louder, as we were commemorating three grunge milestones on April 5: the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994; the death of Alice in Chains Layne Staley on the same day eight years later; and on a happier note, the 57th birthday of Pearl Jam's Mike McCready.
2023-04-092h 00Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW: April 1, 2023A mixture of music with a PNW connection, a bit on the mellow side this time. And I'm continuing to feature songs from two iconic grunge albums released 30 years ago--Vs. by Pearl Jam, and In Utero by Nirvana. Cue the angst.
2023-04-022h 02Notes by NorthwestMarch 25, 2023: Notes x NW and Tribute Show to Aretha FranklinThe first hour is a typical Notes by NW program, and the second hour was a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, on what would have been her 81st birthday. And it was a celebration of the Diva Piano donation to KSQM radio. The Steinway piano was donated to Jennifer Hudson's foundation, and she commissioned it to be painted by some famous street artists to commemorate her role as Aretha Franklin the the movie, RESPECT. The piano was auctioned off, and a Tacoma couple, Rich and Linzee Langsford, bought it at the auction. After moving to Sequim earl...
2023-03-261h 52Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 21-Telemachus Part 1Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town.
2023-03-1906 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 22-Telemachus Part 2Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town.
2023-03-1907 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 23-Telemachus Part 3Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town.
2023-03-1906 minNotes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages- Episode 25 Patriarchy Blues Part 1Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award.
2023-03-1903 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 24 Telemachus Part 1Telemachus, archetype of the boy left behind, is portrayed in this novel by Bobby Bacca, whose father, M.M.Bacca, the famous poet, has died. Bobby, an artist who has gone in search of his father’s past, revisits the Bacca legend through stories told by those who knew him best, while his own memories intersect with the effects of trauma pervading the adult lives of his contemporaries.It was written by former Port Townsend resident Michael Daley, and the town in which the story takes places feels a lot like this Peninsula town.
2023-03-1903 minNotes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 26: Patriarchy Blues Part 2Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award.
2023-03-1904 minNotes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 27-Patriarchy Blues Part 3Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award.
2023-03-1902 minNotes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 28-Patriachy Blues Part 4Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Vadon Foundation. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues, received an American Book Award.
2023-03-1902 minNotes by NorthwestMarch 18, 2023 Notes by NWPete SeegerRoll on Columbia. The KingsmenMoneyJelly roll mortonSeattle HunchThe wailersSeattle Kenny LogginsCelebrate me homeTimberboundMile and a halfMerilee RushAngel of the morningThe stoogesLouie Louie Sunny day real estateSevenCrushwater Starry SkikesDave lewisLittle green thingBuilt to spillBroken ChairsEnumclaw2002Stevie Ray VaughnLittle WingRobert crayDon't be afraid of the darkNeko CaseFurnace Room Lullaby Norfolk and westernI'm waiting in writingMoby grapeOmahaBand of horsesThe funeralWillie nelson and ricki lee jonesComes loveFoo figh...
2023-03-191h 57Notes by NorthwestMarch 4 Notes by NorthwestA general mix of PNW music from Woody Guthrie, Ricki Lee Jones and Everclear.Woody Guthrie Roll Columbia Roll Kingsmen ShoutThe miracle workers PsychoDiana Schurr & Jose Feliciano By DesignBuck Owens Streets of BakersfieldBlind Pilot Story I heardHaley Blais Rob the Original Blind Pilot The Story I HeardDecemberists Down by the Water Jewel HandsDiana Krall If I had YouBrandi Clarke Something newRicki Lee Jones Danny's All Star Joint Will and Haylie ColoursRay Charles and Willie Nelson It was a very good yearThe Dip AdvertisingEverclear This Land it your land Haley Hannah Heynderickx First I'm SorryCrosby Stills Nash
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Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 19: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyWe are continuing to feature passages from Ken Kesey’s 1964 novel, Sometimes a Great Notion, which has been described as his “opus”. It’s a story about an Oregon logging family led by a strong-willed father who fights with his family, his friends, and many in their small logging town. In this passage, we’ll hear some of his backstory, which actually takes place later in the book, about settling in rural Oregon.
2022-12-1105 min
Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 20: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThis episode completes passages from the Ken Kesey book, Sometimes a Great Notion, which chronicles the story of a tough logging family, the Stampers, in a small Oregon logging town. The patriarch of the family, Henry Stamper, has a motto, Never Give an Inch, and lives it in his actions with his family and the citizens of the small town. The passages we’ll hear today is about the backdrop of a small Oregon town in the dread of November, and we hear a bit about one of the characters who hides a secret.The author died in...
