Swing 'n' Country

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Three hours of country and western style recordings.
Country/Western
Hosted by: 
Robert Parish, Wayne Johnson, Will Selzer, Mary Rondthaler, Gary Baysinger
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every Saturday morning from 6-9 am

Music in the Country style including: western & western swing, cowboy & country blues, country folk, bluegrass, rockabilly, hillbilly, Americana, and honky tonk.

1st Saturday - Robert Parish along with son Graham play sets featuring particular artists as well as sets with a variety of artists.

2nd Saturday - Wayne and Kathy - Variety of Country, Western, Western Swing, Country Folk, Country Blues, Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Americana Music 

3rd Saturday - Will Selzer - Blends all types & styles of country music from 50+ years, rooted in mid-20th century, men and women artists equally.  The goal is to entertain our listeners and to have fun. 

4th Saturday - Mary - Bringing a musician’s ear to the collective with a focus on older country and Western swing from the ‘30s to the ‘70s, always with a good dose of women artists

5th Saturday - Gary - Countrypolitan Blues - A mix of Eastern Philosophy and Western Swing; the yin, the yang, and the do-si-do

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Comments/Questions contact us at swingncountry@kboo.org

Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
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Guitars, Cadillacs, and Dwight Yoakam Music

Airs at: Sat, 07/29/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Johnny Cash once cited Dwight Yoakam as his favorite country singer. Chris Isaak called him as good a songwriter as ever put pen to paper. With his stripped-down approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country, he helped return country music to its roots. Time... Read more

Additional Girl Power, plus swoony heartthrob Glen Campbell

Airs at: Sat, 07/22/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  This week's theme: country, western swing, boogie and rockabilly from before 1965.   Do you have requests? Were they recorded before 1965? Please let us know before Saturday! Additional Girl Power. KBOO just got in a few new albums with fresh female voices, and I am ex... Read more

Swing 'n' Country with Wayne & Kathy

Airs at: Sat, 07/15/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Cowboy Poet Tom Swearingen will be stopping by the studio this Saturday. Tom has become our connection to the Western Music Association and will share any WMA News, highlight some WMA Artists and share a poem or two. Prior to Tom's arrival you will hear an assortment of cou... Read more

All Vinyl Edition

Airs at: Sat, 07/08/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Tune in to Swing and Country Saturday morning and start your day with three hours of American hot wax. Matt will be here with his record collection and his friends Ernest, Hank, Patsy, Johnny and Emmylou. Turn your dial to 90.7 and turn the volume up to sublimity.  Read more

Swing'n'Country

Airs at: Sat, 07/01/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Independence Day is right around the corner and Molly's dug out all her favorite freedom songs!  Tune in bright and early Saturday morning and let the country music get you in the mood to wrangle with all the complexity of the 241st birthday of the U.S.A.  Highlights includ... Read more

Soundies on the Radio

Airs at: Sat, 06/24/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Western Swing was not immune to this crazy hepped-up thing they called Soundies in the 1940s. You could see & hear a band all dressed up in their western wear, lip-synching their hearts out, and sometimes there were even lyrics to sing along with! While these soundies w... Read more

Father's Day Weekend Edition of Swing 'n' Country

Airs at: Sat, 06/17/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Songs about fathers will kick off each set of music on this Saturday's Swing 'n' Country program. During the final hour one set will highlight the music of Juni Fisher and a couple of poems from Cowboy Poet Tom Swearingen, who will be sharing the stage on Tuesday, June 27 a... Read more

I Love You Because

Airs at: Sat, 06/10/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Leon Roger Payne was born in Texas in 1917 and was almost totally blind from infancy. When Leon was twelve, his mother tucked a little black pig under her arm and walked four miles through a cotton patch to the neighbors' farm. When she came back the pig was not with her... Read more

Swing 'n' Country on 06/03/17

Airs at: Sat, 06/03/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Molly is hosting you this week with country music to your early morning.  This week I feature the sounds of Black country artists- going way back to Leadbelly and DeFord Bailey and up to the present day. Looking forward to sharing gems like 'Straight Tequila' by Trini Trigg... Read more

Swing'n'Country duets and near duets? Summery, cheerful songs?

Airs at: Sat, 05/27/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
VJ here. I like to have a theme for my once-a-month program, but I'm just coming up dry. So I rely on the kindness of you listeners - what would you like to hear? I'm thinking duets, or near duets. I'd love to get some baritones. Or songs about summer. Cheerful songs. Hel... Read more