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Folk Songs and Stories of Hallowe'en

Airs at: Fri, 10/30/2020 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Lark In The Morning
Hallowe'en is a time to confront the reality of our mortality, a reminder from the ancients that there is a spirit world that can intersect with our everyday life. Pre-industrial culture had a well-developed sense of this other world, and taught us about it with songs and r... Read more

HALLOWEEN “SPOOKTACULAR.”

Airs at: Sat, 10/31/2020 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Join Dad (Robert Parish) and Graham (Graham Parish) for a three-hour ride down a pickin’, grinnin’ and screamin’ supernatural highway as the father-son duo digs deep into their Halloween-themed country music archives. They’ll be featuring music about ghosts, ghouls, grave... Read more

Persephone Rising: A Global Sonic Retelling of the Underworld Myth

Airs at: Sat, 10/31/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  "Starry Wheels" artwork used by permission of the artist, alumni audio contributor and Portland-based local, Peter Nevins. [Show Transcript] Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift, where we give the mic to nature and amplify earth, on KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, 91.9 FM H... Read more

Returning from the Underworld

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Threshold Shift's Blue Moon Halloween Episode-A Sonic Retelling of the Persephone Myth For those that want to set the spooky mood early this Halloween, come join us at Threshold Shift from 12-3am Saturday, October 31st. We'll be journeying through the Underworld with Pe... Read more

Buena Vista Social Club - Eliades Ochoa from Cuba to the World

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Jazz in the Afternoon
   Always plenty of great jazz on Wednesday afternoons on KBOO!   Bob Riddle hosts this week... featuring Cuban son, Night Train, Top local talent. Read more

The Apocalyptic Vote

Airs at: Fri, 10/30/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/31/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Hardcore Variety Hour
On this edition of MattC, Wolfman & Janie B.'s Variety Hour, we are back with a pop-up show about the upcoming election, and maybe a sprinkling of Halloween.  For the first hour (yes, its two hours) we have our usual three DJ's, but for the second hour we have music sets fr... Read more

Soul Halloween

Airs at: Thu, 10/29/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
First annual KBOO Halloween special, Thursday October 29th from 8 to 10 pm. Smooth R&B grooves, Smooth Jazz, Blues and Comedy. Put on by JJ Johnson from the gospel and more program. Read more

New releases of new music

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight on A Different Nature we will listen to releases of experimental and avant garde music that have come out in the last several months. Read more

Halloween Comes Early, Again, Still

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2020 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Leos Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and more great classical music on The Third Floor: #274

Airs at: Sun, 10/25/2020 at 8:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Third Floor
TTF Program 274 October 25, 2020 Hour One  Verdi:  Laudi Alla Vergine Maria (Cambridge Singers, dir. John Rutter) 4:55 Delius:  Air and Dance (English Northern Philharmonia, dir. David Lloyd-Jones) 4:57 Barber:  Reincarnations -- Mary Hynes, Anthony O’Daly, The coolin’ o... Read more