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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 NorthwestYet another not Notes by Northwest
This is a 2.5 hour fill in for another host, so I played a variety of some of my favorites, some of which are included on Notes by NW, some not.
Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest-March 21, 2024
This was a general interest episode with no particular theme, just some of my favorites with a PNW connection.
Notes by NorthwestNot Notes by NW
I filled in for another host on Friday, March 16, and here's the show. The first 2 hours includes a bunch of my musical choices, including the Stones and Jerry…



Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest January 18, 2024
This program includes a composition by Seattle musician Jon Pontrello, who performs a ballad about the sinking of the SS Clallam in the waters between Diamond…
Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest: January 4, 2024
You'll only hear the music from that show....I was off the air for two months over the holidays and didn't record the live show due to operator error. At the…

Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW November 2, 2023 Beatles and the PNW Episode
This was a really fun show, as it included covers of Beatles songs by PNW artists, and the first hour culminated with the debut of the first new Beatles song…










Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW September 28, 2023
The first hour of the show included a live in-studio interview with the Randall Wolf Band, a local Sequim group of really nice people and fine musicians. They…
Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest: September 21, 2023
Excuse the missing beginning of the show, operator error.





Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW-August 31, 2023
The first two hours feature music from artists playing the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle this weekend; the second two hours are PNW songs that I've found and…
Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW-August 24, 2023
There are three parts to this program: The first hour is a live interview with Ginny Holladay, a Sequim poet and songwriter who founded Fabulist Fables, which…

Notes by NorthwestNotes by Northwest August 10, 2023
This was a mish mash of music with a PNW connection. Enjoy!





Notes by NorthwestNW Passages--Maphead by Ken Jennings Part 1
Read by the author himself in this first episode.
Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-Maphead Part 3
Continuation of Ken Jennings great book about his love of Cartography. Look it up.
Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-Maphead by Ken Jennings Part 4
This was fun book, and Ken is remarkably glib and funny in this section.
Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW August 3
Take a listen to this three hour program with a range of music from the 50s until almost today.

Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-Snow Falling on Cedars Part 1
This 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…



Notes by NorthwestNW Passages-The Islands Call Part 1 Read by the author, Sandy Frykholm
In current-day Seattle, Gino makes his money writing a phony astrology column and playing fortune teller for party entertainment. Sara, a fraud investigator…



Notes 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…



Notes by NorthwestNorthwest Passages-Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan Part 1
From 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…



Notes by NorthwestNotes by NW July 8
This 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…