The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Airs at: Fri, 12/05/2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Every Friday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Early Rock & Roll, Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues and Rock of the 70s.

Dale Farr plays rare and vintage recordings from the birth of Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Doo-Wop, and Rockabilly, thru the 50s and early 60s.

Mike Fisher plays vintage rock and roll, blues & soul from many eras and genres each month.  Mike also helps out on The Songcircle and has programmed and hosted roots rock shows for 30+ years on WMNF Tampa and KBOO community radio stations.  

On fifth Fridays, Kim Paris will feature musical nuggets from the mid-'60s to the mid-'80s, including some rare live tracks from archive.org. Kim has been on-air in Portland for 4 years and hosted radio shows in the late '70s and early '80s in the San Francisco Bay Area.​ 

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Airs at: Fri, 09/20/2019 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Friday, September 20th is the first day of the Global Climate Strike.  To show support for the action, this edition of Roots will feature songs that reference the weather in their title. Read more