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Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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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 to start your day with a smile

HOSTS: Jack Bohl hosts first Wednesdays, Will Setzer does 2nd Wednesdays, John Risley is on third Wednesdays, Steven Smith does 4th Wednesdays. with rotating hosts 5th Wednesdays

 

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Bristol Bay and Beyond

Airs at: Wed, 10/09/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Pastures of Plenty begins with tales of the sea from Si Kahn, Gordon Lightfoot, Gordon Bok and Portland’s Shanghaied on the Willamette. After that the show meanders through Wednesday morning, with lots to hear, from Guy Davis, Dar Williams, Glen Yarbrough, Sarah Jarosz, and... Read more

Pastures of Plenty October 2, 2024 Sweet Harmony

Airs at: Wed, 10/02/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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There’s nothing like voices blending in sweet harmony. This program features the DNA entwined harmonies of the voices of sisters, the sweet harmony of women’s voices, the complimentary blend of men’s and women’s voices, and the genetic harmonies between parents and their ch... Read more

Pastures of Plenty - September 25th, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (September 25, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of Dobro music by some of the most talented players of this beautiful, lyrical, and haunting instrument. The late Josh Graves is somewhat the godfather of the Dobro, the trade name the resonator gui... Read more

Pastures of Plenty on 09/18/24

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Under The Bridge

Airs at: Wed, 09/11/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Boxcar Willie starts the show with "Hank and the Hobo."  A bit later, Merle Haggard singing "Under the Bridge" leads a set of music focusing on human troubles.  The set also includes Mary Gauthier, Leonard Cohen and Dale Ann Bradley (with Tina Adair).   This episode of Pas... Read more

Pastures of Plenty September 4, 2024 What's so Funny about Peace love & Understanding?

Airs at: Wed, 09/04/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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You may not get a definitive answer to that musical question during this program, but you will hear some great songs about peace, love, and understanding- as well songs about kindness and hope. You’ll also hear two great and very different versions of the title song, which ... Read more

Pastures of Plenty - August 28th, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 08/28/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (August 28, 2024) we feature a look back at the late Jimmy Buffett, and the ballads that were a big part of his career. Buffett passed away from a rare form of skin cancer on September 1, 2023, and we devote this episode of Pastures of Plenty ... Read more

Remembering Toumani Diabate on Pastures of Plenty

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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Toumani Diabate the master of Malian kora music passed away recently in July at age 58.  Tune in to a special edition of Pastures of Plenty on Wednesday August 21st from 5:30 to 7:00 AM as we celebrate his life and legacy.  We will also feature the music of other Malian gre... Read more

I Hear Music

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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I’ve assigned the title of this Pastures of Plenty episode to Blossom Dearie, a clear-voiced jazzy singer popular in the 1950s.  She came though with "I Hear Music" recorded in 1957.  You can hear that two-minute tribute to "mighty pretty music" at about 6:30am.  Soon after... Read more

Pastures of Plenty August 7, 2024 New & Old Morning Trains and John Henry

Airs at: Wed, 08/07/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
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This program features great new music as well as some old favorites, starting with songs for the morning followed by songs about morning trains, the legend of steel driving man John Henry, some hot guitar flatpicking, and songs from new releases by artists new to me. Featu... Read more