Ray Bonneville
Ray Bonneville has a lot to say in his songs... and about songwriting. He'll be performing at the 2013 Sisters Folk Festival and teaching at their Americana Academy.
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8/31/2013 |
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Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack
When Rita Hosking was writing a song about a friend, she said, "You gotta tell me some stories." From the oil-stained Gulf to the High Sierras, that's just what her songs do.
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8/31/2013 |
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Charlotte Thistle
Charlotte Thistle's plans for new writing and a new album met an unexpected hitch: Daughter Ella, born in 2011.
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8/19/2013 |
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Shani
Four years ago, fledgling songwriter Shani visited the Saturday Cafe on her first west coast tour. Today she returns with her new CD, Merry Go Round.
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8/10/2013 |
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Tracy Grammer
Tracy Grammer leads off the Oregon Country Fair main stage Saturday morning; we caught up with her earlier this week to talk about where she is these days, musically and geographically.
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7/13/2013 |
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Misty River
After a two-year hiatus, Misty River is back together for a reunion tour, with a live concert DVD, The Living River.
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6/8/2013 |
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Three of Hearts
Inside every teacher is a performer waiting to go on stage... or is that inside all of us? Barb Ewing, Debi Noel and Kerri Sage are teachers, of music or otherwise, who thought it would be fun to sing together after their experience in local steel drum band, Steel Magnolias. As Three of Hearts, they're preparing for their debut performance June 9th at Tsunami Books.
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6/1/2013 |
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Blaze and Kelly
A musical partner is a precious thing, providing encouragement, back-up--and back-up harmonies. Blaze and Kelly talk about their musical partnership, and the work ethic that has them doing ten shows in their two-week Oregon tour.
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5/25/2013 |
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Raina Rose
Raina Rose has a deft hand with a simile, and a new album, Caldera, coming out June 1. Find out why "weak as winter" makes sense to an Oregon-raised singer-songwriter who has made Austin, Texas home for the last six years.
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5/11/2013 |
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Ellis Paul & Rebecca Loebe
Ellis Paul is busy polishing songs recorded for his next crowd-source-funded studio album. Rebecca Loebe stunned interviewers for TV's The Voice by writing songs, booking shows and driving herself to the concert venue. Do-it-yourself is alive and well in the folk music world...
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5/4/2013 |
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Colleen Raney
Colleen Raney grew up surrounded by music, from her older brother's Irish band (she stepdanced) to her mother recording the entire Seattle Folklife Festival to cassette for another brother in medical school. She's gone from stepdancer to lead vocalist, performing in Eugene with a band formed from some of Portland's finest Irish musicians.
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4/13/2013 |
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Graham Sharp, of the Steep Canyon Rangers
The Steep Canyon Rangers have performed for the President; they've played with Steve Martin and Steven Colbert, did a bluegrass cruise and a Fourth of July concert on the Capitol lawn. Not bad for a bunch of guys who started playing together in College at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Songwriter and banjo player Graham Sharp joins Frank on the Saturday Cafe to spin some stories and talk about their upcoming WOW Hall show.
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4/7/2013 |
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Tylan
Performing with Girlyman since 2001, Tylan Greenstein has accumulated a number of unrecorded songs. "I write a lot of songs, and since there's three songwriters in Girlyman... you do the math."
With Girlyman on hiatus, she's recorded her first solo project, One True Thing.
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3/16/2013 |
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David Jacobs-Strain
Songs for the River is a compilation CD to benefit salmon rescue featuring such well-known musicians as Jackson Browne, Ani di Franco, Alice diMicele and David Jacobs-Strain. David joins Artists4Action's Cat Koehn to talk about the organization's goals, and Sunday's CD release concert.
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2/16/2013 |
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Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie Records celebrated their 50th anniversary with a 3-night concert extravaganza, which is now a four-CD set and coffee table book, full of pictures, stories and, of course, music.
Arhoolie founder and president Chris Strachwitz talks about finding, recording and sharing roots music with the world since 1960.
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2/2/2013 |
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Brothers of the Baladi
According to the Brothers of the Baladi's website, "baladi" is Arabic for folk or homeland. Google Translator maintains it's French for belly. The perfect name for a band that's been playing folk music of the Near and Middle East, with no few belly dancers, since 1975.