2022-12-1107 min
Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 13: Turnaround TimeAuthor David Guterson chronicles his love of the beauty of the PNW as a lifelong hiker. In this excerpt from early in the book, he tells of some his first experiences as a hiker, and some of the colorful characters he meets.
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Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 14: Turnaround Time by David GutersonWe continue with Guterson's sketches about hiking in the PNW which for the author is as much a spiritual journey as it is a physical one.
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Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 15: Turnaround Time by David GutersonThe author of Snow Falling on Cedars chronicles his journeys in the wilds of the Pacific NW in these series of sketches about the people and the land.
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Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 16: Turnaround Time by David GutersonToday’s segment is a poem entitled A Narrow Road to the Interior speaks not only to the interior of the PNW forest, but the journey to the interior of the soul as manifest by the very act of of hiking.David Guterson’s Turn Around Time was published in 2019 by Mountaineers Books. You can learn more about the author, the book and his other words at his website, davidguterson.com.
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Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 17: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyFor the next four weeks, we will feature passages from Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion, a story about an Oregon logging family set in the 1960s. If the name Ken Kesey sounds familiar, he is also the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The passage we’ll hear today is the first few pages of the book, to the little logging town of Wakonda, where a union strike and an independent family of loggers begin to clash.
2022-12-1106 min
Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages Episode 18: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyToday we will continue to explore the passages from the Ken Kesey novel, Sometimes a Great Notion, published in 1964. In the passage we will hear today, the underlying tensions of the Stamper family, loggers in a small Oregon town, become more tense, with half brothers Hank and Lee try to keep the family logging operations moving with the back drop of a union strike by other loggers in town.
2022-12-1106 min2022-12-052h 00Notes by NorthwestNovember 26, 2022 Tribute to Jimi HendrixSeattle guitar legend Jimi Hendrix would have turned 80 on November 27 had he not died at age 27 in 1970. This program features some of the musicians who influenced him, including Muddy Waters and Bob Dylan, Jimi's music from the three albums he released in his lifetime, and covers of Jimi Hendrix songs by other artists. Also included is my interview with curator of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a tribute to music and Hendrix. The show ends with a live recording of a 1967 concert in LA just released in...
2022-12-052h 00Notes by NorthwestNovember 12, 2022 Notes by NorthwestPlaylist The Highwaymen Roll On Columbia Stompin Tom Sasquatch songHank Cramer I guess he's rather be in ColoradoBuck Owens Streets of bakersfieldRosalie Sorrells If I could be the rainThe Ventures Secret Agent ManLavender Country I Can't shake the stranger out of youNorfolk and western CentraliaRay Charles and Nora Jones Here you go again Ray Charles Heat of the Night Blitzen Trapper Love the way walk away Ricki Lee Jones Danny's All-star jointDecemberists Sons & Daughters Eddie Vedder ...
2022-11-1359 min2022-11-091h 52Notes by NorthwestOctober 22 Notes by NW: Tracing the DNA of Puget Sound BandsPlaylistWoody Guthrie Roll On ColumbiaSonics Have love will travel Wailers Sack o WoeKingsmen Shout Daily Flash Forever to LoveFleet foxes White Winter HymnalFather John Misty I love you HoneybearThe Lashes Sometimes the sun Chrystal Skulls Count your gold Alice in chains No excusesJerry Cantrell Had to Know Mad Season River of DeceitCandlebox Change New Original Sonic Sound PsychoMudhoney Toilers Melvins Joan of ArcNirvana Lithium Foo Fighters Times like theseTemple of the dog Times of trouble mother love bone StargazerPearl Jam Smile Eddie Vedder Society Third Secret Diamond in the coldGreen River
2022-11-062h 00Notes by NorthwestOctober 15 Notes by NorthwestPlaylist Highwaymen Roll On Colombia Burl Ives Big Rock candy mountain Bing Crosby Don't fence me inRanger and the Re-Arrangers Walk don't runJudy Collins Turn Turn Turn The Shins Sea LegsThe Dip Sure don't miss youMoby grape OmahaDanny Barnes Hey Man Head and the heart Lost in my mindFaustina Masigat Done thinking about it Taylor Kingman WannabeTK and the Holy know nothings Emmanuel Rocky Voltalato Texas Scorpioncascade timber Sweet Mother EarthLaura Gibson Empire BuilderRobert Cray ...
