Tune in during the 7 o’clock hour tonight for an original 45-minute piece on the Detroit cult-icon who is playing his first ever show in Seattle, Tuesday 6/23 @ The Triple Door before touring the remainder of the West Coast. The feature includes an exclusive interview with Rodriguez and the man who tracked him down [...]
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Today, Wednesday, October 22, KEXP 90.3 presents a special program in The Roadhouse: “Psycho! 1960s Northwest Garage Rock” is specially devoted to the history-quaking, moneymaker-shaking distorted sounds that came out of Pacific NW garages, basements, greasy clubs, and teen dances of the 1960s.
The entire three hour program will delve deeply into regional one-hit wonder [...]
By KEXP | Published:
October 16, 2008
written by Frankie Brownstone
photos by Jeff Conlin
Last night on The Roadhouse, Greg Vandy welcomed a very special live guest, Charles Van Zandt, and the Seattle soul combo Satellite 4.
LISTEN NOW!
Charles Van Zandt is a gifted singer from Tyler, Texas. There must be something special in the water down there, because the piney woods country [...]
Last Wednesday, June 11th, and last night, June 18th, we held auditions live in the Roadhouse with Greg Vandy to find the members of the first and only official Roadhouse Jug Band (now officially named The Dexter Street Stompers), which will be fearlessly led by yours truly. Each night we had five old-timey, irreverent [...]
A revival in KEXP’s Roadhouse. Sign up for a chance to be a Jug Band star!
KEXP’s Greg Vandy is searching for folks to audition for a new Roadhouse Jug Band in the month of June! Selected applicants will audition live on The Roadhouse on KEXP (Wednesdays from 6PM to 9PM) on the instrument of their [...]
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May 7, 2008
Greg Vandy brings the old-time to The Roadhouse tonight at 6pm.
The Kings Of Mongrel Folk and Tom Sauber will play live at 7pm, and preview Roots & Branches, a film/performance presentation at NW Film Forum, tomorrow, Thursday, May 8th.
Northwest Film Forum presents a special presentation featuring motion picture and newsreel footage from [...]
photo by Mike Sax
I know, I know. You all think Mardi Gras is not cool and there’s no way you’re going out with beads and all that stupid shit you see on TV (or those really bad ads in the Weekly this week). I know. But let me be the one to tell ya that [...]
Stuff your bird tonight in The Roadhouse. Host Greg Vandy presents his annual “Thanksgiving Folk: Origins of the American Traditional Song,” where you’ll hear the evolution and variations of songs like “John Henry,” “Frankie & Johnny,” “Midnight Special,” and “In The Pines,” from their first recordings through the revival versions since. Plus, you’ll hear new [...]
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By Andrew | Published:
October 2, 2007
photo by Robin Carson
“26 songs in 30 days”
That’s the story of Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River Songs, Greg Vandy’s three-hour special program focusing on the legendary folk singer and his time in the Pacific Northwest, originally broadcast on September 26 in the Roadhouse, is available on the Streaming Archive until Oct 10th. (Listen Now!)
On [...]
Tune in July 4th, 6-9pm, for my annual Independence Day Special Program, Soul Freedom.
This year it’s on the 4th of July holiday, so turn it on and I’ll provide the perfect summer soundtrack for your BBQ/party. It’s gonna be HOT! 80 degrees too! Three solid hours of vintage music from the mid-60s to the mid-70s [...]
