A Different Nature

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

https://www.kboo.fm/media/133371-ana-ruiz-sobre-saltos-radnektar

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.

11/10/2025

Tonight Monday November 10th, from 8-10pm
Eugene Music Collective: PRINCIPLES 1988 CASSETTE Various; OXOMAXOMA: Laboratorio para la Desocultación Sonora de la Patamúsica, 2020

Thank you Aristeo Montes de Oca for the Eugene Electronic Music Collective, a very rare tape property of his father Heriberto Montes de Oca.

10/11/2025

Monday 13 October, 8:00 – 10:00 pm (PDT) at 90.7 and streaming at kboo.fm

A brief selection of electronic and computer music, featuring Suzanne Ciani, Kaitlyn Smith, Otomo Yoshihide, Claire Rousay, and more. The second half of the program will feature a mystery guest.
(Suzanne Ciani photo). Thank you for supporting KBOO's fall membership drive.