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Music Library: New Jazz Releases october 31, 2014

KBOO Jazz Tracking 10-31-14 Kenny Barron/Holland            Art of Conversation            Impulse Get The Blessing            Lope and Antilope            Naim Eric Johnson/Mike Stern        Eclectic                Heads Up Frank Kimbrough            Quartet          ... Read more

Support KBOO by posting on PostPDX.com

Looking for an alternative to craigslist, check out postpdx.com. For every post made PostPDX will donate a part of the proceeds to KBOO or another local non-profit. It's a lot like craigslist but they support local non-profits that are based out of Portland, OR. Read more

Mitakuye Oyasin Programs

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1999 - The Waterfront Blues Festival & KBOO

Photo, Irma Thomas, by Catherine Nomura In 1999, Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival added a third stage. Oregon Food Bank raised more than $210,000 and 80,000 pounds of food at the Festival. And KBOO Community Radio was there, broadcasting live. Performers included Koko T... Read more

the pain of our inner troops

The Well-Read Red on the Old Mole Variety Hour 6/4/07 Earlier this year, the mainstream press discovered that there are problems with veteran’s health care. The scandal of dilapidated buildings and untreated soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center led to a series o... Read more

Islamophobia and Islamic feminism

For the Old Mole Variety Hour May 2, 2011.  Despite women's active participation in the popular revolutions of this "Arab spring," US media often continue to present women in the middle east as uniquely and homogenously oppressed by patriarchal culture. But these alig... Read more

Top Ten Lists by KBOO DJs for 2014

KBOO Programmers list their top 10's for this year: Diane Karl - Early Morning Gumbo (Tues 5:30-7am) Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics (Beeswing), RT always makes his old stuff seem new, nice new acoustic versions of a variety of favorites Jesse Winchester - A Reasonabl... Read more

the impact of my teacher, michael jackson, and that fateful day- 25 june 2009

there will be more blogs coming soon- blogs which have been a long time coming, but with respect to the 'year in review' pieces i suppose this would be safe to say that this would be the first blog for 2010...i suppose it's fairly obvious to anyone who knows me, or has l... Read more

Julie Bernard Collects Her Just Rewards

Former KBOO Art Focus host Julie Bernard is beginning to collect the many community honors she deserves.   She was recently honored by the Portland Art Dealer's Association with a special service citation. The honor is the first of its kind awarded by PADA. On February... Read more

New CDs in music library August 21, 2012

ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL    GENRE Aaiiee    The Bench EP    Vinyl Manor    Alternative Rock Aaiiee    See You In Seattle    Vinyl Manor    Alternative Rock Amy Cook    Summer Skin    Self Released    Rock Angus Stone    Broken Brights    Nettwerk Music Group    Rock Ape School... Read more