Finding musical talent at low-income Seattle schools On Thursday afternoons at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, music lessons are everywhere you look. Woodwinds twittering in the breezeways. Violas... Ann Dornfeld
'African Girl': Race and identity on stage at Northwest Folklife Festival Naomi Wachira writes in one of her songs that she’s “trying to defy everything they said of us, we who have chocolate skin.” Those words in “African... Emily Fox Andy Hurst
What Seattle DJ Marco Collins wishes he had told us in the '90s At the height of his fame as a Seattle DJ, Marco Collins had one rule: be in bed by noon. That would give him enough time to rest after nights of... Bill Radke Matt Martin
Woody Guthrie's love letter to the Columbia Basin rolls on 75 years later Jeannie Yandel speaks with Greg Vandy about his new book, "26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promise Land in the... Jeannie Yandel Matt Martin
Fly Moon Royalty reigns over Seattle indie soul Bill Radke speaks with legendary Seattle DJ Marco Collins about indie soul band Fly Moon Royalty. The band will be playing with the Seattle Symphony... Bill Radke Matt Martin
25 years later, how Seattle’s grunge explosion changed pop music forever Bill Radke talks with music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot about the pivotal year of 1991 and how Nirvana's album "Nevermind" made Seattle the... Bill Radke Andy Hurst
Remembering Bumblebee, a Seattle jazz legend Born May 13, 1933, jazz bassist Buddy Catlett was raised in Seattle where he came up through the Jackson Street scene. Nicknamed Bumblebee, he played... Amanda Wilde
Seattle's Hollis Wong-Wear wants music to inspire change Bill Radke talks to Hollis Wong-Wear, lead singer of the R&B trio Flavr Blue, about why she believes music and art can be an agent of change. Bill Radke Amina Al-Sadi
Harriet Tubman on $20 bill ignores larger racial issues Bill Radke speaks with Ijeoma Oluo about her article in The Guardian in which she argues against placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. She also shares... Bill Radke Matt Martin
Seattle's Tacocat Rocks Durham In Support Of LGBTQ Community Bill Radke speaks with Emily Nokes from Seattle-based feminist punk band Tacocat about their decision to play a concert in Durham, North Carolina, to... Bill Radke Matt Martin
