Pastures of Plenty

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Airs at: Wed, 06/26/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Hosted by:

Jack Bohl, Will Selzer, John Risley, Steven Smith, Mike Fisher

Produced by:

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Contemporary and Traditional Folk Music to start your day with a smile

Every Wednesday from 5:30am to 7:00am.

Traditional and Contemporary Folk Music to start your day with a smile

HOSTS: Jack Bohl hosts first Wednesdays, Will Setzer does 2nd Wednesdays, John Risley is on third Wednesdays, Steven Smith does 4th Wednesdays. with rotating hosts 5th Wednesdays

Topic tags:

Music

Genre(s):

Folk

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

A Place in the Choir

Airs at: Wed, 03/09/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Produced for: Pastures of Plenty

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The late Bill Staines opens the program and Butch Baldassari closes. In between there’s a variety of folk singers and players from Alison Krauss, Chris Smither and Sarah Jarosz to Burl Ives, Alice Howe and Irishman Ally Harron. There’s a set of Bob Dylan tunes to test you... Read more

Women's History Month Special

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Produced for: Pastures of Plenty

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March is Women’s History Month, so this show features songs of women’s struggles and stories as sung by some great women artists. We’ll hear from Native American women, pioneers in womens’s blues, folk music from Palestine, and stories of women from American history and fo... Read more

Pastures of Plenty on 02/16/22

Airs at: Wed, 02/16/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

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A Folk Music Patchwork

Airs at: Wed, 02/09/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

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Today’s Pastures of Plenty starts with "A Toast to the Times" from Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt and ends with "A Better Day A-Coming" from Robin and Linda Williams. In between is a variety of folkish music to help you through early Wednesday morning from 5:30 till the news ... Read more

February

Airs at: Wed, 02/02/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Produced for: Pastures of Plenty

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Groundhog Day is the biggest celebration of the year for us meteorologists and weather nerds. It has also proved a fertile topic for songs, which start the show. And even better, February 5 is National Weather Person’s Day! The first hour of the show features songs about Gr... Read more

Pastures of Plenty on 01/19/22

Airs at: Wed, 01/19/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

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Songs From Long Ago

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

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They are 19th century songs that were mentioned in "Little House on the Prairie", a book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in the 1930s. Most of the recordings are from an album titled "Pa’s Fiddle: The Music of America" recorded at a PBS concert in 2012. Port... Read more

Pastures of Plenty January 5, 2022

Airs at: Wed, 01/05/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am

Produced for: Pastures of Plenty

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Arguably 2021 was better than 2020, but that's not saying much. Still so many problems in this old world. But there is always music to brighten our spirits and lighten our hearts. Here is a collection of new music from 2021 that I found uplifting, engaging, amusing, and... Read more