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Pastures of Plenty begins with tales of the sea from Si Kahn, Gordon
Lightfoot, Gordon Bok and Portland’s Shanghaied on the Willamette.
After that the show meanders through Wednesday morning, with lots to hear,
from Guy Davis, Dar Williams, Glen Yarbrough, Sarah Jarosz, a...
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There’s nothing like voices blending in sweet harmony. This program
features the DNA entwined harmonies of the voices of sisters, the sweet
harmony of women’s voices, the complimentary blend of men’s and women’s
voices, and the genetic harmonies between parents and their...
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (September 25, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of
Dobro music by some of the most talented players of this beautiful, lyrical,
and haunting instrument.
The late Josh Graves is somewhat the godfather of the Dobro, the trade name
the resonator ...
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Boxcar Willie starts the show with "Hank and the Hobo." A bit later, Merle
Haggard singing "Under the Bridge" leads a set of music focusing on human
troubles. The set also includes Mary Gauthier, Leonard Cohen and Dale Ann
Bradley (with Tina Adair).
This episode of ...
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You may not get a definitive answer to that musical question during this
program, but you will hear some great songs about peace, love, and
understanding- as well songs about kindness and hope. You’ll also hear two
great and very different versions of the title song, whi...
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (August 28, 2024) we feature a look back at
the late Jimmy Buffett, and the ballads that were a big part of his career.
Buffett passed away from a rare form of skin cancer on September 1, 2023, and
we devote this episode of Pastures of Plent...
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Toumani Diabate the master of Malian kora music passed away recently in July
at age 58. Tune in to a special edition of Pastures of Plenty on Wednesday
August 21st from 5:30 to 7:00 AM as we celebrate his life and legacy. We
will also feature the music of other Malian ...
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I’ve assigned the title of this Pastures of Plenty episode to Blossom
Dearie, a clear-voiced jazzy singer popular in the 1950s. She came though
with "I Hear Music" recorded in 1957. You can hear that two-minute tribute
to "mighty pretty music" at about 6:30am. Soon af...
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This program features great new music as well as some old favorites, starting
with songs for the morning followed by songs about morning trains, the legend
of steel driving man John Henry, some hot guitar flatpicking, and songs from
new releases by artists new to me.
Fe...
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