Paula's Picks
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Join me every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month at 8 pm, to celebrate music that transcends genres and spoken word artists who will capture the heart, mind, spirit and soul!
Paula the Small will pick music to groove to, accompanied by spoken words that will move and inspire you!
If you or someone you know is a spoken word artist and would like to share spoken word on the air, please get in touch!
E-mail me at: kboopaula at gmail dot com.
Feel like sharing your thoughts about Paula's Picks, the musical journey or the spoken word artists? Please leave a comment!
And don't forget, please visit the links/websites of the artists, who were kind enough to contribute to making the journey that much easier.
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Playlists
Paula's Picks playlist for 10/20/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | I Put a Spell on You (Dance Version) | Black Music for White People | Bizarre Records |
| Bobby "Boris" Pickett | Monster |
Paula's Picks playlist for 10/06/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Crawford | Street Life | Best of Randy Crawford | Warner Bros. Records |
| Sly & the Family Stone | Family Affair | I'm Back! Family & Friends | Cleopatra Records |
| India Arie | Wonderful | ||
| Isaac Hayes | Our Day Will Come | ... To Be Continued | Stax Records |
| Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths | Young, Gifted & Black | ||
| Donna Summer | On the Radio | On the Radio | |
| Freda Payne | Band of Gold | The Best of Freda Payne | EMI - Capitol Music |
| Bobby Womack | Across 110th Street | Across 110th Street Soundtrack | Rykodisc |
| Curtis Mayfield | Move On Up | Give It Up | Music Collection International |
| Mavis Staples | A Piece of the Action | Funk Divas | Apace Music |
| Labelle | Lady Marmalade | Nightbirds | Epic Records |
| Miriam Makeba | Pata Pata 2000 | Homeland | Putamayo World Music |
| Baaba Maal | Salimoun (Funky Kora) | Firin' in Fouta | Mango Records |
| The O'Jays | I Love Music | Family Reunion | CBS Records |
A Fall Membership Drive special edition of "Paula's Picks" from me to YOU!
Thank you for support during the Drive & every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month. More importantly, thank YOU for supporting KBOO 90.7 FM!
~Paula
Paula's Picks playlist for 08/18/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Wheatfall | Pretty Black Girl You So Fine | When I Was Young | Peterson Entertainment | www.emmettwheatfall.com |
| Blacque Butterfly | Black Girl, Can I Comb Your Hair? | Collide-a-Scope | Independent | www.myspace.com |
| KJ Denhert | Message in a Bottle | dal VIVO a Umbria Jazz | Motéma Music | www.kjdenhert.com |
| Jessie Márquez & Mike Denny | Te Vi | Get the Feeling | Denmarq | |
| George Benson & Earl Klugh | Jamaica | Collaboration | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Donna Summer | On the Radio | On the Radio | PolyGram Records | |
| Randy Crawford | Give Me the Night (Chill Night Remix) | Best of Randy Crawford | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Sam Cooke | Having a Party | The Best of Sam Cooke | RCA Legacy | |
| The Commodores | Nightshift | The Best of the Commodores | Motown Records | |
| The Doors | Love Me Two Times | Greatest Hits | Elektra Entertainment | |
| Elephant Revival | Point of You | Break in the Clouds | Ruff Shod Records | www.elephantrevival.com |
| Tree Top Tribe | Soul Shuffle | The Blackberry Jam Sessions | Independent | www.treetroptribe.com |
| The New Limb | Bizarre Love Triangle/Time after Time | Sounds People Can Hear | Artisans Label | www.thenewlimb.com |
| Information Society | What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) | |||
| Jacob Miller | Tenement Yard | 96 Degrees In The Shade | Island Records | |
| Aswad | Don't Turn Around | |||
| Shooting Shark | Blue Oyster Cult | |||
| KLF | 3 AM Eternal | |||
| Solovox | Sage |
Once again, a great way to head into the weekend with great music & spoken word!
Can YOU dig it? Ha! I know you can!
As always, please show love & support for independent music and spoken word artists!
And, as always, thank YOU for making "Paula's Picks" possible.
For more information on the 4th Annual Peace & Unity Fest, click on http://youthsummit09.blogspot.com/ or better yet, head on down Saturday, August 27th from 1:30 pm to 7 pm. The event will be at the Curious Comedy Theater @ the Vanport Square - 5225 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in Portland.
Do it for the kids. Do it for YOU. Do it for the community, because it's what we DO ... on K-B-O-O!
Thank you for putting the "unity" BACK in COMMUNITY.
Please show support & love for our community outside of Portland. For over 12 years, QBliss has provided, support, love AND advocacy to our underserved/represented LGBTIQ community members.
