BELOW ARE LINKS to essays about
the history of hillbilly, country/western, and folk music in the Northwest. From early rural sounds, to Wobbly anthems, pioneering country bands, regional radio hits, roadhouse hoe-downs, folk balladeers, and 1960s folk-rockers.- "Country Music in the Pacific Northwest"
- "Annie Jackson: Seattle's 1800s Banjo Gal"
- "Labor Song Traditions of the Northwest"
- "'Morrie' & Alice Morrison: Northwest Music Industry Pioneers"
- "Evergreen Ballroom: Olympia's Lost Landmark (1931—2000)"
- "The Spanish Castle Ballroom"
- "Paul Tutmarc (1896—1972) & his Audiovox Electric Guitars"
- "Woody Guthrie: His Northwest Days"
- "Seattle Songster, Earl Robinson, & his famous 'Joe Hill' Tune"
- "Ivar Haglund, The Seafood-Selling Songster (1946)"
- "Buck Ritchey: Northwest Country Radio Legend (1915—1973)"
- "Bonnie Guitar: The Northwest's Trail-Blazing Pop Pioneer"
- "'Sheriff Tex' Jim Lewis (1909—1990)"
- "Jack Rivers: Seattle's 1950s Country Guitar Star"
- "Hot-Rod Songs of the Northwest (1950-1960)"
- "Charlie Ryan's 'Hot Rod Lincoln' hits Billboard's Pop Charts in May 1960"
- "Gary Williams: Spokane's 'Travelin' Blues Boy" (1986)
- "Rarest NW Records: Rollie Webber's 'Tired of Livin'' (1959)"
- "The Fairmont Singers: Oregon's Fine Folkies (1962)"
- "Alexys, Seattle folk-pop singer, opens big Beach Boys & Yardbirds concert at the Coliseum (1966)
- "The Daily Flash: Seattle's '60s Folk-Rock Heroes (1965—1967)"
- "Fat Jack: Bellingham's 1st Hippie Folk Band (1966-1968)"
- "Paula Tutmarc-Johnson (1950—2013): A Northwest Songster of Note"