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Phil Andrus is the host and producer of "Tossed Salad," a four-hour program comprising live and recorded music and interviews at KPTZ Radio 91.9 in Port Townsend, Washington, formerly at KRAB in Seattle, Washington. Andrus has also produced live broadcasts from the Northwest Folklife Festival and several series of documentaries for broadcast.

Fredric Lieberman (1940-2013) received his B.M. from the Eastman School of Music, his M.A. from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a performer, composer, writer, and teacher at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His interests included organology - particularly with regard to taxonomic methods and systematic description -, the music of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, and South India, and American vernacular music from Tin Pan Alley through contemporary rock. He taught courses on American Popular Music and World Musics.