Some of tonight's picks were inspired by the courage of QBliss & in honour of the community contribution. Get in! http://qbliss.net/organization/home
Paula's Picks playlist for 06/16/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depeche Mode | Waiting for the Night | Violator | Sire Records Company | |
| Enigma | Sadeness | MCMXC a.D. | Virgin Records | |
| They Might Be Giants | Whistling in the Dark | Flood | ||
| George Benson & Earl Klugh | Brazilian Stomp | Collaboration | Warner Bros. Records | |
| David Ornette Cherry | Summer Marketplace | Enter-Net | Cherry Extract Music | |
| The Steinmenauts | Counting Graves | Louder than a Bomb Film Soundtrack | www.louderthanabombfilm.com | |
| Emmett Wheatfall | Pretty Black Girl You So Fine | When I Was Young | Peterson Entertainment | www.emmettwheatfall.com |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson | Forces of Vicktry | Independent Intavenshan | ||
| Gil Scott-Heron | Lady Day and John Coltrane | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | BMG Music | |
| Eastern Sunz ft. Smoke | Up in Flames | Corroded Utopia | www.easternsunz.com | |
| Queensryche | Revolution Calling | Operation: mindcrime | EMI-Manhattan Records | |
| Ini Kamoze | Here Comes the Hotstepper | Here Comes the Hotstepper | Sony Music Entertainment | |
| Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers | People Get Ready | Fallen Is Babylon | Elektra Entertainment | |
| Jazz Jamaica All Stars | I Heard It through the Grapevine | Double Barrel | Rykodisc | |
| Ini Kamoze | Rapunzel | |||
| Pambera Steel Orchestra | Soca Dance | Café Caribbean | Union Square Music | |
| Duran Duran | Come Undone | Ordinary World | ||
| Vybe | Hot Hot Hot | Hot Caribbean Hits | Victory World | |
| Aswad ft. Cheb Mami | The Best Times of Our Lives (Dub) | Roots Revival | Ark21 | |
| Ken Boothe | Everything I Own | The Ken Boothe Collection: Eighteen Classic Songs | Trojan Records | |
| Solomon Burke | Medley (If You Need Me, Tonight's the Night, I Almost Lost My Mind) | Live at the House of Blues | Shout! Factory | |
| Solomon Burke | Today Is Your Birthday | |||
| Shabba Ranks ft. Chevelle Franklin | Mr. Loverman | Best of Dancehall Reggae | Priority Records |
THIS WEEKEND EVENTS!
"Louder than a Bomb" Film Screening
Living Room Theaters - 41 SW 10th Ave - Portland - http://www.livingroomtheaters.com
Darkside Cinema - 215 SW 4th Street - Corvallis - http://www.darksidecinema.com
All DAY, Saturday, June 18th - 7 AM - 8 PM
Gil Scott-Heron Tribute - Reflections Cafe & Bookshop - 446 NE Killingsworth (503) 288-4070 - Portland
Saturday, June 18th - 10 AM
Youth Employment Fair - Seeznin's Sports Bar & Lounge - 2218 NE 82nd Ave (by Madison H.S.) - Portland
Paula's Picks playlist for 02/17/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Sunz | Balance | Corroded Utopia | |
| Midnite | Seek Knowledge before Vengeance | Seek Knowledge before Vengeance | |
| Nina Simone | Westwind | Forever Young, Gifted and Black | RCA/Legacy |
| Speech feat. Eshe & Rasa Don | Cruisin' in My Super Beetle | ||
| The Isley Brothers | Summer Breeze | The Isley Brothers Story, Vol. 2: The T-Neck Years (1969-85) | Sony Music Entertainment |
| The Soul Stirrers | Touch the Hem of His Garment | Specialty Profiles Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers | Specialty Records |
| The Impressions | Gypsy Woman | It's All Right | Universal Music Group |
| Repercussions & Curtis Mayfield | Let's Do It Again | A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield | Warner Bros. Records |
| Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | ||
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby | Black Music for White People | Bizarre Records |
| Lionel Richie | Dancing on the Ceiling | Dancing on the Ceiling | Motown Records |
| Johnny Kemp | Just Got Paid | ||
| The Staples Singers | We'll Get Over | We'll Get Over | Stax Records |
| Angie Stone Feat. James Ingram | My People | The Art of Love & War | Stax/Concord |
| The Jaynetts | Sally, Go Round the Roses | ||
| Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | ||
| Toshi Reagon | Building Blues | Have You Heard | Righteous Records |
| Kate Bush | Experiment IV | ||
| The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There | Reach Out | Motown Records |
| SWV | Right Here (Human Nature Duet) | SWV: The Remixes | RCA Records |
| Marcia Griffiths | Until You Come Back to Me | Shining Time | VP Music Group |
| Brownstone | I Can't Tell You Why | ||
| Marcia Griffiths | Electric Boogie (Dub Mix) | Carousel | Island Records |
