A bicoastal, three-hour father-son country music potpourri featuring the sweet, reflective sounds of Linda Rondstadt, remarks from a former American president who declared October “Country Music Month,” and a tribute to “The Father of Country Music,” Jimmie Rodgers. San...
Don’t miss this week’s episode of Swing 'n' Country where you'll hear the best in vintage country and western swing music! I'll be including a special feature on the Sons of the Pioneers, plus a set of Hank Williams songs to celebrate his 102nd birthday, and of course I'l...
Swing’s’Country is coming your way again this Saturday morning September 20th, starting at 6 o’clock on KBOO radio 90.7 fm. The title of the show makes little sense on the surface, I guess, so I’ll explain. Just an idea I came up with…all it means is there’ll be two ...
Country tunes and world news from 1944,54,64............
Three hours. Father-Son Co-Hosts. Bob Wills. Spade Cooley. Patsy Montana. Kenny Chesney. Lorrie Morgan. Luke Bryan. Neil Young. Poco — plus tracks from dozens of other well-known and less-known country performers. In Hour Two — a musical set dedicated to the magic wat...
Curley Coldiron & His Circle C Boys provide the early morning energy and the title for this week’s episode of Swing’n’Country - "Come On - Get Up!" I can still hear my mother’s voice yelling at teen-aged me with a similar message. There’s more 1950’s music later in t...
Roger Miller opens Swing’n’Country today with In The Summertime, which it certainly is in Portland’s July ’25. No surprise there. And no surprises in the show this week either. There’ll be a couple more Roger Miller hit songs from the 1960s, a couple of sets of western...
Come along and "Dance Through the Decades" with Wayne & Kathy on 7/12. We'll start with tunes from 1947, jump to 1957, 1967, 1977................... and so on! Listen to "Swing ’n' Country" on KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, OR or at www.kboo.fm on Saturday, July 12, from 6-9am...
Graham and Robert Parish present three hours of classic, patriotic and current country music. In Hour One, Chet Atkins strums tunes honoring America. The father-son duo “Take Care of Business.” Hour Two features the late “Voice of the Mariners,” Dave Niehaus, with exci...
Please join me for another swingin' episode of Swing 'n' Country this Saturday 6/28 from 6-9 am. In this week's show, you'll hear legendary Country tracks, lively Western Swing numbers and a few forgotten gems. From sweaty saddles to dimly lit honky-tonks, the bottom of ...
Today’s Swing’n’Country program (Sat. June 21st 6-9 am) features a belated Fathers’ Day tribute, some songs about New Mexico, and a set of songs from country guys named Hank, ranging from Cochran to Williams Jr. There are also two separate sets of country duets. In bet...
Father and son, Robert and Graham Parish, present three hours of music revolving around Summertime, Nehalem Bay, and Road-Tripping through the Southwest of America. The program begins with a set of instrumentals by Leo Kottke, moves into country music about the warm joy...
Marty Robbins was a country music renaissance man. He was a successful recording artist, stage performer, actor, songwriter, and stock car racer. His versatile baritone enabled him to handle many musical styles, making him one of the most successful crossover artists dur...