The show opens with early morning music, as if you don’t know it’s early when you’re listening.  Believe me, I know about this. I record at home and don’t rise early.  If it weren’t for the station archives, I would never hear the beginning of any of our morning folk mus...

The 20th Annual Far West Folk Alliance Regional Conference took place at the  Vancouver, WA Hilton Hotel in October so a half dozen of us KBOO Folk Strip hosts attended 3 nights of music consisting of three Showcase concerts from 7 to 10 pm followed by Private Showcases ...

Today’s show features music about the Pacific Coast states, Alaska to California.  Older music starts the program (I can't help myself), followed by stories of moonshiners and coal miners, hard times and Palestine (from Guy Davis).  And by then it’s almost time for Hallo...

  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.