In-Studio @ KBCS

Jazz vocalist, composer, and activist Ben Black stopped by the KBCS studio to discuss his music and a fundraiser he organized this past August at the Royal Room for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. It’s a wide-ranging and uplifting conversation accompanied by Ben’s own music! https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/kbcs-hd1-roots-rock-soul?si=b384cd473f6a4fd1aa0946dc5f627045&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

We had a great conversation with Tacoma based roots musician Kirk Reese this past August. We talked about passing guitars down through generations, playing open mics and how to wander creatively. We also talk about where you should not wander! (Hint: gated communities). Kirk can often be found performing around town both solo and with the Grit ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/andrew-duhon-in-studio?si=368171d0f9fc4aad8dff178a2cf467a1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Andrew Duhon stopped by the KBCS studio on Wednesday, October 4th and we had a terrific conversation about PNW logging roads, how walking in a circle may not take you back to where you started from and being inspired by nature in songwriting as both metaphor and our place within in it. That took us ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/paula-boggs-band-in-studio-may-26-2023?si=5975eccdd0ea44f6be23ee61bad0f5fd&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing We were thrilled to have Paula Boggs Band return to the KBCS Studio for an in-studio performance. Paula and KBCS Music Director, Iaan Hughes, talked about her latest album Janus, and as the album title might imply, delved into beginnings and transitions. Janus is a personal and potent album pulling from Paula’s own history, yet ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/tuck-patti-kbcs-in-studio-41823?si=27ccefc0726440c88488a1cd6e66c21a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Genre crushing duo Tuck & Patti stopped by the KBCS studio before their show at Jazz Alley for a wide ranging conversation about musical partnerships, early influences, covering Cyndi Lauper, and how music is community; it was all really quite lovely. Oh! They also played 3 songs live, plus Tuck showed Iaan Hughes what a 13#11th ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/kbcs-in-studio-with-willy-tea-taylor?si=134e3239cfd14c44af0e9a35fca92fb5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing We spent a nice Friday afternoon hanging out with Willy Tea Taylor this past Friday listening to his tough but tender songs, talking about the lost art of the knuckleball, why he plays tenor guitar, and a shared love for Jim Harrison books.

KBCS Music Director, Iaan Hughes, sat down with This Girl to chat about Diva Ranch: A Country Drag Show at the Tractor Tavern on April 16th. This conversation goes everywhere from country music as Drag performance, to the silliness of Kid Rock shooting beer cans, to the multiple laws being written to ban Drag performances ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/abby-k-in-studio-41123?si=7ba1f4ab097b44af8247faffcd297e08&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Sometimes, rather than beginnings and endings, we need songs about being in the middle of things. That’s just what Abby K. does and does so well. Her latest album is called Where We’re At and we were thrilled that she shared moments from it with us yesterday. She was joined by the very talented Jonathan Plum ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/ballad-of-peter-bevis-by-jon-pontrello?si=79a508720aac4afd8c8ce18b77c95064&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Jon Pontrello stopped by the KBCS studio recently to play his song about PNW icon Peter Bevis. Peter had a hand in everything from the Fremont Troll, to the infamous Lenin statue, to the ill-fated Kalakala. Jon’s song is wonderful and fitting tribute to a complex person. Jon shares the stage at The Tractor Tavern tonight ...

  https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/sue-quigley-in-studio-41023?si=d9aaeca5695f4d11a23d83a1f16cc93e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing We spent a rainy Monday with Sue Quigley and talked bears and god and how sometimes we are…compelled? Goaded? Motivated? Ahh! Inspired! to take new paths. Sue has curated the 2nd annual Muse Fest: The Power of Women’s Voices on Thursday, April 13th in West Seattle. Think your favorite Art Walk, but with musicians!

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/mamas-broke-in-studio-4323?si=6230fa348422427b99e3c2708d703b8d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria, the wonderful Eastern Canadian duo that is Mama’s Broke stopped by the KBCS studio on Monday, April 3rd to chat with music director Iaan Hughes. They talked about love as both briar and rose, song cycles, and going beyond traditional covers when working with old ballads like “Barbara Allen.” ...

https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/kbcs-in-studio-with-stephanie-anne-johnson?si=7daa026ceafb4402b8b40f92b0fafafd&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing We were thrilled that Stephanie Anne Johnson stopped by the KBCS studio this week to chat about their new album Jewels with Mike Biggins, our host of Monday night’s Soul Folks and Sunday morning’s Sunday Folks. Stephanie, accompanied by Jeff Fielder (Amy Ray, Mark Lanegan), also performs a few new songs for us.  You can listen ...