2022-10-202h 00Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW-October 8, 2022PlaylistJudy Collins Roll On Columbia Kingsmen Money Paul revere and the raiders Steppin StoneThe miracle workers PsychoCharlie Ryan hot rod lincolnJeff Lorber Pacific Coast HighwayEsperanza Spaulding Samba Em Preludio Nat King Cole Route 66Margo Cilker Broken arm in OregonRocky Voltalado Becoming Human Norfolk & western Watch The Days Slowly FadeWill and Haylie Nine pound hammer Denver (band) Carry OnThe Cave Singers Dancing on our graves Birger Olsen The Telephone Dangles star anna black cat bluesJesse Roper Fool in love
2022-10-102h 00Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW-Country Music of the PNW-October 1PlaylistPeter McKee Roll On ColumbiaRosalie Sorrels borderline heart Loretta Lynn Portland, Oregon Tammy Wynette Apartment #9Alison Krause Pastures of PlentyDolly Parton DeporteeArlo Guthrie Oklahoma HillsFolk Uke Nobody BluesLavender Heights I can't shake the stranger out of you Brandy Clarke Homecoming queen Sera Cahoone Deer Creek canyonAndy Gibson Summer BackCort Carpenter Have you ever seen the rainJames Otto just got started loving youBlaine Larson Baby don't get hooked on me Jesse Sykes You are not gotten hereHank Cramer ...
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 5: The Good Rain Part 1NW Passages features passages from books or poetry with a PNW connection. This is the first episode from Timothy Egan’s classic book about the Pacific Northwest, The Good Rain. First published in 1990, is a beautifully written book about the people, history and natural wonders of the PNW, and was actually inspired by the book we featured last month on NW Passages, the Canoe and the Saddle, written in 1853 by Theodore Winthrop. Timothy Egan defines the PNW as wherever salmon can get to. In this passage, which begins the book, Egan shares his thou...
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 6: The Good Rain part 2NW Passages features passages from books or poetry with a PNW connection.Timothy Egan has written several books about the PNW, and this 1990 is considered to contain some of the finest writing about our natural environment. In this passage, Egan tells a story about a random encounter with a herd of Roosevelt elk on the Olympic Peninsula in a dark and damp canopy of fir trees.
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 7: The Good Rain Part 3NW Passages is the new series features passages from books with a connection to the Pacific Northwest, and this month, we will feature selections from Timothy Egan’s classic book about the PNW, The Good Rain. In this passage, Egan describes the remoteness of the Northern Cascades, where, until 1972, no proper roads transverse the lands. He goes on to quote a trapper who described the region as a land so wild, I cannot find words. The reference to Winthrop in Egan’s passage may sound familiar. Winthrop was the east coast traveler who chronicled his journeys...
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 8: The Good Rain Part 4This final episode of The Good Rain finds Egan on the western most part of the Olympic Peninsula, in La Push. The seemingly constant winds from the Pacific form the landscape, the trees, and the people of the area, all the way down to their breath. You can read about that book, or others by this great PNW author by visiting his website, www.timothyeganbooks.com. Thanks to Connie Furr for her reading.
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 11: The Boys on the Boat Part 3On this episode, you’ll hear a passage about a defining race that helped the University of Washington rowing team set their place on the world stage at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. If you want more information about the book, which was a NY Times bestseller, you can visit the author’s website, www.danieljamesbrown.com. Thanks to Connie Furr for her reading.
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 10: The Boys on the Boat Part 2The Boys on the Boat is the story about the underdog University of Washington rowing team who wins the 1936 Olympic gold. The story’s main character, Joe Rantz, lived on Silberhorn Road in Sequim. In this passage, we’ll hear about how the virtually orphaned Joe Rantz tried to scrape by when his family left him alone in Sequim when he was a teenager. If you want more information about the book, which was a NY Times bestseller, you can visit the author’s website, www.danieljamesbrown.com. Thanks to Connie Furr for her reading!
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 9: The Boys on the Boat Part 1The Boys on the Boat is the story about the University of Washington rowing team who, against all odds, wins the 1936 Olympic gold. The story has a special connection to Sequim, as the main character of the story, Joe Rantz, spent much of his childhood here in Sequim. When you’re driving into town, you can see the road sign calling out the two Olympic champions from Sunny Sequim. Joe Rantz is one of them. In this passage, we’ll hear the author, Daniel James Brown’s description of what was then a sleepy farming town on the Olympi...
