Folk

24sd_1678x281.png

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Harry Belafonte, Transatlantic Sessions, and Cinco de Mayo

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Pastures of Plenty
We lost a great figure in American music, culture, and politics when Harry Belafonte died April 25 at age 96. He was a supporter of the Civil rights movement in the 1960s who helped organize and fund the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where Martin Luther King... Read more

Fresh Folk and Roots on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from AJ Lee & Blue Summit, the duo Open Road (Lucia Comnes & John Palmer), Michael Jerome Brown, April Verch & Cody Walters, Corey Harris, Emily Scott Robinson and others.  We’ll also hear favorites ... Read more

Friday Folk and Roots on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from the Vermont-based trio Low Lily, Bay-area vocalist Amelia Hogan, Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Coole, fiddler Hanneke Cassel and others.  We’ll also hear favorites from Robbie Fulks (playing ... Read more

Earth Day edition of Sounds Unsound

Airs at: Sun, 04/23/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound
Earth Day edition of Sounds Unsound. The third hour will be all nature sounds, no human intervention. Read more

Rise When the Rooster Crows - Old-Time Earth Day Special

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 6:00am - 7:30am
Start the Earth Day celebration at sunrise on KBOO.  In this Old-Time Earth Day episode, Rise When the Rooster Crows will celebrate Earth Day with traditional North American music, its roots, branches, and beyond. Artists in this episode include Molsky's Mountain Drifters... Read more

Rise When the Rooster Crows - Old-Time Earth Day

Airs at: Thu, 04/20/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Tune in to KBOO to get a headstart on Earth Day. In this Old-Time Earth Day episode, Rise When the Rooster Crows will celebrate Earth Day with traditional North American music, its roots, branches, and beyond. Artists in this episode include Molsky's Mountain Drifters; Be... Read more

BTTE Episode 323: Regular Show

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Back To The Egg

Fresh Folk for April on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 04/14/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from the Boston-based string band Mile Twelve, the British group The Magpies, the new supergroup Mighty Poplar (playing the Aladdin Theatre on May 25th), My Politic, fiddler Sami Braman, and others. ... Read more

Folk Espresso - Wind and Rain

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Folk Espresso
March has come and gone. It entered like a lion and was still roaring at the door to April. And amid all of the blossoms here in Western Oregon, the rain, snow, and hail have just kept coming. In this episode of Folk Espresso, join host Jonathan Lay for songs and a few tune... Read more

Earth Day

Airs at: Wed, 04/05/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Pastures of Plenty
The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970, a teach-in put together by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from my home state of Wisconsin and Denis Hayes, a young Wisconsin- born environmental advocate who grew up in Camas, WA and now lives in Vancouver, WA. This celebration of our ho... Read more