NW MUSIC: STUDIOS & LABELS

BELOW ARE LINKS to essays about the history of audio-recording & record companies in the Northwest. From the first field trips here by outside companies seeking to record local talents back during the Roaring '20s; to the founding of early homegrown studios and pioneering record companies; to notable early regional radio hits and singing stars; the rise of legendary sound engineers like Joe Boles and Kearney Barton; and the back-stories of numerous successful local labels.