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1/5/2013 |
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Hanz Araki, Kathryn Claire & Ara Lee
Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire recorded four seasonal/theme CDs as The Celtic Conspiracy. Now all four CDs are available in a handsome boxed set, and the pair, with guest ukulelist Ara Lee are celebrating with a Winter Solstice Concert in Eugene.
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12/22/2012 |
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LJ Booth & Chris Kokesh
LJ Booth and Chris Kokesh have both been on the Saturday Cafe before, but not together. I congratulate them on their August wedding, and ask what their new partnership means musically.
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12/15/2012 |
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Tony Furtado & Stephanie Schneiderman
Tony Furtado and Stephanie Schneiderman each have distinct musical careers, and each has a new live recording out. They do appear on each other's CDs, however, and Tony says their most successful collaboration to date is two-month-old son, Liam.
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11/24/2012 |
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David Wilcox
David Wilcox says writing songs wakes him up to the things he doesn't want to miss in life. They're an oracle that tells his head what his heart is thinking.
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11/3/2012 |
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Bill Staines
Bill Staines has been a travelling folksinger for over 45 years. He calls from the road en route to Tsunami Books to talk about what's kept him singing--and touring--all these years.
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10/27/2012 |
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The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
Fiddlin' Big Sue and Tom Hunnel have been part of the Eugene music scene for over three decades. The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band (Sue, Tom and Janet Nelson) release their new, self-titled CD October 26 at Sam Bond's Garage.
(Editor's note: a labeling error caused us to miss the opening seconds of Buffalo Gals. We've corrected this for the archives, because what else is digital technology for, if not to make us sound better?)
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10/20/2012 |
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Mark Ross
Folksinger Mark Ross follows in the footsteps of his heroes, Woody Guthrie and Utah Phillips, even when that means teaching 5-year-olds their folk heritage. He's performing a benefit at Whitaker's Reality Kitchen this evening; founder Jim Evangelista joins us to talk about the community center.
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9/22/2012 |
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Kim Angelis
When Kim Angelis plays her violin, all the trees of the field clap their hands... Classically trained, world music-influenced, her latest album The Prophecy was inspired in part by verses from the Book of Isaiah.
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9/15/2012 |
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Barefoot Leroy
American foursome Barefoot Leroy mixes their own original songs with "one gem each" from some their favorite songwriters. Lou Crist, Steve Goodbar, Linda Duffy and Lea Jones rock the Cafe with energy, harmony, and not a little accordion...
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8/18/2012 |
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The Gloria Darlings
Folk/bluegrass duo The Gloria Darlings have been told that they're "too good" to be busking, but taking music to the people is as important to them as taking the stage. Coming soon to a sidewalk near you...
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6/30/2012 |
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Roy Zimmerman
Political satirist and songwriter Roy Zimmerman has a marriage song of truly biblical proportions. He's on a campaign to perform in all 50 states before the Republican Primary in August (Oregon makes 46).
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6/16/2012 |
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Dunava
Dissonances. Unusual harmonies. Odd meters... And a wholly entrancing result. Director Dina Trageser and Dunava bring Balkan choral folk music to the Saturday Cafe.
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6/9/2012 |
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Carrie Rodriguez
Carrie Rodriguez's father gave her a Leonard Cohen tape for her ninth birthday; she sings his song, When I Heard Gypsy Davy Sing, on her album Love and Circumstance.
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5/12/2012 |
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Bill Bourne
Bill Bourne says he and his son Patrick often come up with the same lick when playing in The Free Radio Band. It's a continuing family music tradition for the man whose parents played community dances in Alberta; he says his first time on stage was under his mother's guitar.
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4/21/2012 |
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Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack
Rita Hosking's new album, Burn, is a demolition derby and a rodeo, a tent revival and a peace march. She's a women who does not have a one track muse.
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3/24/2012 |
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Ghillie Dhu & the Dhon'ts
A ghillie dhu is a Scottish fairy with an affinity for trees, the perfect mascot for an Oregon celtic trio. Chico Schwall, Hilary Jones and Jeremy Wegner are Ghillie Dhu and the Dhon'ts.
