Arts/Culture

Randy and the Randies

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2018 at 10:00pm - Thu, 03/22/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Life During Wartime

Listen to an interview with Jennifer Lobianco, Steve Lee Reade and Philip Zimmerman of Randy and the Randies, a Portland band in existence from 1979 to 1982. They just reissued their record, which we'll be playing much of tonight! Read more

Creating the Isle of Dogs - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this extended conversation with Portland animator Paul Harrod, we hear more about his adventures working with filmmaker Wes Anderson, as well as the likes of Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, and Larry Wilmore. During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answ... Read more

Louly and Pretty Boy by Elmore Leonard

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/20/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Tonight, a short story by Elmore Leonard, Louly and Pretty Boy. A young woman dreams of running away from home to join up with the famous bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd and finds that being a "gun mol" in depresion era Oklahoma is not as romantic as she had imagined. Plus, a ... Read more

Charles Gitnick and Joey Birlem @ KBOO !

Produced for: Squirrels Know

TEAM CHOEY JOINS US IN STUDIO 2 THIS SUNDAY FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH ENDER BLACK, segment producer for Rose City Native Radio, host of Squirrels Know and member of the Youth Collective. We will be talking about Charles Gitnick's art, message, and his collaboration wi... Read more

Music and Poetry of the Kesh – A Celebration

Airs at: Fri, 03/30/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Randomonium

The groundbreaking novel by dearly departed genius author Ursula K. Le Guin, Always Coming Home, was released in 1985 with a cassette of Music and Poetry of the Kesh, composed by Todd Barton . That cassette is now being released on vinyl by Freedom To Spend. Hosts Moe Bows... Read more

In The Mix

Airs at: Tue, 03/20/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

"In The Mix: Conversations with Artists...Between Races" by Dmae Roberts is a radio exploration of Mixed Race. Through the voices of artists who have dedicated their lives to building bridges and bringing to light interracial issues and themes, Roberts takes us on a jou... Read more

Bring back the funk with Sly & the Family Stone

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: From the Grassroots

late 1960's and early 1970's , Sly & the Family Stone created a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk that broke boundaries down with a funky beat. Led by Sly Stone, the Family Stone was comprised of men and women, and blacks and whites, makin... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Philip Kenney

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

If you’re a writer, or an artist, or composer. Or really anyone doing something creative, you might have been filled at one time with self doubt. It’s very common for even the most successful artists to feel they’re just not good enough. And this can hamper their creativity... Read more

preview: March Music Moderne VI: Tombeau de Claude Debussy

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

March Music Moderne founder Bob Priest and other special guests join us in studio for a preview of this year's festivities: a film at Cinema 21 + 3 concerts at the Community Music Center << ALL FREE EVENTS >> taking place from March 22-25. Priest and I will discuss the... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Jess Perlitz and Joel W. Fisher about their current shows at Lewis & Clark College’s Hoffman Gallery

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jess Perlitz and Joel W. Fisher about their current shows at Lewis & Clark College’s Hoffman Gallery. Perlitz talks about her show of interactive sculptures called Forever Washing Itself, and Fisher talks abo... Read more