Paula's Picks playlist for 01/06/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marillion | Dry Land | Holidays in Eden | EMI Records |
| Brad Paisley | Find Yourself | Cars - Original Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records |
| Ashley Maher | Amina | Amina | Spin Wild Records |
| Eastern Sunz | Corroded Utopia | Corroded Utopia | Independent |
| Midnite | Seek Knowledge before Vengeance | Seek Knowledge before Vengeance | Independent |
| Horace Andy | Ain't No Sunshine | Nice Time with the Super Stars | |
| Superstarz | The Ketchup Song | Superstarz | Reflections |
| David Bowie & Queen | Under Pressure | Bowie the Singles 1969 to 1993 | Rykodisc |
| Don Cherry | Birdboy | Multikulti |
Paula's Picks playlist for 12/23/2010
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raheem DeVaughn | Nobody Wins a War | The Love & War MasterPeace | Jive Records |
| John Coltrane & Don Cherry | The Invisible | The Avant-Garde | Atlantic Recording Corporation |
| Youssou N'Dour | Undecided (Japoulo) | The Guide (Wommat) | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson | Reality Poem | Forces of Victory | Mango/Island |
| Allen Toussaint | Soul Sister | The Allen Toussaint Collection | Reprise Records |
| Solomon Burke | Proud Mary | Soul Alive! | Rounder Records |
| David Ornette Cherry | Black President (to Fela Kuti) | Organic Journey: On the Right Path | Diatic Records |
| Rufus Thomas | Funkiest Man Alive | Funkiest Man Alive | Stax Records |
| William Bell | A Tribute to a King | The Very Best of William Bell | Stax Records |
| James Moody | The Pink Panther | Moody Plays Mancini | Warner Bros. Records |
| Oleta Adams | Get Here | Circle of One | Phonogram |
| Chuck Mangione | Feels So Good | Feels So Good | A & M Records |
| The Whispers | And the Beat Goes On | Anthology | The Right Stuff/Capitol Records |
| Joey Scarbury | Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) | TV Land Presents | Rhino Records |
| India Arie | I Am Not My Hair | Testimony: vol. 1, Life & Relationship | Motown Records |
| Bill Withers | Lovely Day | The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Ashford & Simpson | Solid | The Best of Ashford & Simpson | Capitol Records |
| Eastern Sunz | Balance | Corroded Utopia | Independent |
| Max de Castro | A História da Morena Nua Que Abalou as Estruturas do Esplendor do Carnaval | Brasilian Groove | Putamayo World Music |
| Miriam Makeba | Afrika Is Where My Heart Lies | Homeland | Putamayo World Music |
| Levert | Casanova | The Best of Levert | Rhino Records |
| Heat Miser vs Snow Miser | The Year without a Santa Claus |
Tonight is GUARANTEED to keep your toes a-tappin' & your fingers a-snappin'!
If you missed the show-stoppin' edition of "Paula's Picks", peep the "Pick List" for the tunes you can't hear anywhere, BUT on K-B-O-O!
Paula's Picks playlist for 12/09/2010
Tonight's "Paula's Picks" is a year-end celebration full of MUSIC, as well as a short story celebrating Kwanzaa, a holiday tradition, not often acknowledged on the airwaves.
Also, featured guest will be Monsters of Accordion's Jason Webley!
With squeezeboxes strapped to their chests, the Monsters of Accordion are launching an assault on West Coast cities from Seattle to Los Angeles this December. The legendary Corn Mo, known for his work with Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants and The Bindlestiff Family Circus, fills the room with his epic voice and inimitable original songs. Pink-haired accordion pin-up goddess Renée de la Prade squeezes punk rock power into Celtic and zydeco melodies as she pounds the floorboards and pumps her low-slung button box. Just back from Serbia, The Petrojvic Blasting Company have burnt venues to the ground across Europe and North America with their fiery young take on Balkan gypsy music. They are joined by infamous accordion howler, Jason Webley, who organizes the annual tour and is known around the world for his gigantic voice, his frenzied squeezebox playing and the ability to make any room of strangers throw their arms around each other and sing their hearts out.
For more information on these independent artists, please visit the Monsters of Accordion's website:
http://www.monstersofaccordion.com/index.html
Keep your ears tuned to the dial 90.7 FM Portland or on-line at K-B-O-O dot F-M for a chance to win a pair of tickets. The Monsters of Accordion play at the Kennedy School here in Portland, on Thursday, December 16th and YOU and a friend can win tickets!
Listen up!
