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A Different Nature, founded in 1979 by Richard Francis on KBOO Community Radio, is a long-running ra

06/14/2026

A David Tudor Centennial Celebration. Monday 15 June, 8:00 - 10:00 pm (PDT) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm

Pianist extraordinaire, and electronic sound sculptor nonpareil, we celebrate one hundred years of David Tudor. Music by John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, and Toshi Ichiyanagi, plus Tudor’s own electronic and sound-sculpture compositions.

PS: We're in the middle of our June membership drive so please go to kboo.fm and hit the "donate" button. Keep community radio alive and well in Portland.

06/08/2026

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Monday June 8th, 8-10pm

Celebrating Sun Ra’s birthday with these fantastic records.

Rose Hue Mansions of The Sun (Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow), September 17, 1980; live at New York’s Squat Theatre.

Hiroshima: Solo pipe organ, recorded in 1983.

Disco 3000: Recorded at the Teatro Cilak, Milan, Italy, 1978

My Brother the Wind Vol. 1: Recorded at Gershon Kingley’s Studio, New York, November 12, 1969.

Oblique Parallax, 1982

Horizon: Recorded at the Ballon Theatre, Cairo, Egypt, December 17, 1971

05/09/2026

Monday 11 May, 8:00 - 10:00 pm (PDT) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm

THE LIBRARY SHOW

This program features music obtained from the fabulous Multnomah County library system (voted one of the top five in the country). Featured artists include Keith Jarrett, Mary Halvorson, Andrew Cyrille and Wadada Leo Smith, Jon Hassell, Anouar Brahem, Wu Wei, Carolyn Yarnell, William Bolcom (and his ragtime piano!) the Kronos Quartet, David Bowie, and the soundtrack to Twin Peaks.

05/04/2026

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04/04/2026

Monday April 6 at 8:00 - 10:00 pm (PDT) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm: Kaleidophonic Wonderland!

A variety show this evening, featuring new releases from relatively obscure artists (who’s famous these days anyway?). If you’d like to meet them, Sae Hashimoto (vibes), Lisa Conway (alpenhorn), Jessica Pavone (viola), Berlinde Deman (and her “modified” serpent), Fie Schouten (bass clarinet), Stuart Wilding (percussion, zither), Aki Onda (beat up old cassette tapes), Nao Nishihara (bells, nose flute), Philip Sulidae (field recordings), Satoko Fujii (piano), Chester Hawkins (loops, treatments), and the Architek Percussion Ensemble.

03/27/2026

RADIO: Presenting: “The Quietest Show on Earth”

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your entertainment and enlightenment enjoyment, sit right down, still your alpha waves and prepare to be enveloped by the quietest music in the world! In the center ring, two (count them two) triple pianissimo pieces by Morton Feldman, “For Samuel Beckett” (for a small ensemble), plus “Piano and Voices.” Following a short intermission you’ll thrill to the barely audible “l’ile re-sonante” for the ARP 2500 synthesizer created (or realized) by the recently departed Eliane Radigue. Step this way, only a quarter, one performance only.

Monday 30 March, 10:00 pm - Midnight (PDT) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm (this follows the regular A Different Nature program which airs at 8:00 - 10:00 pm. A four-hour spectacular!

03/02/2026

Tonight!
2 March 2026
8:00 - 10:00 pm (PST)
90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm

"Electroacoustic Music Created and Realized by Women Composers"

An international and historical overview of electronic music, musique concrete, and electroacoustic compositions, featuring Gayle Young, Dajuin Yao, Chiara Bacci, Kathryn Cobbler, Michiyo Yagi, Kate Carr, Lisa Conway, Moa Pillar, Wende Bartley, Pauline Oliveros, and Roxanne Turcotte. Plus: A tribute to the late Eliane Radigue, the creator of immense, slow, quiet, and meditative electronic pieces.

Photos: Eliane Radigue, Roxanne Turcotte

01/24/2026

James Tenney special, or: "The Tam-Tam in My Life"

Portland is in the middle of a James Tenney celebration and the show will present a selection of his percussion and electronic music. Though not very well known Tenney did wondrous things with single instruments and sweeping sound environments. Part two of the show will feature a battery (no pun intended) of percussion pieces by Jennifer Higdon, John Cage, George Green, Giacinto Scelsi, Earle Brown, and the delightful wandering sheep of Dorkas, Greece.

KBOO made its winter membership drive goal. Thanks to all of you who contributed to our success. You give us money, James Tenney will glower at you.

12/21/2025

RADIO: Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Sightless Visionary
A sheer musical force of nature, Kirk played numerous instruments (often at the same time), composed wild original music, sang, told stories, and composed the most monumental Saxophone Concerto you’ve ever heard in your life. “I’m not blind,” said Kirk, “I’m just sightless.” You’ll hear the difference on this show. A KBOO Membership Drive Special. Tell all the people!

Monday 22 December, 8:00 - 10:00 pm (PST) and streaming at kboo.fm

11/15/2025

RADIO: "Alchemy, Dark Radiance, and Transformation."
Monday 17 November, 8:00 – 10:00 pm (PST) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm:

In search of musical metaphors the program will feature the search through alchemy, dark radiance and the “creative decay” that will fuel the coming transformation (proceed with caution). Music by Daniela Huerta, Ingram Marshall, Roberto Fega, Hafdis Bjarndottir, Stuart Dempster, Daniel Kobialka, Tekla Mrozowicka, plus Wendy Carlos and David Lynch (not at the same time though). The stars are in alignment.

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