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NEW in KBOO music library July 9, 2018

CDs       Beat Taboo, The Dirty Stash Off The Hip Alt Rock Kilgour, Hamish Finklestein Ba Da Bing Alt Rock Morales, Claire All That Wanting Self Released Alt Rock Reverie Rush Beginners Self Released... Read more

Grateful Dead & 100 Things Phish Fans Should Know...

Airs at: Sat, 07/14/2018 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Great show coming up on 7/14/18.  The first hour will be filled with amazing music from the Grateful Dead. Think 12.31.84, 3.14.841, 8.27.72, 5.972. I think for many those dates ought to ring some bells. The second hour, I invite my good friend Jason Gershuny and recent co... Read more

Audio Up for A Different Nature Special Re-broadcast

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Sorry for the delays! The audio for the long-form rebroadcast of A Different Nature's 2004 Earth Day Special is up at the Threshold Shift page.  Read more

More experimental sounds from 1968

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight, A Different Nature presents a sequal to a show from a few weeks ago, as we offer more experimental sounds from 1968. Electronics, minimalism and avant rock.  Rolf hosts. Read more

A Popcalypse on 07/04/18

Airs at: Wed, 07/04/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  A Popcalypse
The usual assortment of the unusual with a smidgeon of everything else, plus a special tribute to this week's Portland Waterfront Blues Fest... Stretchmarks: Pere Ubu - Junior Brown Bloody Hollies - Genesis Big Mama Thornton - The White Stripes Bobby Womack - The Reside... Read more

Vicente Rojo Cama

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Mexican electroacoustic musician, one of the pioneers on the genre. Read more

Radio Lost and Found for 06/28/18

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 10:00pm - Fri, 06/29/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
Oh look! I nearly didn’t put this up because the audio went MIA for a couple of days, but here it is (a huge thanks to Erin Yanke for retrieving it)! Some brand new Rudy Schwartz Project, a send-off for Sci-Fi writer legend Harlan Ellison (via a mix I originally did in 201... Read more

NEW EPISODE Threshold Shift June 30th

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Threshold Shift will be airing it's next episode starting late night on Friday, June 29th and leading into the morning of Saturday, June 30th. It will be a very special re-broadcast of segments from A Different Nature's 2004 Earth Day twelve-hour special. This kicks off ... Read more

A Different Nature

Airs at: Sat, 06/30/2018 at 12:00am - 6:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin, and tonight's show is an 50th anniversary card to KBOO. It is also in memory of Mr. Richard Francis, the founder of KBOO's A Different Nature still being curated and broadcast by the Different Nature ... Read more

Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit Live in Studio

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 10:00pm - Sat, 06/23/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
We are a 15 member ensemble of the ONLY Balinese Gamelan in the Pacific Northwest. We play a genre known at Baleganjer, used in ceremonies of cremation and battle songs. We have been playing in Portland for about a year. There is more information about us in the links below... Read more