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3/17/2012 |
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ManOverBoard
Famous Irish pirates include Walter Kennedy, Anne Bonney, Grace O'Malley... and ManOverBoard, the Irish pirate band!
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3/17/2012 |
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Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Cello and Scottish fiddle? It's not as new a pairing as you'd think. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas give us a little history amidst the jigs and strathspeys.
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1/21/2012 |
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Mary McCaslin
Mary McCaslin can find the banjo side of rock and roll, or a piano part for George Winston in a folk elegy.
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11/5/2011 |
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SONiA
SONiA Rutstein of Disappear Fear dedicated her first album to Phil Ochs. Her latest album with sister CiNDY Frank features 10 of the late folksinger's songs.
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10/22/2011 |
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Kathryn Claire & Hanz Araki
Kathryn Claire and Hanz Araki had one problem with finding songs for the new Celtic Conspiracy CD, Songs of Love and Murder: Too many choices! Find out how even fiddle tune titles take a sinister bent.
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10/22/2011 |
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Rita Hosking
Rita Hosking is back in the Northwest, after a spring tour in that hotbed of American Country music: The Netherlands. Her new album, Burn, comes out in September.
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7/9/2011 |
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Roy Zimmerman
A satirist's work is never done, say Roy Zimmerman. From Juvenal in ancient Rome to present day writers, all agree: satire gets outstripped by reality. You have to keep writing, just to keep up...
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6/18/2011 |
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Kate Power & Steve Einhorn
Portland folk music stalwarts Kate Power and Steve Einhorn travel with not only their instruments for performing, but 26 ukuleles for their Ukalaliens workshops. "We do a lot of singing, and laughing," says Steve...
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6/11/2011 |
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Alice DiMicele
Alice DiMicele says her new album, Lucky Dogs, is about blessings: "I thought, I really am a lucky dog..." She brings her band to Eugene for a CD release concert Saturday, May 21, 2011.
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5/14/2011 |
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Kathryn Claire
Kathryn Claire has been in Celtic groups Circled By Hounds and Celtic Conspiracy; she's done children's music as the Kinderqueen. But in the process of making her new solo album, Morning Comes Too Soon was also the process of coming back to her self and her own songs.
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4/9/2011 |
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David Wilcox
David Wilcox say music's always been "a guide that my heart can trust." He's been writing and performing for over twenty years; his new album is called Reverie.
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2/5/2011 |
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Tatiana Hargreaves
Tatiana Hargreaves picked up the fiddle at age 3; her concerts with Scott Law cross genres and generations.
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1/29/2011 |
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Michael Smith of Weavermania!
When Michael Smith first started singing with Weavermania!, he wanted to duplicate the original group note for note. Then he played a show with Pete Seeger...
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1/15/2011 |
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LJ Booth
Songwriter LJ Booth says getting a lasso around inspiration can take old-fashioned blue collar work. His songs reflect family and the landscape of his home in Central Wisconsin.
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1/15/2011 |
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Charlotte Thistle
Charlotte Thistle's musical career has run from busking girl with a guitar to full band on her latest album Wild Wind. Along the "long white line," she stops in at the Saturday Cafe.
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12/18/2010 |
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Barefoot Leroy (Lea Jones)
Lea Jones is calling his latest tour, "Back in the Bosom of My Hometown," which raises the obvious question: "Where the heck've you been?" We get the tour, as well as a look at what "Barefoot Leroy" is singing these days.
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12/11/2010 |
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Cosy Sheridan
Cosy Sheridan's last two albums have addressed the stories of Persephone and Eros and Psyche. Is there a topic she hasn't mythed?
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11/27/2010 |
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Bethany & Rufus
Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia find groove, soul and extra strings in traditional folk songs when they perform as Bethany & Rufus.
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11/6/2010 |
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Brooks Robertson & Taylor Malone
Finger-style guitarist Brooks Robertson started performing at the age of 12; now at age 20 he's already training the next generation.
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10/30/2010 |
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Rita Hosking
When Rita Hosking makes an underground recording, she means it. Live in the 16 to 1 Mine was recorded in a working gold mine in northern California.
