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 ...
Read more
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...
Read more
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
Flash plugin.
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 ...
Read more
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
Flash plugin.
Today’s program opens with my favorite songs about my favorite month,
October.
I love train songs, which are usually the purview of male singers. So today
I’ll feature train songs sung by women.
The Edmund Fitgerald sunk in a November Gale on November 10, 1975, which
i...
Read more
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
Flash plugin.
This episode of Pastures of Plenty features Tom Paxton’s singing, from
Ramblin’ Boy, his first album in 1964, through a new protest song released
this month - No Kings Here. The rest of the show blends a variety of folk
music styles and topics, from Joe Hickerson, Emily...
Read more
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your
Flash plugin.
We live in troubled times and music can be a soothing balm as well as
providing apt social commentary.
I love train songs, so the program starts with some classics performed by
Portland blues greats along with some scratchy old recordings that date back
to 1929.
Woody ...
Read more
Subscribe to podcast
