This episode of Pastures of Plenty mixes an assortment of folk music styles and topics. For example, Shannon McNally sings "Let’s Go Home" and later Martyn Joseph sings "Here Come the Young". There’s a sampling from Levon Helm’s 2008 Grammy-winning Best Traditional ...
Today’s program opens with my favorite songs about my favorite month, October. I love train songs, which are usually the purview of male singers. So today I’ll feature train songs sung by women. The Edmund Fitgerald sunk in a November Gale on November 10, 1975, which i...
This episode of Pastures of Plenty features Tom Paxton’s singing, from Ramblin’ Boy, his first album in 1964, through a new protest song released this month - No Kings Here. The rest of the show blends a variety of folk music styles and topics, from Joe Hickerson, Emily...
We live in troubled times and music can be a soothing balm as well as providing apt social commentary. I love train songs, so the program starts with some classics performed by Portland blues greats along with some scratchy old recordings that date back to 1929. Woody ...
Please listen to Pastures of Plenty on Wednesday August 13th, 5:30 - 7:00 am on KBOO Community Radio 90.7 FM. The show’s title is from Guy Davis’ album The Legend of Sugarbelly. We'll cover a broad range of songs from a variety of musicians telling us stories about lif...
I've collected some great contemporary ballads about natural disasters for today’s program including the story of two horseback riders who saved people from the deadly 1903 Heppner, OR flood, the brave Colorado State Tropper who saved many lives during the 1976 Big Thomp...
Folk music is a-coming to your favorite radio station on Pastures of Plenty Wednesday, July 30th on KBOO 90.7 fm from 5:30 till 7:00 am. The title offering hope for the future comes from a Robin & Linda Williams album. I’m an optimist. . Let me mention a few of the mus...
Lots of folk oldies from the 60s and a few new releases from contemporary artists.
Today’s title comes from the opening song "Where Does the Time Go?," written and performed by Ron Davies. There’s no answer in the song. Time flies, right? The program combines current folk music with songs from many folk singers whose time on earth has passed, includin...
Join me on Pastures of Plenty on July 2, 2025 to celebrate music from the best of Portland’s incredible blues musicians to get you in the mood for the Waterfront Blues festival July 4 & 5. Featured artists include Kelly Joe Phelps, Back Porch Blues, Lauren Sheehan, vir...
I’d like to invite you to listen to folk music on KBOO - Pastures of Plenty on Wednesday morning June 11th, from 5:30 till 7 AM. You’ll hear a variety of topics and songs about life — as usual for folk music, I guess. The program starts with Molly O’Brien and Rich Moore ...
Join me on Pastures of Plenty for some great new music, some hot guitar flat pickin', and some live versions of favorite songs. Featured new music is by Chris Walz, Billy Strings, Sierra Hull, Amelia Hogan, I’m With Her, and local artists Avery Hill, and True North duo. ...