In the first half of the show Alon speaks with journalist Dan Shryock, author of Cycling Across Oregon: Stories, Surprises & Revelations Along the State's Scenic Bikeways. In the second half Nedra's guest is Jim Gregory of Iowa's Bikes At Work, a company "devoted to providing bicycle-powered products and services to help people accomplish useful wo…

It’s June and it feels a lot like summer at times even here in the usually soggy in springtime Pacific NW. I’ll be featuring songs about bicycling to get you in the mood to go out for a bike ride in the fine June weather.Also featured are summer-y songs about the St Lawren...By KBOO Community Radio

By KBOO Community Radio

An Absolutely Irish Pastures of Plenty On Pastures of Plenty this week (May 22, 2024) we feature the music of Ireland, showcased from a PBS program entitled "Absolutely Irish". Included are some of Ireland's best musicians including John Doyle, Séamus Egan, Eileen Ivers, T...By KBOO Community Radio

By KBOO Community Radio

"Rise and Shine" from Balsam Range opens Pastures of Plenty on May 8th, perhaps before you’ve had your first cup of coffee? The first set ends with Flatt & Scruggs "Polka on the Banjo". The program gives some thought to topics such as street singers (Kate Wolf; Johnny...By KBOO Community Radio

In the first half of the show Alon speaks with journalist and editor Lynne Tolman, director of the Major Taylor Association, dedicated to the life and legacy of the early African American cycling champion. In the second half our guest is BYU Associate Dean and Professor Corry Cropper, co-author of the book Velocipedomania: A Cultural History of the…

May has traditionally been celebrated as the beginning of summer in much of Europe, with many celebrations, like the Celtic summer celebration Beltane, centered on May 1. We’ll start the show with traditional British songs welcoming in May followed by songs celebrating Belt...By KBOO Community Radio

On Pastures of Plenty this week (April 24, 2024) we honor the music of the late Pete Seeger, who would have been so tickled to hear the news of the successful union vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Seeger's birthday is on May 3, and the union vote by ...By KBOO Community Radio

By KBOO Community Radio

Alon interviews Belgian children's book author Gunter Segers about his non-fiction book Hélène Dutrieu, de vrouw die door de Olympia vloog (Hélène Dutrieu, the woman who flew through the Olympia) about pioneering cycling champion, stunt rider and aviator Hélène Dutrieu. Nedra speaks with Elliott Caldwell of the East Coast Greenway organizatio…

This week’s Pastures of Plenty broadcasts a wide variety of entertaining folk music, from Eliza Gilkyson, Hobo Jim, The Secret Sisters and Guy Clark, to name a few of the musicians we’ve called upon. We’re going to be featuring a popular folk music group from the 1960’s, ...By KBOO Community Radio

In this show you’ll hear songs about famous plane wrecks, train wrecks, and the most famous shipwreck of all time.I finally visited the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle recently, which piqued my interest in songs about airplanes, flying, and Amelia Earhart, so that is t...By KBOO Community Radio

On Pastures of Plenty this week (March 27, 2024) we feature a globe-trotting group of artists with some great folk music from all over the world. We start in Canada with energetic fiddlers Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, from their latest album "Canvas" with "Dance Arnol...By KBOO Community Radio

By KBOO Community Radio

"April She Will Come" is a song from Tracy Grammer early in the program. Overall, from Leonard Cohen to John Gorka, and Gail Davies to The Staple Singers, we’ll have entertaining folk music from 5:30 till 7 Wednesday morning March 13th on Pastures of Plenty. Join the cro...By KBOO Community Radio

This month's show focuses on two other forms of micromobility. Alon talks with Portlander Rocks Zayda, Spanish language translator and tutor, who rides a scooter. In the second half Nedra speaks with Max, activist and program director at Atlanta�s non-profit Village Skatepark ATL.By KBOO Bike Show

March is Women’s History Month, so the March 6 Pastures of Plenty show on KBOO features songs of women’s struggles and stories as sung by some great women artists.You’ll hear women’s voices from Morocco, Ecuador, Ireland, Scotland, England, Vietnam, Canada, and the U.S....By KBOO Community Radio

Turn Your Radio On to the Good News Celebrated ThereOn Pastures of Plenty this week (February 28, 2024) we feature the Good News of faith and joy found in Folk, Bluegrass and Gospel music. It's an historical fact that the roots of much of these idioms stems from the Church...By KBOO Community Radio

By KBOO Community Radio

Pastures of Plenty begins with James Taylor singing "Something in the Way She Moves" and ends with Merle Travis picking "You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You." In between there’s Valentine’s music from Joan Baez, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Wille Nelson, Lucinda Williams, G...By KBOO Community Radio

Alon speaks with Yvonne Bambrick, Toronto community activist and author of The Urban Cycling Survival Guide. In the second half, Nedra interviews Armando Luna, a mainstay of the Portland cycling communityBy KBOO Bike Show

My wife and I had an incredible 4 week vacation in Ecuador in December. We got to visit the Andes Mountains. famous Market in Otavalo, the Equator, and two visits to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rain Forest, one for 4 days. Alas, we didn’t get to catch any live music. So I did a l...By KBOO Community Radio

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Great New Acoustic Music On Pastures of Plenty this week (January 24, 2024) we feature some great new music from Toronto. With a lineup that includes standup bass, fiddle and hypnotic banjo (and no guitar!!), the Lonesome Ace Stringband combines an old time stringband sen...By KBOO Community Radio