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GLAAD it's Queer Awards Season

Airs at: Sat, 05/18/2024 at 10:00pm - Sun, 05/19/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Queery
May 2024 saw the 35th GLAAD Media Awards and the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, providing a lot of opportunity to explore up and coming queer artists!    The GLAAD Media Awards began in 1990, representing content created in 1989. It is the longest running US awards show fo... Read more

Some Assembly Required, Episode 304

Airs at: Sun, 05/19/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Some Assembly Required
Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by artists such as Aggro1, The Avalanches, CCC, DNA (and Suzanne Vega), Double Dee & Steinski, Forss, DJ Krush, Madlib, Orchid Spangiafora, Public Works and Wagon Christ. Read more

Odds & Ends from All Over

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Sound Clash Modem
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Some Assembly Required, 264

Airs at: Sun, 04/21/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Some Assembly Required
Sound Collage. Or Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by Aggro1, Attica Blues, Beastie Boys, Noah Creshevsky, Double Dee & Steinski, Christoph Heemann, MF Doom, The Slammin One, Susumu Yokota, Tipsy and Raymond Scott. Originally scheduled, bu... Read more

Gloomy Hip Hop Vol 2

Airs at: Tue, 04/09/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Sound Clash Modem
I made this mix when I was processing some difficult life changes. It explores some of the more progressive, experimental sounds of contemporary hip hop's gloomier side, with a heavy dose of emo influence. Read more

Buscando America on 04/09/24

Airs at: Tue, 04/09/2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
El Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional cumplió 40 años de su Fundación y 30 años de su levantamiento armado. Escucha el Foro “40 y 30 años de historia, resistencia, vigencia y persistencia del EZLN”. Escucha una cápsula de la Jornada sobre el Arte y los Zapatistas, y... Read more

Desi Dembow, Urban French Sounds

Airs at: Tue, 03/26/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Sound Clash Modem
This episode begins with an exploration of 3-2 syncopation in desi pop and Bollywood music before transitioning into a selection of current music urban French music featuring similar rhythms. Read more

Eclectic Pandemic: An Interview with Willie Waldman

Airs at: Sun, 03/24/2024 at 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Eclectic Pandemic Host and Dj Thomas James spoke with Willie Waldman from The Willie Waldman Project and will be airing that interview live in the KBOO studio! Just skim over his bio to get an idea of what music will accompany the interview.   The name might not strike a... Read more

Culture in Motion, LIVE

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Welcome to the Third Wednesday of the Month, 7:00pm Exclusively on KBOO Portland     ------ Read more

Buscando America on 02/20/24

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa te llevamos a espacios de escucha, baile y apreciación musical, con la melómana salsera e investigadora anti racista, Astrid Cuero.  Read more