Life and Music of Koko Taylor

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Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 5:00pm

 Koko Taylor, "Queen of the Blues," died last week at the age of 80.  Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about her life and her impact on the blues.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    3:00
    Artist
    Stephen Malkmus
    Song
    Mets To Infinity
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:01
    Artist
    The Joggers
    Song
    We've Been Talked Down
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:02
    Artist
    Junkface
    Song
    ATAMAKATAHIZAASHI
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:03
    Artist
    Sunset Valley
    Song
    Mr. Extreme Jeans
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:04
    Artist
    The Gossip
    Song
    It's Over
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:05
    Artist
    The Thermals
    Song
    You Dissolve
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:06
    Artist
    Davies Vs. Dresch
    Song
    My Friend Is My Hairstylist
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:07
    Artist
    Small Sails
    Song
    Aftershocks & Afterthoughts
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:08
    Artist
    Explode Into Colors
    Song
    Paper (Hot Sax Version)
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:09
    Artist
    Nice Nice
    Song
    Uh-Oh
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:10
    Artist
    Copracrescent
    Song
    Do My Thing
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    PDX Pop Now!
  • Time
    3:11
    Artist
    Ms. Su'Ad
    Song
    Sweat The Design
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:12
    Artist
    Talkdemonic
    Song
    Mutiny Sunshine
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:13
    Artist
    LKN
    Song
    To An Angel On No Condition
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:14
    Artist
    The Mint Chicks
    Song
    Hot On Your Heels
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:15
    Artist
    Bodhi
    Song
    Nadine
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2008 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:16
    Artist
    What's Up?
    Song
    Seasoning's Greeting
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:17
    Artist
    Viva Voce
    Song
    Alive With Pleasure
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    PDX Pop Now!
  • Time
    3:18
    Artist
    Kristin Hersh
    Song
    Blackstone
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:19
    Artist
    Tea For Julie
    Song
    Hello
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:20
    Artist
    Au
    Song
    Are Animals
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2008 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:21
    Artist
    Breakfast Mountain
    Song
    J Hollerday
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:22
    Artist
    Copy
    Song
    Just Expect
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:23
    Artist
    Yacht
    Song
    See A Penny (Pick It Up)
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:24
    Artist
    Glass Candy
    Song
    Lovin' Machine
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:25
    Artist
    Paint And Copter
    Song
    Manzier
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:26
    Artist
    Binary Dolls
    Song
    I Am The Only Master Of The Ten-Key
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:27
    Artist
    The Sensualists
    Song
    You Are Love
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:28
    Artist
    Quasi
    Song
    23 & 24
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:29
    Artist
    Blues Goblins
    Song
    A Plague Upon The White House
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2005 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:30
    Artist
    Menomena
    Song
    Wet And Rusting
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation.....
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:31
    Artist
    Mirah
    Song
    Generosity
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2009 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:32
    Artist
    M. Ward
    Song
    Vincent O'Brien
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:33
    Artist
    Alela Diane
    Song
    Up North
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:34
    Artist
    Leviethan
    Song
    This Town That Town
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:35
    Artist
    Corrinna Repp
    Song
    Lost At Sea
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2004 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    3:36
    Artist
    Colin Meloy
    Song
    The Culling Of The Fold
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2007 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    5:29
    Artist
    Laura Gibson
    Song
    Hands In Pockets
    Album
    PDX Pop Now 2006 compilation
    Label
    self
  • Time
    8:00
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Hairy Queen
    Album
    Five Hundred Boy Piano
    Label
    United Dairies
  • Time
    8:01
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Sting of Haste
    Album
    Amidst the Noise & Twigs
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:02
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The First Circle is the Eye
    Album
    The Shy Volcanic Society of the Bear and Bird Parade
    Label
    Beta-Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:03
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Shake Your Crow
    Album
    7
    Label
    Quasi Pop
  • Time
    8:04
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Beach, Each, preech, leach, teach
    Album
    All the Paint I can Breath 10
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:05
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Seeker
    Album
    Five Hundred Boy Piano
    Label
    United Dairies
  • Time
    8:06
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Planetary Bethlehem
    Album
    The Inhazer Decline
    Label
    United Dairies
  • Time
    8:07
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Ong Pate
    Album
    Classic Erasmus Fusion
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:08
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Our Number of Wolves
    Album
    The Shy volcanic etc
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:09
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Golden Hot Bite
    Album
    The Idea of Wood
    Label
    Textile
  • Time
    8:10
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Hey Judo
    Album
    Classic Erasmus Fusion
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:11
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Ark
    Album
    The Birth of Streissand 7
    Label
    No-Fi
  • Time
    8:12
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Quarter to Four Tet
    Album
    7
    Label
    Quasi Pop
  • Time
    8:13
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Death Sleeps in My Car
    Album
    The Shy volcanic etc
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:14
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Supreme & Sublime
    Album
    The Mountains Among Us
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:15
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Last Song of Norway
    Album
    Classic Erasmus Fusion
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:16
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Woman Who Waited for the Woman who Weighs the Wool
    Album
    Volfurten
    Label
    Volucan
  • Time
    8:17
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Woman Who Weighs the Wood
    Album
    The Idea of Wood
    Label
    Textile
  • Time
    8:18
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Weet Golden Crest of My Distant Wave
    Album
    The Mountains Among Us
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:19
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    The Three Twins
    Album
    Amidst the Noise & Twigs
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring
  • Time
    8:20
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    I am the Mould
    Album
    Five Hundred Boy Piano
    Label
    United Dairies
  • Time
    9:59
    Artist
    Volcano the Bear
    Song
    Lifetime
    Album
    Classic Erasmus Fusion
    Label
    Beta Lactam Ring

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