Live Performance

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Cecil Taylor: Live in Nice, July 29, 1969

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
3-LP set. The album was originally released as Nuits de la Fondation Maeght on the French Shandar label as a box set, as three separate LPs in 1971.[3] It features a performance by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sam Rivers and Andrew Cyrille, recorded in St. Paul de Vence, Nice, ... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 02/09/23

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 10:00pm - Fri, 02/10/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
Another live episode of Radio Lost & Found! A tribute to Tom Verlaine (1949  - 2023) of Television, including a bootleg Television performance from The Earth Tavern right here in Portland! Plus other surprises. Read more

Miguel Ángel Pérez Becerra: Hilozoizmo, Oxomaxoma 1979-80

Airs at: Fri, 01/27/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/28/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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A Different Nature: Tellus Audio Magazine Cassette Series

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
From Wikipedia: Launched from the Lower East Side, Manhattan in 1983 as a subscription only bimonthly publication, the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine utilized the audio cassette medium to distribute no wave downtown music and audio art and was in activity for the ten years... Read more

Entrevista al Dr. Fanatik por Pepe Argil y Brisa Vázquez

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2022 at 10:00pm - Sat, 12/10/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Pure Mix

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Spark Plug
Here we've got transcendent jazz workouts, freak powered guitar scuzz, and a glitter bomb nebula of other surprises. Read more

José Luis González Chagoyán “Hopalong”

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2022 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/15/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
 Programa dedicado al extraordinario compositor y músico José Luis González Chagoyán "Hopalong". Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 10/13/22

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 10:00pm - Fri, 10/14/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
My return to KBOO airwaves after a long absence. This week, we bring you a encore presentation of the live-on-the-air radio musical play Calvin Coolidge Goes Crazy, by our recently departed friend Dennis Nyback: On August 2, 1927 President Calvin Coolidge hosted a press co... Read more

Crazy Fun For Autumn

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Back with more music for a Monday afternoon. Will be spotlighting a few songs by Ramsey Lewis, who passed away in the last week. Also featured in today's show will be Grover Washington Jr, Kenny Burrell, Betty Carter, Johnny Hartman, Andrea Motis, Pancho Sanchez, Sarah Vaug... Read more

Dead Moon Night - a 4 hour Extravaganza

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2022 at 8:00pm - Thu, 10/06/2022 at 12:00am
Dead Moon was the best band ever. In 2006, after 19 years, tons of records, tours, and unforgettable nights as performers, or the soundtrack, Dead Moon broke up. We mourned. Fred Cole wrote his autobiography in the songs, then revisited and revised the autobiography. His b... Read more