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Singer Maria Muldaur is known for her California-style blues singing. She's toured extensively for over 50 years and become a champion for Americana and folk music.
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The Wood Brothers, bassist Chris Wood and guitarist Oliver Wood, celebrate their latest album Heart is the Hero in a KNKX studio session.
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Singer and guitarist Kim Archer performs soul, funk and blues while also creating opportunities for others to perform through regional events and festivals.
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The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.
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Guitarist, singer, songwriter Doug MacLeod performed a moving solo session in KNKX's Studio X hosted by John Kessler.
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Wildfires in British Columbia and eastern Washington profoundly impacted local communities this summer. They also notably disrupted the regional music events scene, a major boon to local economies.
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On what would have been Otis Redding’s 82nd birthday, KNKX's Nick Morrison recalls one Sunday morning in a closed bar in Eastern Washington when he heard a song that floored him.
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Born Aug. 22, 1917, blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker took a ‘B’ chord and ran with it, riffing his way through a career that spanned more than 50 years. Hooker not only influenced a generation of rock and blues musicians, he recorded with them.
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Born August 12, 1920, Percy Mayfield was one of America's most popular rhythm and blues singers in the early 1950s. Here are three songs, and their contemporary covers, to remember the singer/songwriter on his birthday.
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Currently on tour, guitarist Robert Cray celebrated his 70th birthday this week. KNKX's Nick Morrison charts how Cray crossed over from traditional to contemporary blues, and hasn't stopped yet.
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Shifting from English to French to Guro, Peter One brings his passion-filled songs about his storied past to the Tiny Desk.
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Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy was born on July 30, 1936. At age 87, he’s still touring and recording. Happy birthday to the reigning Blues Man!