Today's program is a musical tribute to Todd Snider and his fellow Folk
Troubadours. The term troubadour originally referred to roving minstrels of
the Middle Ages in Europe, but has been applied to contemporary performers
who travel widely, busk in the streets, and are ...
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The show opens with early morning music, as if you don’t know it’s early
when you’re listening. Believe me, I know about this. I record at home
and don’t rise early. If it weren’t for the station archives, I would
never hear the beginning of any of our morning folk mus...
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The 20th Annual Far West Folk Alliance Regional Conference took place at the
Vancouver, WA Hilton Hotel in October so a half dozen of us KBOO Folk Strip
hosts attended 3 nights of music consisting of three Showcase concerts from 7
to 10 pm followed by Private Showcases ...
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Today’s show features music about the Pacific Coast states, Alaska to
California. Older music starts the program (I can't help myself), followed
by stories of moonshiners and coal miners, hard times and Palestine (from Guy
Davis). And by then it’s almost time for Hallo...
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This episode of Pastures of Plenty mixes an assortment of folk music styles
and topics. For example, Shannon McNally sings "Let’s Go Home" and later
Martyn Joseph sings "Here Come the Young". There’s a sampling from Levon
Helm’s 2008 Grammy-winning Best Traditional ...
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