LAURA LOVE Afro-Celtic, funkabilly, puttin' the "yo" back in yodel. Rod Cook & Chris Leighton both appear on her releases Octoroon, Shum Ticky, and the new CD, Fourteen Days.

COOKE 'n' GREEN Award-winning acoustic blues featuring James "Curley" Cooke (of Double Cookin') on guitar and Paul Green on harmonica.

NICK VIGARINO The Pacific Northwest's blues guitar madman and amateur meatball critic.

ROB MOITOZA Rob's musical satire CD, Rob Moitoza's Cavalcade of Stars, is getting airplay on the "Dr. Demento Show"!

MURL ALLEN SANDERS A modern accordionist and recording artist who plays pop, rock, zydeco, country, jazz, blues and various ethnic styles on piano accordion. Accordion? Yes! Can you dance to it? Definitely!

JUNKYARD JANE Greasy, groovin' musical gumbo from Puget Sound's ultimate party band.

MILES AND KARINA Featuring the quirkish delights of Nova Devonie, and David Keenan!

EDDIE BISHOP Musician-singer-composer-engineer-producer and the power behind AudioAmigo.com and CDRecordingSoftware.com.

KEVIN JONES Singer-songwriter-guitarist, Seattle's version of Jackson Browne?

BANDS OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST Browse through Sam Carlson's (The Regents) HUGE archive of NW bands from the 50's to the present. You might see some familiar faces!

MIKE HENDERSON & THE BLUEBLOODS Hot-rocking blues from some world-class musicians and songwriters. Give First Blood and Thicker Than Water a spin!

DAVID LINDLEY Everybody pleem! It's the King of Polyester! The most hilarious version of "Werewolves of London" you'll ever hear can be found on Very Greasy, and don't pass up El Rayo-X either.

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS White trash music served on a funky plate. Lucifer Bedbug, our favorite feline music critic, was a big fan of Dirt Track Date.

PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC Says Howlin' Squirrel: "Well, for those who are too young or were too stoned in the 60's to remember, Fleetwood Mac was once a blues band (arguably the best blues band ever to come out of England)..." The six-hour box set The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions captures the band from 1967-1969.

DAVE EDMUNDS Producer/guitarist/singer with serious rockabilly influences. Repeat When Necessary showcases Dave's knack for great song selections and arrangements, and don't forget Rockpile's classic Seconds of Pleasure.

RY COODER The ethnomusicologist of slide guitar. Try Bop Till You Drop, or sample his film soundtrack work with Music By Ry Cooder.

JOHN HIATT Not only does he write great songs, he performs them with real people! There's the Little Village supergroup effort (with Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, & Jim Keltner), or his excellent solo recordings Bring the Family, Slow Turning, and Riding With the King.

LINK WRAY For Link so loved the world, he gave us the power chord. Rumble!: The Best of Link Wray documents four decades of raunchy guitar from the Grandfather of Metal & Punk. Would somebody induct this man into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame already, dammit?!?!

BOTTLE ROCKETS Missouri cow-funk with trailer park logic. The Brooklyn Side (unfortunately out of print now) and Bottle Rockets are undiscovered masterpieces, and Brand New Year is the brand new release.

LOS STRAITJACKETS WWF meets The Ventures in Mexico. Buckle up and try Viva! Los Straitjackets!

ELVIS COSTELLO Stylistically fearless songwriter, the creative genius behind some damn fine tunes. Armed Forces, This Year's Model, Get Happy, My Aim Is True, Deep Dead Blue (with Bill Frisell)......pick one, pick several......

PAUL CARRACK Keyboardist/vocalist who's been in every band that's ever recorded.....From Ace (remember "How Long Has This Been Going On?"), to Squeeze (East Side Story and "Tempted"), to solo material (Beautiful World), he's done it all.

SONIA DADA Street-corner vocal harmonies plus solid musicianship. Their self-titled debut, Sonia Dada, is a smorgasbord of funk, rock, soul, and gospel sounds.

ALBERT LEE How the hell does he play that stuff? He's got an instruction video that might give you some insight (Albert Lee - Virtuoso Techniques), but only Albert Lee can play like Albert Lee.

BILL FRISELL God-like guitar master. Check out Good Dog, Happy Man,Nashville, and Gone, Just Like a Train for some of his more roots-influenced material.

BUDDY EMMONS Pedal steel wizard. Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection is as good a place as any to start.

Listen to the music of Rod Cook and Toast on the following KBCS 91.3 FM Blues Radio Shows: The NightShift and Juke.

WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY Keep up with the NW blues scene, and find great links to blues artists and blues societies from around the globe.

Confused by this business of music? FOURFRONT MEDIA & MARKETING can help.

RPM SEATTLE provides music copy and music preparation for the motion picture & television industry, musicals, jingles, live performance, symphonic recording, and publishing.

BEAR CREEK STUDIO Barn-sized recording studio & canine paradise.

JEF JAISUN Seattle's blues photographer and leading cyberhoax buster.

What do tiny guitarists play? NANOGUITARS!

THE TOASTER MUSEUM FOUNDATION Yep, an organization devoted to toasters.

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