Blues

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It's a Queer, Queer Summer

Airs at: Sat, 07/20/2024 at 10:00pm - Sun, 07/21/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Queery
Ramble through your queerest summer yet with some sweet tunes celebrating all the creative LGBTQ+ artists and allies that abound!  Read more

Waterfront Blues Festival with Peter Damman, Ty Curtis, and Richard Lawrence (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 07/11/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Jonesy was busy helping out with KBOO’s live broadcast of the Waterfront Blues Festival last week, so we didn’t have time to produce a brand new episode for today’s show. But we’ll be bringing you the next best thing – a re-broadcast of our conversation for last year’s Blue... Read more

Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire

"Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire" is a weekly music revue that aims to expand sonic horizons, unravel convoluted cochlea and expose listeners to sounds new and old from around the corner and around the globe— from pulsing icelandic electropop to microtonal ghanian freak ... Read more

Summer settles in

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
A sweet variety of music today featuring King Curtis, Lionel Hampton, Lonnie Jackson, Billie Holiday, Otis Spann, Willie Bobo, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Eddie Harris and many more.  Read more

Folk for Friday on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music and favorites from Olivia Chaney, Natalie Spears, Sierra Ferrell, Joe Crookston, Anna Tivel, Muireann Bradley, John Prine, Alison Krauss, Martha Scanlan, Happy Traum, Bob Dylan, and many more.  We'l... Read more

The Roots of Rock and Roll Summer Special

Airs at: Fri, 06/21/2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Roots of Rock and Roll
  Surf's up!!!  The Roots of Rock and Roll (with Mike Fisher) brings you a summer-themed rock and roll special Friday, June 21st from 3pm-4pm Pacific!  Mike's cueing up a really fun show with summery classics from artists like Johnny Rivers, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Lo... Read more

Fresh Folk for June on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 06/14/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for the latest episode of Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from the Lonesome Ace Stringband, Noriana Kennedy, Ruth Moody, Thomm Jutz, Ordinary Elephant, Laurie Lewis, Chris Smither, Beppe Gambetta and others.  We'll also hear favorites ... Read more

Celebrating the Music of Peter Rowan and Tony Rice on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 06/07/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we preview the upcoming Peter Rowan concert at The Showdown in SE Portland on Thursday, June 13th (more info below) and celebrate the music of the late guitar legend Tony Rice, who would have turned 73 on June 8th.  We... Read more

Cascadia Coffeehouse on Friday, May 31

Airs at: Fri, 05/31/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from Tim O'Brien, fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Tom Rush, Natalie Spears, Brooks Williams, Laurie Lewis, Ana Egge, Paper Wings, Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, and others.  We'll also hear a previousl... Read more

THE ROOTS OF ROCK & ROLL with Mike Fisher

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Roots of Rock and Roll
  Need some rockin' music to get your Memorial weekend started?  Then tune in & turn it up for The Roots of Rock & Roll with DJ Mike Fisher at 3pm today (Friday)!  Just for you, Mike's cued up great classics & deep tracks from artists like Bob Dylan (turning 83 years old ... Read more