Hank Cramer is a singer/songwriter and traditional folk troubadour from Winthrop, Washington. Hank has spent his life collecting and sharing American and Celtic folk songs of the soldier, sailor, cowboy, pioneer, laborer, traveler, and friend alongside his own original music. A lover of history and storytelling, he delivers memorable performances with his guitar and distinct baritone vibrato. Hank joined today's host Tina Swannack to talk about his formative experiences with music and performance, sharing details of how a folk artist makes a living now a days. Inland Sessions is a KSPS-PBS production from Spokane, Washington. For Hank's full recorded performance, alongside other musicians from the Inland Northwest, or to find more interviews with Inland Sessions artists about art, music, passion, performance, and the business side of it all visit ksps.org/inlandsessions. To support Public Media, and non-profit KSPS-PBS productions and to see our schedule of broadcasts visit ksps.org to watch, learn more, volunteer, or donate.

Mixing pop, grunge, punk, psyche, and jazz into a noisy new stew, Matt Legard and Tom Deckert of The Colourflies from Spokane, Washington join us in the studio to tell us how they discovered their passions for music and how they think about authenticity and performance as a balancing act. The Colourflies premiere on Inland Sessions Monday, March 3rd at 7:30pm Pacific on KSPS-TV and streaming at ksps.org. More information about Inland Sessions artists, see full performance episodes, or visit to explore more podcasts with independent artists of the Inland Northwest featured on Inland Sessions visit ksps.org/inlandsessions KSPS PBS is the independent PBS affiliate of the Inland Northwest, reaching from the Columbia River to the Arctic Circle, from the Cascades to the far side of the Rockies creating and curating hyper-local content for and about the people of the INW.

Neo-soul singer/songwriter Helmer Noel visits the studio to talk about how growing up, his mom was the church choir director who got him hooked on music and singing early on, giving him the confidence to explore expressing himself through performance and eventually his own music. Also how finding creative collaborators after moving to Spokane, Washington helped change the direction of his life and his music. KSPS PBS is a PBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington delivering stories about the people, places, and events around the Inland Northwest, building community through local storytelling. Find more podcasts from Inland Sessions artists, or watch full-length episodes of Inland Sessions performances at ksps.org/inlandsessions. Helmer Noel's half hour performance of his originals with collaborator Logan McDonald will be broadcast Monday, February 24th at 7:30pm Pacific time on channel 7.1 and streaming at ksps.org/watch.

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