Music

2025 Pickathon is almost here

Produced for:  KBOO
Big Names and Local Bands are ready to slay at 2025 Pickathon Big-name bands at Portland’s most unique  music festival, 2025 Pickathon, include Portugal. The Man, Taj Mahal, Ocie Elliott, Julien Baker & Torres, and Haley Heynderickx.  But Pickathon (July 31–Aug. 3 at Pen... Read more

It's Winter In America

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Tune in after the MLK Special for an all music program hosyted by Fortunato.  Read more

The Monday Sampler Returns for a Winter Afternnoon

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Settle in as host Fortunato presents 2 hours of music for grownups. Featuring, among others, a great line up of guitarists including  Grant Green, John Scofield, Santana, Martin Sewell, Hank Marvin, David Grissome and Kurt Rosenwinkle. Among the featured vocalists will b... Read more

Folk Espresso - With Jonathan Lay

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Folk Espresso
Songs and tunes for a winter morning, with host Jonathan Lay. Folk music to energize your day. Read more

The Spiders: Back (1971); Sergio Mancera: Películas (1993); Lucifer (1974)

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/10/2026 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Shocks of Sheba on 01/08/26

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Produced for:  Shocks of Sheba
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush 20th Anniversary Part 2 with The Incredible Kid

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 10:00pm - Wed, 01/14/2026 at 12:00am
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush celebrates 20 years on KBOO! All month The Incredible Kid brings the party to you with the latest Global Bass jammers: emphasizing South Asia and the South Asian diaspora with a special focus on Punjabi beats. Khushi or Kush, the choice is yours! Read more

Phil's Picks for 2025 releases (plus some other stuff)

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Songcircle
This Friday on The SongCircle, tune in as I play my favorite releases of 2025 plus some music that's new to me  that I discovered/acquired in 2025. It will be a patchwork quilt of genres; solo artists and bands, live and studio releases.  Some of it I'll have played alre... Read more

Double Groove - Paul Hardcastle

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Double Groove
Tune in to explore Paul Hardcastles 1985, self titled album. The synth-pop dance album is paired with an accompaniment of smooth jazz to highlight the intersection of eighties and nineties synth music.  Read more

A Matter Of Public Records / Episode #110

Airs at: Sat, 01/10/2026 at 3:00am - 6:00am
Hello. This week's show, starts with a song by a band from Manchester England, and ends with a song by a band from Chicago, Illinois. Between those two songs, I think the show takes a few unexpected turns. Hopefully entertaining. Read more