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Waterfront Blues Festival Artists 2021

Airs at: Sat, 07/03/2021 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Blues Junction
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New and Classic Folk and Roots on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 07/09/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us on the Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we hear new music from Colorado fiddler Jenny Hill, Irish vocalist Cara Dillon, Chicago-based banjo player Michael J. Mills doing a cool new version of a Richard Thompson classic, and others.  We'll also hear favori... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour 7/4/21

Airs at: Sun, 07/04/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
"Preface 26  Rav Moshe often said that he was the last official Rav in Russia. After the Revolution, the Communists could not openly prohibit rabbanus because it was permitted by the Soviet Constitution, but they imposed a heavy "parasite tax" or "bourgeoisie tax" on rabba... Read more

KBOO Blues t-shirt!

  Love listening to blues music on KBOO? Now you can show off your fandom in style! Get the official KBOO Blues t-shirt and support the great blues programming KBOO brings to you all year round!   Read more

Canada Day

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Join host Kurt Liebezeit for a celebration of Canadian folk music on Canada Day, the day that our northern neighbors celebrate the legal confederation of separate provinces into the Commonwealth that we now know as Canada.  Canada is a land rich in natural resources, and he... Read more

Folk and Americana for Independence Day

Airs at: Fri, 07/02/2021 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Today on the Cascadia Coffeehouse we'll feature folk and americana music inspired by America, warts and all, in honor of the upcoming Independence Day holiday. Read more

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush All Heat, All Fire Special with The Incredible Kid

Airs at: Tue, 06/29/2021 at 10:00pm - Wed, 06/30/2021 at 12:00am
For this week's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush The Incredible Kid hosts a rare lyrically-themed special devoted to Portland's historic heat wave. Tracks in Punjabi, Hindi, English and Spanish all dealing with the themes of heat, fire, burning up, sweating it out, etc. We also deb... Read more

'Joy, bright spark of Divinity!' Beethoven's 9th this week and more: #309

Airs at: Sun, 06/27/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Third Floor
TTF Program 309 June 27, 2021 Hour One  Tavener:  As one who has slept (Winchester Cathedral Choir, dir. Andrew Lumsden) 8:12 Paul Lewis: English Suite (Northern Sinfonia, dir. David Lloyd-Jones) 10:02 Brahms:  Gesang der Parzen, op. 89 (Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orc... Read more

Getting Ready For a Long Hot Summer

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
As summer settles in Fortunato drags out some old bootleg records out of the attic for today's music filled show. Today's Monday Sampler is dedicated to the memory of my good friend Cork Hubbart, who first turned me on to these bands when he would sit in with me on my long ... Read more

Live WBF performances on The Blues Junction

Airs at: Sat, 06/26/2021 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Blues Junction
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