Pastures of Plenty

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Airs at: Wed, 12/29/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Airs at: Wed, 11/03/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Airs at: Wed, 11/10/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Hosted by: 
Jack Bohl, Will Selzer, John Risley, Wayne Johnson
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Contemporary and Traditional Folk Music to start your day with a smile

Every Wednesday from 5:30am to 7:00am. 

Traditional and Contemporary folk music

Jack Bohl hosts first Wednesdays, Wayne and Will host 2nd Wednesdays,  Alex & Erica on  third Wednesdays,  Stephanie Canales (Canto Nuevo) 4th Wednesdays. John Risley 5th Wednesdays

 

Topic tags: 
Music
Genre(s): 
Folk
Related program(s): 
Rise When the Rooster Crows, Cascadia Coffeehouse, Folk Espresso, Early Morning Gumbo
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Pastures of Plenty on 10/20/21

Airs at: Wed, 10/20/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
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Are UFOs Political?

Airs at: Wed, 10/13/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
Just getting your attention. But isn't everything political these days? Please join me for ninety minutes of mostly folk music on Wednesday's PASTURES OF PLENTY.   Program highlights include a brief exploration of UFOs and their aliens. From Karen Carpenter's wistful enco... Read more

Slide Guitar 101

Airs at: Wed, 10/06/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
The roots of playing a guitar with a slide to mimic the human voice can be traced back to Africa. Mississippi delta blues singers used knives and glass bottlenecks to make their guitars sing and laugh and cry starting in the early 20th Century. I’ve loved slide guitar since... Read more

Pastures of Plenty on 09/29/21

Airs at: Wed, 09/29/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
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Pastures of Plenty on 09/15/21

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Blues and Better

Airs at: Wed, 09/08/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
Please join me for today's Pastures of Plenty folk music program, which covers a variety of topics from a variety of musicians. The music starts with Odetta's Livin' With the Blues and ends with Mary Flower's Portland Town. In between you can listen to Jose Feliciano, Rosan... Read more

Nanci Griffith & The Everly Brothers

Airs at: Wed, 09/01/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
It's September so here's songs about fall and Labor Day, and musical tributes to Nanci Griffth and the Everly Brothers. We lost Nanci Griffith and Don Everly, the last remaining Everly Brother, in August. There's also a tribute to Labor activist Anne Feeney, who succumbed t... Read more

Pastures of Plenty on 08/18/21

Airs at: Wed, 08/18/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Rounder Records Story Sampler

Airs at: Wed, 08/11/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
This week the Wednesday morning folk program Pastures of Plenty features a number of musicians who have recorded with Rounder Records over the years.  The Nashville-based company released a four-CD set in 2010 - The Rounder Records Story.  The artists from that release in ... Read more

Trees

Airs at: Wed, 08/04/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Pastures of Plenty
Kahilil Gibran wrote” Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the Sky”. The delightful shade that the beautiful trees in our yard have been providing throughout this long, hot summer and the refuge they provide for the birds that frequent them inspired me to create a mus... Read more