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages Episode 12: The Boys in the Boat Part 4In this final episode for the book, Brown does a masterful job of capturing the excitement of the Olympic finals, where a rag-tag US team from the University of Washington beats out every other country for the Olympic gold in rowing. If you have suggestions for other passages we can feature on upcoming shows, please let me know on the notesbynorthwest.com website, using the contact function.For more information about the book, visit the author’s website, www.danieljamesbrown.com. Thanks to Connie Furr for her reading.
2022-10-0103 minNotes by NorthwestSeptember 17, 2022 Anniversary ShowHere's the playlist of artists I've come to enjoy in the first year of Notes by Northwest:Woody Guthrie Roll On Columbia Wailers Lucille Kingsmen Louie LouieQ, Jones/Barry White Secret Garden Folk Uke Wear you downBrandi Clarke That wasn't meWill and Haylie ColoursBrandi Carlilse Every time I hear that songWilco Billy Bragg Way over yonder in a minor keyEddy Vedder Just breatheCrushwater CaliforniaChad Mitchell Trio Reuben JamesBuck Ellard Simple ManLongboat Tacoma Woody G...
2022-09-212h 00Notes by NorthwestSeptember 3, 2022 Notes by NorthwestPlaylist:Penny whistlers | | Roll On Columbia | The miracle workers | | Way Back When | Mason Burns | | Come on Baby | Kristina Lao | | Mice | Rumour Mill | | Feel it 2 | Odo Abby | | Oshi | Heart | | Dog and Butterfly | The Matinee | | Said I | Rocky Voltalado | | Little Black Diamond | Grand Archives | | sleepdriving | Wild Powwers | | Gorgon | Tiny Vipers | | Dreamers | Band of horses | | No body's going to love you | The LoveMongers | | Sand | Beat Happening | | Our secret | Ray Charles | | America | Cub | | She's like a Rainbow | Willie Nelson and Ricky Lee Jones | | Comes Love | Danny Barnes | | Pizza box | Les Gold...
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-September #1: The Canoe and the Saddle by Theodore WinthropTheodore Winthrop was a New Haven, CT dandy who ventured west to California, the Oregon and Washington Territories, and British Columbia in 1853 to explore the Pacific NW, its natural beauty, and its native peoples. The story of his journey, The Canoe and The Saddle, was first published in 1862, a year after the death of Winthrop in one of the early skirmishes of the civil war. Winthrop’s depiction of the Northwest, particularly Washington Territory, earned the book great popularity. The town of Winthrop, Washington took on his name in 1890 and Mount Rainier’s Winthrop Glacier is also...
2022-09-0203 minNotes by NorthwestNW Passages-September #2: The Canoe and The SaddleWe’re continuing this week with The Canoe and The Saddle, the account of Theodore Winthrop’s journey to the Washington Territory in 1853, where he shared his accounts of the majesty of the mountains, the Salish Sea, and the native peoples of the PNW. This edition of NW Passages includes Winthrop’s tribute to the mountain he, and the first people—refer to as Tacoma—and what the whites then and today call Mt. Ranier—much to the author’s chagrin.
2022-09-0202 min
Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-September #3: The Canoe and the Saddle by Theodore WinthropIn this episode, we will continue the journey across 1850s Washington Territory as told by Theodore Winthrop, the Connecticut dandy who trekked across the PNW and wrote about it in his book, The Canoe and the Saddle. In this passage, Winthrop tells the story of waking in the PNW forest at sunrise, in an encampment of missionaries, and the profound effect that colors, and light and the land and the vegetation has on him that day, and for the rest of his life.
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Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-September #4: The Canoe and the Saddle by Theodore WinthropIn this segment from The Canoe and the Saddle, author Theodore Winthrop relates another spiritual moment inspired by the natural beauty of the Washington territory in the mid-1800s.
2022-09-0202 minNotes by NorthwestAugust 27, 2022 Women of the Pacific NWThe entire show is dedicated to female artists:Judy Collins Roll on Columbia Rosalie Sorrells If I could be the rainLoretta Lynn Don't come home a drinkingErnestine Anderson The Thrill is goneEsperanza Spaulding Touch In MineBrandy Clarke Get HighBrandi Carlilse Right on timeBlack Belt Eagle Scout At the partySleater-Kinney Can I Go On Bailey Brian SongbirdFawn Wood Pledging My LoveRicky Lee Jones GloriaNora Jones & Ray Charles Here you go againNeko Case Mood to burn bridgesKaitlyn Aurelia Smith ...
