Blues

New Releases, Feb 24, 2012

Here's a list of new releases we've added to the KBOO library for the week of February 24th. ARTIST TITLE LABEL GENRE Bowerbirds The Clearing Dead Oceans Rock – oldies Farrar, Jay et al. New Multitudes Rounder Rock – oldies Fro, Jon Been on a J... Read more

Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival

KBOO is a proud media partner for the 2011 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival KBOO will be broadcasting the festival live from the First Tech Blues Stage (North) and the Miller Stage (South)! 100 percent of gate donations help Oregon Food Bank’s mission to fight hunger and it... Read more

Rosetta Reitz and the lost Women of Blues

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The women we heard on the show and linked below were all but lost until Rosetta Reitz, a feminist and jazz historian, started the record-label Rosetta Records. Brad talks about how the self-image of Blues as a male-dominated genre was shook up in 1979 when Rosetta re-relea... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 7th

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Today's Old Mole, hosted by Joe Clement shown to the left, features an ongoing discussion about the Egyptian revolution, a review of the film Biutiful, an article about the revolutionary arab spirit, and the almost forgotten women of blues and the jazz historian who rescu... Read more

Part THREE: Joe Carducci hosts a memorial to David Lightbourne

Airs at: Fri, 08/06/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Special Programming: Music

Here is the last part of the David Lightbourne tribute hosted by Joe Carducci. This includes the live performance by many people who played with David over the years. Read more

The House of Sound

Airs at: Wed, 03/03/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Tonight we hear about the House of Sound and it’s vibrant history as a community and cultural space from community members, and former employees and customers: Clifford Walker, Mel Renfro, Ken Dickson, David Dawson, Yugen Rashad, Cleo Smith, Billy Holt, Woodrow Wilson, Jr.,... Read more

Collective of Genuises and Crys Matthews on Out Loud

Airs at: Tue, 11/24/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Collective of Genuises and Crys Matthews on Out Loud On tonight's queer hour, we hear from the Collective of Geniuses. CoG’s mission is to create art that challenges the notions on which class, gender, privilege and other social demographics are based. CoG empowers minority... Read more

Boat Delivers Medecine Against Israeli Blockade

Airs at: Tue, 07/29/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The Free Gaza movement is a group of international and Palestinian activists working to open the Gaza Strip, an area which is currently under siege by Israeli military forces.The group is currently in Cyprus loading medical supplies onto fishing ships. On Tuesday, they wi... Read more

Robert "Wolfman" Belfour: The Oldest Blues Man in Memphis

Airs at: Thu, 07/17/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for:

Waterfront Blues Festival, 2008. This is an interview with old time blues player, Robert "Wofman" Belfour. Listen for his music bedded underneath the interview and following immediately after (hastily ended, the batteries died before I could wrap up the questions). Belfour ... Read more

Roots of Rock and Roll

---> Every Friday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Early Rock & Roll, Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues and Rock of the 70s. Dale Farr plays rare and vintage recordings from the birth of Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Doo-Wop, and Rockabilly, thru the 50s and early 60s. On alternate ... Read more