NORTHWEST MUSIC ARCHIVES
—EXPLORING LOST HISTORIES OF THE NORTHWEST MUSIC BIZ SINCE 1982—
LOUDER THAN LOVE (1948)
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WHO AMONG US is unfamiliar with the fact that one of the most common complaints filed to police departments against venues that book live m...
HOT GEAR: CONGRESSMAN SUMMERS’ STOLEN UKULELE (1925)
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AMONG THE COUNTLESS FOLKS who caught the Hawaiian music bug in the early decades of the 20 th Century was John W. Summers (1870-1937) who...
THE LAGOURGUE CONCERT BAND (1909-1916)
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AMONG THE EARLIEST KNOWN BANDS in Seattle were those led by Mr. H. Charles Legourgue (1875-????). A Frenchman who was an accomplished clarin...
THE SCANDIA QUARTET on KOMO RADIO (1950-1952)
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THE SCANDIA BARN DANCE was an award-winning live radio program that aired on Seatttle’s KOMO radio from 1950 through 1952. It featured a...
HAWAIIAN MUSIC HISTORY FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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BELOW ARE LINKS to essays by Pete Blecha that help document the remarkable history of vintage Hawaiian steel guitar music in the Northwest. ...
"THE SINGING EARTH" by BARRETT MARTIN (2017)
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What a joy to stumble across this brand-new book published by Seattle’s Sunyata Books – The Singing Earth by Barrett Martin. There are num...
YULETIDE CLASSICS: NORTHWEST XMAS SONGS (PART I - 1942-1985)
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Down through the ages many songs have been penned that celebrate the Yuletide season. In the Northwest, local recording artists have long...
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