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Notes by Northwest
You can listen to archived Notes by NW shows, featuring three hours of music with a connection to the PNW, from the 1960s through today. Radio Cascadia currently airs on KPTZ 91.9FM in Port Townsend, with a focus on local artists including alt, country and singer songwriters.
Episodes
- Notes by Northwest
Notes by Northwest: February 20, 2025
This show included all covers, a combination of PNW artists covering other artists, or other artists covering PNW originals. Includes Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix…
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Notes by Northwest-August 8, 2024
A somewhat truncated version, the first 45 minutes are lost forever, in a broadcast tradegy of epic proportion.
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Northwest Passages-Episode 80: Company Towns of the PNW
This first passage, read by the author, Sequim resident Linda Carlson, describes in detail the types of people who settled in the company towns of the PNW…
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Northwest Passages-Episode 81: Company Towns of the PNW
Where did the term, Lumberjack breakfast originate? In this passage from the book Company Towns of the Pacific NW, the author Linda Carlson tells of the meals…
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Northwest Passages-Episode 82: Company Towns of the Pacific NW
This reading from the chapter 40 Miles from Nowhere is from the book Company Towns of the Pacific NW. The passage, read by the author and Sequim resident Linda…
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Northwest Passages-Episode 83: Company Towns of the Pacific NW
Many of the towns that were started by mining or logging companies are still in existance today, a far cry from where they mostly were inhabited by brawny and…
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Notes by Northwest: July 11, 2024
The first hour was dedicated to the songs of Woody Guthrie and his remarkable contributions to American music in honor of his birthday this week..
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Notes by Northwest-July 4, 2024
Happy Independence Day! I played a bunch of new to me artists, including The Shaky Hands and Nick Delffs, in my never ending quest to feature new artists and…
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Notes by Northwest-June 27
The typical melange of PNW music, including three selections from Nevermind, Nirvana's breakthrough 1991 release in the third hour. I just finished reading the…
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Notes by Northwest-June 13, 2024
The third hour was dedicated to my father, starting with a song Old Man Inuit, by native artist Willie Thrasher--a song about the wisdom of our forebearers…
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Notes by Northwest-June 6, 2024
The first hour is all artists from Tacoma, the often maligned city that was actually a hotbed of great PNW talent. And in the second and third hours, I played…
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Notes by Northwest- May 30, 2024
Another day in paradise, another show featuring music with a PNW connection. You'll hear a terrifying (to me) mid show technical goof (by me) at the end of the…
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Northwest Passages-Brainiac Part 1
Jeopardy host (and Seattle resident) Ken Jennings details the game show history including his journey to become the GOAT Jeapordy player. He's funny and…
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Northwest Passages-Brainiac Part 2
Jeopardy host (and Seattle resident) Ken Jennings details the game show history including his journey to become the GOAT Jeapordy player. He's funny and…
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Northwest Passages-Brainiac Part 3
Jeopardy host (and Seattle resident) Ken Jennings details the game show history including his journey to become the GOAT Jeapordy player. He's funny and…
- Notes by Northwest
Northwest Passages-Brainiac Part 4
Jeopardy host (and Seattle resident) Ken Jennings details the game show history including his journey to become the GOAT Jeapordy player. He's funny and…
- Notes by Northwest
Notes by NW-May 2, 2024
A generic show, with lots of grunge acts in the third hour. And a few birthday shout outs to Willie Nelson (91), Will Worden (26), and my dad (88), with the…
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Notes by Northwest-May 23, 2024
Straight up show with a mix of music with a connection to the PNW.
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Notes by NW-May 16, 2024
I kicked off the second hour with a Stones song--the PNW connection is that they rocked Lumen Field in Seattle this week. Not too shabby for a bunch of 80 year…
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Notes by Northwest- April 9, 2024
The first two hours of the show was a tribute for Mother's Day, with all songs by PNW artists about their moms. Happy Mother's Day, mom! The last hour was the…
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Notes by Northwest-April 18, 2024
This show was a dedication to Everett, WA native Carol Kaye, a bass player on more than 10,000 recordings from Nancy Sinatra to Glen Campbell and Frank Zappa.
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Northwest Passages--The Final Forest-Part 3
Before Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the…
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Northwest Passages-The Final Forest- Part 2
Before Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the…
- Notes by Northwest
Northwest Passages-The Final Forest-Part 1
Before Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the…
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Northwest Passages-The Final Forest-Part 4
Before Forks, a small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series, it was the…
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Notes by Northwest-April 11, 2024
It got louder as the three hours progressed. Tacoma sound in the first hour (albeit with a Stooges cover of Louie Louie by the Kingsmen), contemporary…