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New Music Sounds from the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest has been the source for a lot of great rock music -- in the early 1990s, for example, it spawned the "grunge" sound made famous by acts like Nirvana and Soundgarden. Music critic John Brady shares some of his favorite new and sometimes quirky acts:

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