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Them Young Homonyms

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30am
  Tonight, Thurston Hungar and guests bring different songs with identical titles, along with some reimaginings of classic tunes from Conway Twitty, Culture Club, ABBA, the Archies, and more. Read more

NEW in KBOO music library July 21, 2016

Alt Rock CDs       Analog Affair, The When You Go Self Released Alt Rock Avalanches, The Wildflower Modular Alt Rock Bischoff, Jherek Cistern Leaf Alt Rock Bloor, Reg Theme From An Imaginary Slasher ... Read more

Sounds Unsound late July 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/24/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound
Music, noise and other sounds for late night listening..  A blend of the experimental and eclectic..  new releases and forgotten gems from the past..  Also tonight we pay tribute to vocalist ALAN VEGA, who passed away a week ago. In 1970 he co-founded the protopunk group S... Read more

Grateful Dead and Friends

Airs at: Sat, 07/09/2016 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Sun Lee, here. Tune in Saturday for another rendition of the Gratseful Dead and Friends. I'll be highlighting some of the bands that will be playing next weekend at the Northwest String Summit, which has one of the best lineups in years. I'll then head of to the land of Li... Read more

Festi Jazz

Airs at: Fri, 07/08/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 07/09/2016 at 12:00am
This Friday evening we will enjoy recordings from Festi Jazz, which was a Jazz festival in Mexico City in the 1990's. Musicians include Juan Jose Calatayud, Hilario y Micky, Cuarteto Mexicano de Jazz, 0.720 Aleacion, Gerardo Batiz, Joao Enrique, Antropoleo, Banda Elastica a... Read more

Nuestro Canto live on Movin' On 6/17/16

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Nuestro Canto (Gerardo Calderon and Nelda Reyes) has gathered music from the indigenous groups living currently in our communities in the U.S such as the Nahuas, Purepechas, Mayas and Zapotecos and performs them in its original form and language, featuring ancient and nativ... Read more

This Week on The SongCircle

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Hi y'all, Phil G here. I'll be sitting in for Jeff this week, playing new releases from Allen Toussaint, Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, The Monkees, and a whole bunch of other music. C'mon along... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library June 6, 2016

Alt Rock CDs       Aukai Aukai Self Released Alt Rock Elvis Depressedly Holo Pleasures / California Dreamin' Run For Cover Alt Rock Gotobeds, The Blood // Sugar // Secs // Traffic Sub Pop Alt Rock Patterso... Read more

Bottlecaps & Spider Silk: Buzzing Songs from Africa

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Africa-O-Ye!
Two hours of exceptionally vibratory sounds emitted from traditional instruments affixed with rattling and buzzing objects: thumb-pianos with loose bottlecaps, xylophones with gourd resonators and shuddering spider webs, begena strings buzzing against leather strips & other... Read more

Sounds Unsound late May 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/29/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound
New music, and some older stuff. Experimental, psychedelic, industrial, avant-noise.... Read more