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New CDs in music library August 10, 2012

We're currently having a backlog (come back soon Andy!) so here are about half of the new relases for our libarary, as of August 10, 2012...   ARTIST    TITLE    LABEL    GENRE Annalog and the Hopeful Diaries    Crooked Cowboys and the Freshwater Indians    Self Release    A... Read more

New Jazz Releases, August 7, 2012

KBOO jazz Tracking 8/7/12 Ben-Hur/Debriano                Our Thing                    Motema Sylvia Brooks                Restless                    self prod Frank Herzberg            Handmade                    self prod Hot Club of Detroit                  Junction  ... Read more

Author Veronica Faye, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking-The Savannah Wooten Case

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Veronica Faye discusses her latest book, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking – The Savannah Wooten Case.   The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile career while keeping her bipolar disorder in chec... Read more

Local Documentarians

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Film Show
Oregon documentarians continue to make waves both here at home and on the international stage.  Today Natalie Butto talks with Sarah Henderson and Erich Lyttle, the directors behind the feature film We Grew Wings.  Arriving on the festival circuit on the 40th anniversary of... Read more

New Jazz Releases, July 24, 2012

John Abercrombie            Within A Song                    ECM Joe Alterman                Give Me the Simple Life            Miles High Laila Biali                Live In Concert                self prod Brian Bromberg            Bromberg Plays Hendrix            Artist... Read more

Homer Davenport Centennial Commemoration

Airs at: Thu, 07/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Political cartoonist, sportsman, world traveler, and gadfly Homer Davenport has been called "Oregon's first media superstar" and "the last casualty of the Titanic."  In the centennial year of his death, historian and author Gus Frederick invites host S.W. Conser to Silverto... Read more

A Season of Lear

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
More summer Shakespeare coverage with Portland Shakespeare Project's Season of Lear shows. Dmae talks with artistic director Michael Mendelson and playwright C.S. Whitcomb about their collaboration of a new Lear adaptation to run in repertory with Shakespeare's King Lear. ... Read more

Portland Queer Music Festival featured on Out Loud Radio

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight we feature music from the upcoming Portland Queer Music Festival. Our first music break is from Play/Start titled 'The Alibi' We welcome Samuel, the Mastermind behind the festival, to the show and he shares all the important details of this upcoming event. The Portlan... Read more

New Jazz Releases, June 28, 2012

KBOO Jazz Tracking    6/28/12 Andy Baker/Steve Million            Mood Point            Jazzum Records Actis Dato                    Sin Fronteras            Leo Steve Daay                    Strewn w/Pebbles        Leo Todd Clouser                    Entre/Garage Jazz  ... Read more

Interview with Mark Baumgarten, author of Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Erin Yanke interviews Mark Baumgarten, author of the book Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music. Mark will be reading in Portland July 12th, 7:30pm, at Powells Books on Burnside. The reading and book signing will be followed by a K Records tribut... Read more