2022-09-011h 59Notes by NorthwestAugust 20--Artists from Thing Festival in Port Townsend August 26-28,2022Steve Einhorn Roll on ColumbiaDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio Pull yo’ pants upDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio Careless whisperThe Dip AdvertisingThe Dip Never my loveModest Mouse Lampshades on Fire Modest Mouse Float on Father John Misty I went to the store one dayFather John Misty Honey bearHaley Blais FirestarterHaley Blais Rob the originalFaye Webster JonnyFaye Webster KingstonWet leg Chaise LoungeNation of language The grey commuteNation of language Across that fine lineEnumclaw 2002Enumclaw Fast and...
2022-08-232h 00Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW August 13: Tacoma Songs and ArtistsPlaylist: Woody Guthrie Roll On Columbia The Frantics werewolfVentures secret agent man Wailers Tall Cool One Kingsmen Money That's what I want Sonics Have love will travelGirl Trouble Follow me down The Regents Barbara AnnThe Association Never My LoveBuck Owens Streets of BakersfieldDon Rich Round Hole Guitar Rachel Taylor Light A fire Boss Martians I am your radio Neko Case South Tacoma WayRobert Cray Don't be afraid of the darkGuns & Roses PatienceSeaweed Magic Mountain manlongboat Tacoma Steve Miller Rocking MeMoby Grape
2022-08-152h 01Notes by NorthwestAugust 6 Notes by NorthwestHere's the playlist for this dog days of summer episode: Highwaymen Roll On ColumbiaTimberbound End of my lineRosalie Sorrells Home Ain't in The Hall of FameBuck Owens Tiger by the tailRocky Voltalado EvergreenWill and Haylie Colorado GirlRichmond Fontaine CapsizedBrandi Carlilse Right on timeSheryl Crow featuring Eric Clapton, Sting & Brandi Carlile Beware of DarknessTelekinesis Power Lines Dark Smith Waiting Cascade timber Sweet Mother EarthDamien Jurado SheetsBob Dylan WatchtowerRicky Lee Jones Subterranean Homesick BluesFather John Misty I went to the store one dayFleet Foxes Sun GiantBailey Bryan Too goodEMBLEM3 ChloeThe Shins New slang Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames Hoping Machine Minus the Bear My TimeNorfolk & Western CentraliaBuilt to Spill The PlanTemple of the Dog Hunger Strike The Melvins RevolveBlind Pilot
2022-08-082h 01Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW-All SeattleAll the music on this program either has "Seattle" in the title, or is about an area of Seattle, just for fun. Here's the playlist:The Pennywhistlers Roll On ColumbiaThe Fabulous Wailers Seattle Jelly Roll Morton Seattle HunchLaurie Lewis Quintet Summer in Seattle Shawn Mullins September in Seattle Robyn Hitchcock Belltown RambleOwl City Hello SeattleMarcy Playground Shadow of SeattleFoo Fighters New way homeNirvana Smells like Teen SpiritFrank Zappa Mud SharkHot Toddies SeattleFoo Fighters AuroraBand of Horses The fune...
2022-07-312h 00Notes by NorthwestWoody Guthrie Tribute Part 2This features covers of Woody Guthrie songs by his contemporaries, by some current artists, songs by the next generations of Guthries, and some new songs based on Woody Guthrie lyrics, some of the more than 3000 he wrote in his amazing lifetime. Here's the playlist:William Worden Roll On ColumbiaPete Seeger Union MaidCisco Houston Grand Coulee DamRambling Jack Elliot NY TownThe Weavers So LongOdetta Rambling round your cityLeadbelly We shall be freeAlmanac Singers House of the rising sunLonnie Donegan Gamblin' Man Ry Cooder Vigilante Man Ave...
2022-07-272h 03Notes by NorthwestWoody Guthrie SpecialThis audio documentary chronicles the life and the music of the father of American folk music on the 110th anniversary of his birth in Okemah, Oklahoma. The program includes a number of his songs, my interview with Nora Guthrie, the Director of the Woody Guthrie Foundation (and Woody's daughter); my interview with KEXP-FM host Greg Vandy, the author of a book about the Columbia River series, 26 Songs in 30 Days; and exerpts from Woody's autobiography, Bound for Glory and other readings.
