Country

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Heartbreakers

Airs at: Sat, 10/05/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Nothing heals a heartbreak like going deep with the feelings and knowing someone else gets it. This Saturday we'll hear all the greatest country heartbreak songs, so fix yourself a mug of something warm, cozy up, and we'll feel the mournful lonesome together. As always, ... Read more

KBOO Swing & Country with Mary

Airs at: Sat, 09/28/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
To steel or not to steel? That is the question I will try to answer this Saturday as we explore the pedal and non-pedal steel guitars and their roles in Western Swing and Country music and related genres over the decades. We'll hear examples from revered players such as ... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library August 31, 2019

CDs       Bird & The Bee Interpreting The Masters, Vol. 2 Release Me Alternative Rock Bleached Don't You Think You've Had Enough? Dead Oceans Alternative Rock Brijean Walkie Talkie Native Cat Alternative Rock ... Read more

Patsy Cline

Airs at: Sat, 09/21/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Patsy Cline! Two words that evoke an irresistable voice, style and charm that goes right to your heart and stays there. Tune in to Swing & Country Saturday morning for a whole mess of Patsy. You'll fall to pieces.  Read more

Southwest Sounds

Airs at: Sat, 09/07/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Inspired by road trippin' through Arizona and Texas, we'll hear songs from and about these places. Plus music from bands playing in and around Portland you might want to check out: Roselit Bone at Dante's, Charley Crockett at the Aladdin, Adam Carroll at a Hill Country W... Read more

No Steel Today

Airs at: Sat, 08/31/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  Steel is the material that makes infrastructure, construction and transportation possible. Without steel, we'd have no cars, bikes, buses, trains or planes to move us around. More importantly, we'd have no steel guitar. This instrument has long been synonymous with Co... Read more

Simply Amazing!

Airs at: Sat, 08/17/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  This is a quote from the back of the Amazing Rhythm Aces album. "Here, real and unblemished, without the glitter of passing fashion or the rhinestones of unreality, is the music of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, music that comes from the heart, as rare in these days as an i... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Join Ed Mellnik  for another Singer-Songwriter edition of the  Monday Sampler. Lots of new releases to check out, a set of duo's, and a few old favorites.   Read more

Sockin' it to the Man

Airs at: Sat, 08/03/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
We're putting it to "the man" this week with songs like "9-5," "Take This Job and Shove It," and tunes from Lavender Country, the first openly gay country album. We'll also hear music from the up-coming Ken Burns documentary Country Music airing September 15th on PBS. Pl... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library June 30, 2019

CDs       Abbott, Charlie Ugly Little Sunflower Self Released Alt Rock Alarie, Ludovic We're A Dream Nobody Wrote Down Chouchou Alt Rock Amyl & Sniffers, The  Amyl And The Sniffers ATO Alt Rock Antista, Gr... Read more