Paula's Picks playlist for 12/02/2010
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon McClain | Come On | TBD | |
| Superstarz | The Ketchup Song | Superstarz | Reflections |
| The Chords | Sh-Boom | Cars - Original Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records |
| Concrete Blonde | Joey | Bloodletting | International Record Syndicate |
| Enya | Caribbean Blue | Shepherd Moons | Warner Music UK |
| Aaron Neville | Tell It Like It Is | The Classic Aaron Neville | Rounder Records |
| Elephant Revival | Feathers Rise | Break in the Clouds | Ruff Shod Records |
| JJ Fad | Supersonic | Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Vol. One | Tommy Boy Entertainment |
| THE ROOTS (ft Erykah Badu) | You Got Me | The Roots: Clean Album | MCA Records |
| Michel Martelly with Haïti Twoubadou | Pa Manyen Fanm Nan | French Caribbean | Putamayo World Music |
| Jazz Jamaican All-Stars | I Heard It through the Grapevine | Jazz Jamaica: Double Barrel | Rykodisc |
| Elephant Revival | What Is Time? | Break in the Clouds | Ruff Shod Records |
| Cesaria Evora | Carnaval de São Vicente | Café Atlantico | Lusafrica |
| The Neville Brothers | Let My People Go/Get Up Stand Up | Live on Planet Earth | A & M Records |
| Shihan | Auction Network | The Poet | Groove Gravy Records |
| Shihan ft Gina Loring | Follow Me | The Poet | Groove Gravy Records |
| Elephant Revival | Drop | Break in the Clouds | Ruff Shod Records |
| Enigma | The Cross of Changes | The Cross of Changes | Charisma Records America |
| The Neville Brothers | Love the One You're With/You Can't Always Get What You Want | Live on Planet Earth | A & M Records |
| Steps | 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Tonight's show had music, music and more music, but also featured Shihan the Poet.
Shihan is best known for makin' folks think with his words. Sometimes, he puts his words to music & he collaborated with the diva on the rise, Gina Loring. The result? Magic.
Also, we learned about Oregon's Long-Term Care Ombudsman program from Gretchen Jordan, Volunteer Coordinator and LTCO volunteer, Tom Comfort. They shared information about the amazing work done by only 6 staff and 140 volunteers for the ENTIRE state of Oregon.
For more information on Oregon's Long-Term Care Ombudsman program, please visit:
As always, thank you for listening! Thank you for sharing your evening with me and don't forget ... tune in every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 8 pm, on YOUR community radio station ... K-B-O-O!
Paula's Picks playlist for 10/21/2010
| Artist | Title | Album | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon McClain | Come On | TBD | |
| David Ornette Cherry | The Hillsboro Story Soundtrack | ||
| Hunter Robinson | Hunter Robinson EP | ||
| Eastern Sunz | Balance | Corroded Utopia | www.easternsunz.com |
| Nathan Brown | A Birthday Song | Gypsy Moon | www.nathanbrown.com |
| Eastern Sunz | Go Up In Flames | Corroded Utopia | |
| Nathan Brown | Gypsy Moon (Driftin' Away Reprise) | Gypsy Moon |
A wonderful, fun-filled night of spooky storytelling sneak peeks, a reading of a touching for children-of-all ages story and slam poetry!
Details on the FUNdraiser, Terrifying Tales of Terror, for Portland Story Theater & Nest Share:
http://www.portlandstorytheater.com
Portland Story Theater also hosts personal narrative workshops.
Check out Will Redwood's children's story - A Bird Song and his artwork
Portland Poetry Slam - learn more about the team and how YOU can participate!
http://twitter.com/PortlandPoetry
Thanks to poets Eirean Bradley, Chris Lesa and DLux tha Light for bringin' slam to our airwaves. They also filled us in about the Portland Poetry Slam event, A Room Full of Speakers, at Backspace on Sat/Sun - Oct. 23rd & 24th.
Support the local/independent vocalists and musicians who shared their music with us!
Marlon McClain
David Ornette Cherry - http://www.davidornettecherry.com/index.html
Eastern Sunz - http://www.easternsunz.com
Nathan Brown - http://www.nathanbrown.com
Programs & Schedules
- On-Air Schedule Grid (HTML)
- Schedule By Genre (PDF)
- On-Air Schedule (3/2012, graphic)
- On-Air Schedule (3/2012, PDF)
Next Board of Director's Meeting
JUNE 3, 2013 - 6PM
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Hi Paula, Tom and Ardyth here
Hi Paula,
Tom and Ardyth here from Vancouver, WA. We spoke to you over the weekend when we dropped into donate. Great show tonight and I really enjoyed hearing your choices, great job!
Have a great week.........