2022-07-162h 08Notes by NorthwestJuly 9 Notes by NorthwestThis program featured music and artists I've never played before on the show. I hope you hear something new and interesting. PlaylistPennywhistlers Roll On Columbia Bill Frissell Rumble Shook twins Mad ScientistDanny Barnes Pizza box Zauso Setting SunCourtney Marie Andrews America Margo Cilker Broken arm in OregonBailey Bryan SongbirdDesolation Horse Best FriendChastity Belt DroneNo-No Boy Gimme ChillsNoah Gundersen As tears go byShania Shepherd There will never be another youHarvey Danger wine women and songBrittany Davis Tonight Ch...
2022-07-102h 05Notes by NorthwestJune 26 Notes by NorthwestPLAYLIST Highwaymen Roll on Colombia Pete Seeger Acres of ClamsFess Parker Lewis & Clark Dave Lewis Little Green thingNeko Case South Tacoma WayOwl city Not all heroes wear capesBen Gibbard Train songAyron Jones Take Me awayFrank Zappa Mud SharkWidowspeak MoneyEnumclaw 2002Decemberists Down By the water Brandy Clark Get High Norfolk & Western CentraliaMount Eerie Between Two MysteriesFleet Foxes Helplessness bluesAlice in Chains Man in the box Nirvana Something in the wayPearl Jam JeremyMudhoney good enough3rd Secret
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Notes by NorthwestMay 28--Will Worden InterviewThis is my live interview with country folk singer and songwriter Will Worden, where we discuss his musical influences from the Beatles to Townes Van Sandt, his original compositions, and how he became such an old soul at such a young age. The program kicks off with Will's version of Roll On Columbia that he recorded in Woody's cabin on actor Will Geer's property in Topanga, California.
2022-06-162h 04Notes by NorthwestJune 11PLAYLISTPeter McKee Roll On ColumbiaBuck Ellard Simple Man Bread & Gravy Black Diamond Junction CreepFleet Foxes I’m not my seasonDamien Jurado sheetsBlue Mountain Troublemakers Seven Bridges RoadBlack Belt Eagle Scout At the PartyJimi Hendrix Hey JoeDeath cab for cutie Northern lights Car Seat Headrest sober to deathBlind Pilot The Story I HeardJesse Sykes The dreaming dead Neko Chase Furnace room lullabyRicky Lee Jones Subterranean Homesick BluesSoundgarden Burden in my handWill & Haylie Colorado Girl Eddy Vedder and Elton John
2022-06-152h 00Notes by NorthwestInterview and music by Peter McKeeThis interview features Peter McKee, a former Peninsula resident, whose been playing the banjo his entire adult life. He's a fan of Woody Guthrie (who he honored in a unique way on Woody's 100th birthday), Pete Seeger, and a lot of other fine artists. This show includes my interview with Peter and the following songs:Peter McKee Roll On Columbia Woody Guthrie It Takes a Married Man to Sing a Worried Song Woody Guthrie Columbia's WatersWoody Guthrie The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever DoneWoody Guthrie The End of My Line Will Geer Woody Guthrie quote Woody Guthrie Pastures of...
2022-05-101h 51Notes by NorthwestApril 9,2022 Notes by NorthwestWoody Guthrie- Roll On Columbia Brandi Carlile- Right on Time Brandy Clark - Who you thought I wasChris Cornell- Watching the WheelsFleet Foxes- Innocent SonFoo Fighters- Learn to FlyJimi Hendrix-Stone FreeChad Mitchell Trio w/ John Denver-Mr. Tambourine ManTammy Wynette-Stand by your manJimmy Durante- Make someone happyPaul Revere and the Raiders- Let Me Sam Kim- Seattle Ray Charles w Johnny Mathis- Over the rainbowFabricators-Heaven BoundSinatra w Quincy Jones-Stormy Weather Quincy Jones-Killer Joe Paul Rogers-I don't li...
