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Sherlock Holmes Returns

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns with lots of music and another adventure of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone as the Great Detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson. Today's story is set on a stormy  October day in 1887 as Holmes faces the puzzle of the Camberwell Poisoning. This story ... Read more

KBOO Alum Bob Dietsche Interviews Bud Shank with music - from 1985

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This is jazz royalty on both sides of the microphone.   Both Bob and Bud were near the tops of their fields in 1985 - Bob in radio and jazz history, and Bud in jazz saxophone and flute.   Furthermore, Bud married a Portland girl; long active in the Jazz Society of Oregon... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 02/23/23

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2023 at 10:00pm - Fri, 02/24/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
A live episode from my frozen mountain enclave. What will I do? Who cares? Tune in to find out! Read more

Sun Ra: Living in the Space Age

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for Spark Plug
We hold this myth to be potential Not self-evident but equational Another Dimension Of another kind of Living Life. Read more

Cecil Taylor: Live in Nice, July 29, 1969

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for A Different Nature
3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971.[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille, recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, ... Read more

Symphony Sid Special

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
Symphony Sid put jazz on radio's map with shows from 1937 to 1972 - an all latin show. All the original and best versions of his theme, Jumpin' With Symphony Sid, will be heard around his last interview by Phil Schaap, along with his favorites including Lester Young, Diz... Read more

Rhythm Shack Mardi Gras Special 2023!

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Please join us for a special Mardi Gras edition of Rhythm Shack this Monday!  Fat Tuesday is next Tuesday, so for our February show we'll hear tunes & bands about & from Louisiana! Roots rock, swamp rock, zydeco, brass bands, Mardi Gras Indian bands, funk & more...(Check ou... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 02/09/23

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 10:00pm - Fri, 02/10/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
Another live episode of Radio Lost & Found! A tribute to Tom Verlaine (1949  - 2023) of Television, including a bootleg Television performance from The Earth Tavern right here in Portland! Plus other surprises. Read more

Sounds Unsound late Feb 2023

Airs at: Sun, 02/26/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound
New sounds for jaded ears. Read more

Early Feb Sounds Unsound

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound