Swing 'n' Country

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Airs at: Sat, 04/27/2024 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Hosted by:

Robert Parish, Wayne Johnson, Will Selzer, Mary Rondthaler, Gary Baysinger

Produced by:

KBOO

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Every Saturday morning from 6-9 am

Music in the Country style including: western & western swing, cowboy & country blues, country folk, bluegrass, rockabilly, hillbilly, Americana, and honky tonk.

1st Saturday - Robert Parish along with son Graham play sets featuring particular artists as well as sets with a variety of artists.

2nd Saturday - Wayne and Kathy - Variety of Country, Western, Western Swing, Country Folk, Country Blues, Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Americana Music

3rd Saturday - Will Selzer - Blends all types & styles of country music from 50+ years, rooted in mid-20th century, men and women artists equally. The goal is to entertain our listeners and to have fun.

4th Saturday - Mary - Bringing a musician’s ear to the collective with a focus on older country and Western swing from the ‘30s to the ‘70s, always with a good dose of women artists

5th Saturday - Gary - Countrypolitan Blues - A mix of Eastern Philosophy and Western Swing; the yin, the yang, and the do-si-do

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Comments/Questions contact us at swingncountry@kboo.org

Streams:

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Program status:

Current

Saturday Morning Country Music

Airs at: Sat, 08/20/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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The show opens with Kenny Baker & Josh Graves from their 1972-73 album The Puritan Sessions. Baker was a fiddler with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, and Graves was primarily known as Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' Dobro player. For Baker, the session marked a return... Read more

Swing 'n' Country with Wayne & Kathy

Airs at: Sat, 08/13/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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Join Wayne & Kathy for a mix of country tunes for your late summer Saturday morning! Read more

Swing 'N' Country

Airs at: Sat, 08/06/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country, Swing 'n' Country

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Graham Parish and Dad (Robert) spend three hours playing country songs about dogs, summertime and broken hearts. The father-son duo also talk about the record breaking heat and share some of their favorite local and national artists. The music in Hour One focuses on count... Read more

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone

Airs at: Sat, 07/30/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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There was a time when the airwaves were full of songs about cowboys ridin' the range and sleeping under the stars of the western sky. But those tunes have vanished from the radio playlists and are now just a memory. What happened to those cowboy songs? Was their d... Read more

Swing 'n' Country on 07/23/22

Airs at: Sat, 07/23/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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Saturday Morning Country Music

Airs at: Sat, 07/16/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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Please join me for K-Boo’s Swing ’n’ Country. This week the show opens with a trio of enthusiastic tunes from Jerry Reed, followed by Waylon and Mick singing a tribute to Bob Wills. The second hour features In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine’s 1999 album of duets with wom... Read more

Swing 'n' Country with Wayne & Kathy

Airs at: Sat, 07/09/2022 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

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A mix of country, alternative country, western, western swing, rockabilly, bluegrass & Americana music. Read more

Swing 'N' Country

Airs at: Sat, 07/02/2022 at 6:15am - 9:15am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

Father and son Robert and Graham Parish present three hours of classic and new country music as well as taste of one of Portland’s most important community events, the Waterfront Blues Festival, happening this weekend in downtown PDX In hour one, Graham takes listeners on ... Read more