Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival is returning for 2025 (July 4 and 5) with a scaled-back format this year. Festival Artistic Director Peter Dammann told KBOO that this year's event will feature a smaller but more focused lineup, adapting to the challenging econo... Read more

To everyone in our Beloved Community,   In light of the inauguration, the slew of executive orders, and the rise of misinformation in the United States, we here at KBOO are committed to continuing our legacy as an alternative to mainstream media. We have a duty to serv... Read more

  KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RECRUITING   Are you passionate about KBOO Community Radio and its mission? Consider applying to KBOO’s Board of Directors.   KBOO Community Radio’s board of directors guides the station’s strategic plan and represents ... Read more

  KBOO is back with it's annual remote broadcast of Good in the Hood! This annual festival is the largest of its type in the Pacific Northwest and takes place annually on the last weekend of June. It opens with a parade that travels through Northeast Portland and ends... Read more

We’re back! The Waterfront Blues Festival is returning to Waterfront Park for two jam-packed days on July 4 & 5, 2025! This year, we’re bringing the party to a big ol’ main stage in the bowl along the shores of the Willamette River — same incredible vibes, just a fresh n... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features the following segments: International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East: In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump a... Read more

  Rupert Kinnard has been drawing comics for fifty years, while nurturing his side gigs as a designer, art director, and community activist.  His characters The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé were the first queer African-American superheroes — long before DC and Ma... Read more

Please join me for another swingin' episode of Swing 'n' Country this Saturday 6/28 from 6-9 am. In this week's show, you'll hear legendary Country tracks, lively Western Swing numbers and a few forgotten gems. From sweaty saddles to dimly lit honky-tonks, the bottom of ... Read more

Portland now has a new form of government and a revamped city council that in many respects represents the new vision that created this change in our city government. But many tensions remain between some of the city council visionaries and an established way of thinking... Read more

Songs and tunes in this episode will take us on a ramble through the kitchen, out fishing, onto the railroad, into the union, and more. It’s traditional music of North America, roots, branches, and beyond, with host Jonathan Lay. Artists in this episode include: The New L... Read more

Join host Leigh Anne for a summer soundtrack of roots rock. Artists: Rich Robinson, Sophie Gault, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Sierra Ferrell, Charlie Robison, Whiskeytown, The Highwomen. Kathleen Edwards, Blind Melon, Lenny Kravitz, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty and the Heartbreak... Read more

Our scheduled guest this week was Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. But Miriam had to cancel due to illness. Hopefully, we’ll have her back for our next show in July. In the meantime, we’ll be playing an episode from March 2024, ... Read more

Join me for a lively discussion about how Little Critter Crew got started and their animal rescue, transport services, and detailed animal care guides. Little Critter Crew, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, is a foster-based animal rescue organization in Eugene, OR. They ha... Read more

Two recent BFI Film Classics on Mikio Naruse's A Woman Ascends a Staircase and Wong Kar-Wei's In the Mood for Love.        ---------------------------------------------------------------     IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE     I’ve often wondered why the British Film Institut... Read more