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Seattle's Lavender Country put out a significant album in 1973: the first gay country album ever. The only problem was nobody heard it — and nobody wanted to hear it, either. But Lavender Country got rediscovered. A new generation was ready and brought the band back to life.
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You've been hearing music from Isaiah J. Thompson's album "Isaiah J. Thompson Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery" on KNKX's Midday and Evening Jazz. Learn more about this exceptional young artist.
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COVID-19Live music has started to return to Seattle, but many artists are still struggling financially after a year and a half of missed opportunities. To answer the growing need, a group of local musicians partnered with The Reef dispensary to create a fund to help artists get back on their feet.
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Musical multi-hyphenate Brandi Carlile has another trophy for her shelf as she won artist of the year at the 2021 Americana Honors and Awards show. The Grammy-winning artist said that being named the top artist during a pandemic was “profound” at the awards show in Nashville on Wednesday night.
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Jazz host Abe Beeson reviews new jazz albums honoring classic rock and reggae groups. Dave McMurray plays the Grateful Dead; Led Zeppelin's rock meets the Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays, Orlando LeFleming, Obed Calvaire quartet; organ trio 2B3 digs into Jimi Hendrix, and the duo Acute Inflections interprets the music of Bob Marley and the Wailers.
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All Blues host John Kessler spoke with Larkin Poe's Rebecca and Megan Lovell about their new live album and staying busy during the pandemic.
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Walruses have a huge vocabulary of sounds. They whistle, they grunt, and they can even sound like a steam train.But, Rosemary Ponnekanti says, they also…
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The Seattle Times has released its second annual critics poll of the best Seattle music albums of the year. The Times solicited input from more than 20…
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Music as a tool to defy authority - you’ve heard it before in countless stories of both fact and fiction. One true story of resistance within Nazi-era…
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The Columbia City Theater, in Seattle, turns 100 years old this year. At various times throughout its history it's been part of Seattle's booming 1940s…