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10/23/2010 |
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Alex Hargreaves & Dominick Leslie
Alex Hargreaves was recently hailed as "the best young jazz violinist in America" by Berklee College of Music's Matt Glaser. He's no slouch on the old-time fiddle either. Alex and mandolinist Dominick Leslie heat up the Saturday Cafe.
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7/31/2010 |
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The Tones
From the points of the compass, The Tones return to Eugene return for a reunion show at Tsunami Book and celebrate the release of their new CD, The Royalty of Acapella.
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7/3/2010 |
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Anne Hills & Michael Smith
Anne Hills and Michael Smith have a musical relationship going back over 25 years. We hear what a songwriter want from the singer of his songs, and how Opal Whiteley brought them to Cottage Grove.
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6/19/2010 |
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Eilen Jewell
Eilen Jewell's new release, Sea of Tears, includes a folk influence a lot of us share: rock 'n' roll. Hear her four-piece band celebrate the rain, subvert the murder ballad, and generally tear up the Saturday Cafe.
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6/12/2010 |
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Chico Schwall & Andy Cohen
Chico Schwall met Andy Cohen whilst growing up in Urbana, Illinois. Though life and music has taken them different directions--Chico to Eugene, Andy to Memphis--they still get together and play.
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5/29/2010 |
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The Celtic Conspiracy
It's a Celtic Conspiracy to bring spring to Oregon. Hanz Araki, Kathryn Claire, Colleen Raney and Matthew Hayward-McDonald perform the second in a series of five seasonal concerts, featuring songs of spring and May celebrations.
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5/22/2010 |
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Wheatfield
In the early 1970's, the counter-culture was taking root in Eugene, and Wheatfield was the most popular unsigned band in the Northwest. Now the Lane Historical Museum opens their Tie Dye & Tofu exhibit with a performance by Wheatfield.
Author Suzi Prozanski and founding member Will Hobbs talk about music and culture on our radio coffeehouse.
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5/8/2010 |
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Sarah Lee Guthrie
Although she grew up in a rich musical environment, Sarah Lee Guthrie didn't pick up the guitar until she was eighteen and road manager for father Arlo's tour. She and the whole Guthrie family come to Corvallis on April 29.
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4/24/2010 |
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Dango Rose of Elephant Revival
How do multiple multi-instrumentalist songwriters work together in a band? Elephant Revival's Dango Rose says they take it slowly and let the song decide for itself what's going to happen.
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3/27/2010 |
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Rita Hosking & Rachel Harrington
Rita Hosking and Rachel Harrington hail from different parts of the west, but their music has a lot in common: an ear for detail, story and history.
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3/20/2010 |
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Laura Kemp & TR Kelley
When Laura Kemp and TR Kelley get together, the warm chemistry of a dozen years of musical friendship guarantee amazing musical results.
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3/13/2010 |
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Dana Hubbard
Dana Hubbard combines blues licks with environmental and social concerns on his most recent album The Grounds Keepers. We find out where we really fit into the grand scheme of things...
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2/27/2010 |
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Trina Hamlin
Whether riding her childhood purple tricycle or recording a series of live albums, Trina Hamlin is not afraid to take risks.
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2/20/2010 |
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Jamie Laval
Scottish fiddler Jamie Laval reworks his arrangements and rearranges his collaborators, all to get into the heart of the old musical tradition he cherishes.
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2/13/2010 |
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Johnsmith
Singer-songwriter Johnsmith has taught songwriting at the Sisters Folk Festival and at the Esalen Institute. But he's still the kind of guy you'd like sitting and singing in your living room.
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1/30/2010 |
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Neil Bjorklund & Jenny Getty
Once upon a time, Neil Bjorklund was host of KLCC's Friends and Neighbors. Twice or thrice upon a time he's been a folk singer-songwriter. He's back performing again, and we check in before his Sunday night show at Sam Bonds.
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1/16/2010 |
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Four Shillings Short
Celtic duo Four Shillings Short take audiences around the world in 30 instruments.
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1/9/2010 |
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
David Stuart Bull, Linda Danielson and Chico Schwall have made Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales a Eugene holiday tradition. Today they post a snowball through the KLCC studio mail slot.
