Music

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Restoring The Dead 4/22

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2017 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Phil G here, this Satrday, on Grateful Dead and Friends, I will have guests in the studio and over the phone.   In the studio I will have Dennis McNally, Grateful Dead Publicist, and photographer  Susana Millman. On the phone I will have Jamie Howarth from Plangent Proces... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library April 17, 2017

CDs       Blaenavon That's Your Lot Canvasback Alt Rock DarkDARK Heathered Self Released Alt Rock Diet Cig I Swear I'm Good At This Frenchkiss Alt Rock Forgotten Fourfives (45's), The In Case You Forgot... Read more

Ipods? Anti-social or just a blast from the past?

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Infinite Beats
A freeform program. VJ sits in for the irreplaceable Nat. Assorted strangeness ear candy from the last fifty years. A pretty high percentage of pop music, but there'll be some crunchy stuff for fiber, and some oldies, not moldies, to pull you in.  Mostly from the Americas, ... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Jewish music from Brazil, Buenos Aires, Sepharad, and right here in the great Pacific Northwest, curated by Liz Schwartz Read more

Tim O'Brien Special

Airs at: Fri, 05/12/2017 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Movin' On
Tim O'Brien Special On Friday, May 12, 12noon to 1:30, Movin' On will feature the music of folk superstar Tim O'Brien. A limited number of the Tim's latest release, "Where the River Meets The Road" will be available as a thank you gift for your contribution. Tim's latest r... Read more

Ryan Sollee of The Builders and The Butchers returns to perform on Drinking From Puddles for 04/19/2017 !!

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Drinking from Puddles
  The eye of the musical tornado that is Portland's long-running tour-de-force, The Builders and The Butchers, Ryan Sollee and a band-mate (tba) will join me again, this time in anticipation of their upcoming LP The Spark on 05/19/17, as well as their PDX release concert a... Read more

Spinning the wheel of fortune

Airs at: Fri, 04/14/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 04/15/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
  VJ is sitting in for Alejandro this week, spinning La Ruleta to see what we end up with...¡buena suerte! Will it be silky? Crunchy? Picosa? Dulce? Crujiente? Jugoso? Grasiento? Blando? Salado? Balanced? Off-center? The Wheel knows, and only when we spin it will we know.  Read more

NEW in KBOO music library April 13, 2017

CDs       Adna Closure Despotz Alt Rock Arbouretum Song Of The Rose Thrill Jockey Alt Rock Black Angels, The Death Song Partisan Alt Rock Black Black, The Adjusted I & II Money Fire Alt Rock ... Read more

Episode 232: Spooky Electric, A Late-Night Prince Retrospective

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Back To The Egg
Prince Rogers Nelson left us on April 21, 2016. As we come up on the one-year anniversary of his death, let's celebrate his recorded output in a late-night fashion. Tune in Saturday May 7th beginning at 11:59:59pm for a 3 hour stroll through the darker side of Prince's ba... Read more

Anti-Earth Day show

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
“The planet is fine. The people are fuxxxd.”George Carlin Listen to “ From the Grassroot-where we agitate for social change with music and commentary, “ for our annual Anti-Earth Day focusing on the political humor of George Carlin and we will continue our musical tribute t... Read more