Notes by Northwest
Notes by NW celebrates the music and the musicians with roots in the Pacific NW. Artists range from the Wailers and Ventures from the 1960s, to Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, each of whom lived in Seattle and met with they were 16 and 14; to icons like Kenny Loggins and Heart; Jimi Hendrix, of course; the grunge bands and their offspring; and contemporary artists like Brandi Carlile and The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.
Episodes
222 episodes
Notes by Northwest: September 4, 2025
For some reason I only have the first two hours of the show, so you missed a lot of loud grunge!
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Northwest Passages Episode 108: Hardhat Days Part 4
Mike Nolan captures the essence and nuance of working on the Seattle waterfront in the 1970s in his book, Hardhat Days, and better yet, reads excerpts from the book in this episode of Northwest Passages.
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Northwest Passages Episode 107: Hardhat Days Part 3
Mike Nolan captures the essence and nuance of working on the Seattle waterfront in the 1970s in his book, Hardhat Days, and better yet, reads excerpts from the book in this episode of Northwest Passages.
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Northwest Passages Episode 106: Hardhat Days Part 2
Mike Nolan captures the essence and nuance of working on the Seattle waterfront in the 1970s in his book, Hardhat Days, and better yet, reads excerpts from the book in this episode of Northwest Passages.
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Northwest Passages Episode 106: Hardhat Days Part 1
Mike Nolan captures the essence and nuance of working on the Seattle waterfront in the 1970s in his book, Hardhat Days, and better yet, reads excerpts from the book in this episode of Northwest Passages.
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July 31, 2025 Notes by Northwest
There are a bunch of new to me artists featured in hours 2 and 3, and unlike last week, no technical issues. Hope you enjoy, its always fun to find new artists from this corner of the country who have great sounds.
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Notes by Northwest: July 24 2025
This is the lavendar season in Sequim, WA, and the first hour was devoted to lavendar songs (yes) and songs about flowers and other growing things. Halfway through the second hour there were some technical difficulties on the live b...
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Notes by Northwest: July 3, 2025
The first hour includes patriotic songs by PNW artists, plus state songs that celebrate the diversity of this still great country. Happy Birthday, USA.
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Notes by Northwest: June 19, 2025
The first hour features an edited interview with Dana Lyons, a folk singer-activist in the vein of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Based in Bellingham, I interviewed him at the Finn River Cidery where he was performing a benefit conc...
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Notes by Northwest: June 12, 2025
This wasn't the originally planned first hour--it was like the scene in Broadcast News where they're trying to get something on the air. You'll hear the originally planned segment next week, and I'll spare you the gory details. <...
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2:55:35
Northwest Passages: The Poetry of Nellie Bridge-Clallam County Poet Laureate
As read by the author herself.
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Northwest Passages: The Poetry of Nellie Bridge, Clallam County Poet Laureate
As read by the author.
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Notes by Northwest: Poetry of Richard Brautigan and Clallam County Poet Laureate Nellie Bridge
Part one of three
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Notes by Northwest: May 22, 2025
Lots of new music in tonight's show, along with some old favorites.
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Notes by Northwest: May 8, 2025
My favorite song on this show had nothing to do with the PNW, but I played "Birthday" by The Beatles in honor of my father's 89th birthday during the first hour. Love you, Dad.
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