2022-04-131h 59Notes by NorthwestApril 2, 2022 Notes by NorthwestPlaylist:Pete Seeger Roll on ColumbiaBurl Ives Wild Side of LifeLoretta Lynn After the fire is goneRay Charles Sweet potato pie (with James Taylor)Bing Crosby Swing on a starKingsmen Jolly Green GiantFrank Sinatra (Q Jones) Teach me tonightKenny Loggins Daddy's backBuck Ellard Simple manRickie Lee Jones Flying CowboysRickie Lee Jones Rodeo girlGene Autry Back in the saddle againBand of Horses No one's gonna love youAmanda Marshall Dark HorseHank Cramer Death Rides a Dark HorseHendrix Foxy Lady Father John Misty I went to the store o...
2022-04-091h 56Notes by NorthwestMarch 26, 2022 Notes by Northwest PlaylistHighwaymen Roll On ColumbiaHank Cramer I guess he'd rather be in Colorado Stompin’ Tom Conners Sasquatch SongBuck Owens Tiger by the tail Don Rich Round Hole GuitarErnestine Anderson Stardust The Dip Never my loveDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio Pull yo pants up Dave Lewis Little Green thingRay Charles What I sayRobert Cray Don't be afraid of the dark Norfolk & Western I'm waiting in writingChris Walla Sing AgainJennifer Thomas Illumination Willie Thrasher BeautifulJosh Ritter Old Black MagicPresidents of USA LumpRocky Votolato White Daisey Passing Sunny Day Real estate In CirclesModest Mouse Lampshades on FireDecemberists Sons & DaughtersBuilt to Spill Time TrapShins New slangBlack Belt Eagle Scout At the partyCub
2022-04-011h 59Notes by NorthwestMarch 19, 2022 Notes by Northwest-Tribute to Quincy JonesQuincy Jones first learned about music as a 14 year old teen in Seattle, where he hung out at the clubs and met a 16 year old Ray Charles. This show features the solo work and the collaborations over decades with a spectrum of artists. PlaylistJudy collins | Roll on Columbia Quincy Jones | Killer JoeDuet with Barry White | Secret GardenQuincy Jones | Evening in ParisQuincy Jones | Theme from IronsideQuincy Jones | A Hard Day's NightSinatra | Mack the KnifeMiles Davis with Quincy Jones (producer) | Summertime Sinatra | ...
2022-03-292h 00Notes by NorthwestMarch 12, 2022 Notes by NorthwestPlaylist for this show | The Highwaymen | Roll On Columbia, Roll On | Don't Fence Me In | Bing Crosby | Hank Cramer | Galway Girl | David Gogo | Soul Fever | Paul Revere | Kicks | Chad Mitchell Trio featuring John Denver | Mr. Tambourine Man | Ernestine Anderson | Thrill is Gone | Nat King Cole | Stardust (from the soundtrack to Sleepless in Seattle) | Dr. John / Rickie Lee Jones | Makin' Whoopee (from the soundtrack to Sleepless in Seattle) | Elliot Smith | Twilight | Pearl Jam | Just Breathe | Willie and Lucas Nelson | Just Breathe | Sleater-Kinney | Can I Go On | Mudhoney | Good Enough
2022-03-291h 58Notes by NorthwestMarch 5, 2022 Notes by Northwest--CoversPlaylistJudy Collins | Roll On Stooges | Louie LouieDon Rich | Orange Blossom Special Beatles | Act Naturally Diane Schur & Count Basie Orchestra | Only You John Hoover and the Mighty Quinns | Take me Home Country roadsBlack Diamond Junction | Creep The Dip | Never my loveCHROMATICS " | Sound of silenceBelly | Are You Experienced? (produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade)Living Colour | Crosstown Traffic (produced by Ron Saint Germain)Pat Metheny | Third Stone from the Sun (produced by Pat Metheny)Quincy Jones | A Hard Day's Night A...
2022-03-271h 46Notes by NorthwestJanuary 15: Notes by NorthwestJANUARY 15 PLAYLIST | Judy Collins | Roll On Columbia, Roll On | Judy Collins | Cats in the Cradle | The Wailers | Seattle | The Ventures | Ghost Riders in the Sky | Payolas | Eyes Of A Stranger | Monkees | Steppin Stone | Burl Ives | Big Rock Candy Mountain | Diane Schur and Count Basie | Travelin Blues | Quincy Jones | Love and Peace | Esperanza Spaulding | Formwela 1 | Pink Martini | Una notte a napoli | Ranger and the Re-Arrangers | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Ray Charles and Nora Jones | Here we go again | Kenny Loggins | Danny's Song | Jewel | Hands ...
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