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Prince4Ever!

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Still Mourning this loss . . . Healing through music!   Join us for a very special tribute to the one and only PRINCE!   We lost him exactly ONE year ago today and the world hasn't been the same since. We are going to spend tonight celebrating the music and life of this... Read more

Baseball and Jazz

Airs at: Wed, 04/05/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Jazz in the Afternoon
      Our annual spring offering of ball music and stories airs from 2 to 3:30 p.m.    After the 3:30 jazz calendar, we'll tip our hat to last weekend's re-opening of the expanded Japanese Garden.      Your host,    Bob Riddle Read more

Where A Country Boy Belongs

Airs at: Sat, 04/08/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
When the Marshall Tucker Band first got together back in Spartanburg in 1972 they were rehearsing in an old warehouse. They had not yet decided on a name and were discussing what they should call themselves. Someone looked at the name on the tag of the door key and it said ... Read more

And the winner is . . .

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday! After all Sixty-Four songs (culled from nearly 300) duked it out tournament style over the past few weeks, last night we crowned her signature song which so bravely illuminated the horrors of lynchings, our SAD, SAD Champion, the Ultimate... Read more

"The Forlorn 4" Listen and Lyrics (March Sadness)

  Here are the final four songs in our March Sadness Event down at KBOO You can click on each song title at it will take you to a post with the lyrics and a link to listen to the song in this round we're calling "The Forlorn Four"   1 "Life on Mars?" by David Bowie Vs.... Read more

Heartbreak 8 Videos & Lyrics (March Sadness)

  Here are the final eight songs in our March Sadness Event down at KBOO You can click on each song title at it will take you to a post with the lyrics and a link to listen to the song in this round we're calling the "Heartbreak 8"!     1 "Life on Mars?" by David Bowie... Read more

The Saddest Song . . .

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Covering for Jed (Changable Bulbs) will allow us to conclude our "March Sadness" Event properly Voting will contine here: http://kboo.fm/SadSadVote  and we will continue with some alterantive picks of sad songs and comentary by who better than Professor Palmer aka "THE mos... Read more

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday -FINAL ROUND (#6) of March Sadness

  "STRANGE FRUIT" performed by Billie Holiday 78 RPM Single b/w Fine and Mellow Year: 1939     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98CxkS0vzB8     --- LYRICS --- Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southe... Read more

Sounds Unsound Late March 2017

Airs at: Sun, 03/26/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
An exploration into music, sound and noise. Read more

La Ruleta

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 03/25/2017 at 12:00am
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