Special Programming: Music

Reggae Bob is back with a Membership Drive Special on Robert Nesta Marley, OM. Better known as Bob Marley, the renowned Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. Reggae Bob will be playing rare interviews and performances, and talking about the effect that Bob had all over ... Read more

Please join us for a live remote from the River City Music Festival with special guests Stumbleweed, SugarPine, Northern Departure, and Jackstraw. But the bluegrass fun doesn't stop there. Tune in for all the details! Read more

Only a Giant Monster Battle Over Portland would create more damage on the air waves than the line up of Live Music on tonight's show! As, Fortunato welcomes The Ex Girlfriend's Club, Di Di Mui, The SexyWaterSpiders and Neon Kids. Don't be surprised, if the night club next d... Read more

For many of us Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without some "soul food," so tune in Thursday, November 24 as KBOO serves up some good old soul food with all the fixings.  Jay Jay Johnson, host of the Sunday morning "Gospel Express" will present some old school, slow j... Read more

The Kill Ugly Radio Halloween Extravaganza I'll be spinning some ghastly sounds Friday night/Saturday morning (if you want to be technical) from midnight to 3am! This year I'm digging deep into the crypt for some extra creepy sounds and some fun horror and Halloween them... Read more

Jim Pepper (born James G. Pepper in Salem, Oregon, June 18, 1941; d. Portland, Oregon, February 10, 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry. Beginning in the late 1960s, Pepper became a pioneer of fusion jazz. His band, The F... Read more

Need a primer for PDX Pop Now? What's the big deal with this thing? Portland's music scene is largely collaborative; cooperation trumps competition. PDX Pop Now! stems from the idea of "local music emboldened by local recognition," and that Portland’s self-sustained scene... Read more

John Craig and the Weekend came to the KBOO studio on May 21st to be recorded by our Live Music Mixology Training Class. The participants in the class spent the weekend learning how to use the microphones, mixing boards, and other equipment to broadcast bands performing liv... Read more

Words, Sounds and Power: Social Commentary through Music Focus on music that moves us to action from Woody Guthrie to Patti Smith to Michael Franti (to name a few). Robyn Shanti, former host of the Dharma Wheel, will take you on a musical journey to inspire your support fo... Read more

Join us for I Learned It All The Hard Way: 8 Years of Mississippi Records. We're hosting a 4 Hour Membership Drive special celebrating the Eighth Anniversary of Mississippi Records featuring Eric Isaacson (Store) and Warren Hill (Label). Yep, special thank you gifts and bir... Read more