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12/12/2009 |
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Hot Club of Cowtown
Hot Club jazz and Cowtown swing just scratch the surface of the Hot Club of Cowtown's musical range. They heat up the studio touring with their new CD, Wishful Thinking.
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12/5/2009 |
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Uncle Bunkle
By day a mild-mannered school inspector, by night--well, by other day--Tod Schneider turns into Uncle Bunkle, fearless purveyor of song, story and humorous poetry to the under-three-feet-tall set.
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11/28/2009 |
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Peter Mulvey
September was Ride Your Bike to Work month for songwriter Peter Mulvey: in his case, an 1,100 mile concert tour. He waxes philosophical for his nieces and nephews, and hopeful for the next generation on his latest album, Letters From a Flying Machine.
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11/7/2009 |
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Tom Rawson
Tom Rawson has a banjo, and he's not afraid to use it. References to Pete Seeger are not unwelcome either...
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10/17/2009 |
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Green Mountain Bluegrass Band
The Northwest is fertile ground for garden-roots organizing, and for bluegrass. The Green Mountain Bluegrass Band is one of three bands playing Garden Aid, a benefit for three local organizations that grow food while growing community.
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9/26/2009 |
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Liz Rogers
Singer-songwriter Liz Rogers spent 10 years at Findhorn, an intentional community in Scotland, where she found her musical voice and the confidence to share it with the world.
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8/29/2009 |
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Mare Wakefield
Mare Wakefield and husband/producer Nomad Ovunc now make their homes in Nashville. Will Music City make Mare go country? No, but it does set the bar very high for musicianship...
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8/16/2009 |
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Alexa Woodward & Linky Dickson
Alexa Woodward's law school friends are studying for the bar and envying her as she plays in bars (and other places) with her new album, Speck.
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7/18/2009 |
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Greg Laswell
No less than four of Greg Laswell's songs have been featured on Grey's Anatomy. Is television the new radio? What about the old radio?
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6/20/2009 |
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Amy Obenski
Amy Obenski is touring with her new album, From the Deep and string support from Daniel Brown. Does a little cello really make it more folky?
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6/13/2009 |
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Amanda Holmes and Shani Shousterman
The future of the music industry is in good hands; Amanda Holmes and Shani Shousterman are USC music students and young singer-songwriters on tour through Oregon and California.
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6/6/2009 |
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Shotgun Party
They cribbed their name from a defunct metal band, but Austin's Shotgun Party plays sweet jazzy originals with style and swing. Katy Rose Cox, Jenny Parrot and Andrew Austin-Peterson blow the doors off the studio.
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5/30/2009 |
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Jenny
New Orleans native Jenny began writing songs after a post-Katrina visit home in 2006. Two albums later, the songs keep coming; Fierce With Reality is her new release.
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5/16/2009 |
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George Mann & Mark Ross
George Mann and Mark Ross have had almost parallel lives as folksingers, political activists and labor organizers; their paths cross today on the Saturday Cafe.
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4/18/2009 |
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Chico Schwall
Chico Schwall brings a unique spin to small ensembles from classical to jazz to folk with his Shedd Institute show, Chamber Music With Mr. Chico. But can he tell us where the folk violas went?
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4/11/2009 |
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Taarka
Taarka's new CD, Gathering Seeds for a Winter Garden, has a track named Collins Park Pledge Drive. How could we possibly resist?
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4/4/2009 |
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Casey Connor
Haunting? Slightly strange? Casey Connor's new album G-G-G-Ghosts? features songs that search for spirit in everyday life.
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3/7/2009 |
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John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon says the first thing in his life he ever did right was baseball. The second thing? Music. He combines them on his latest album, Sermon on the Mound.
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2/28/2009 |
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Wayside Roses
With folk harp, electric guitar and sassy vocals, sometimes you just have to stop and listen to the Roses. The Wayside Roses are June and Joren Rushing and Elizabeth Rudkin.
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2/14/2009 |
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Dan Neal
Singer-songwriter Dan Neal's newest album is called Party of One. We set a place for him on the Saturday Cafe.
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1/31/2009 |
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Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton is in Florence for the 2009 Winter Folk Festival. We talk about the joys of singing for children and the surprising durability of "short shelf-life" political songs.
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1/17/2009 |
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Rita Hosking
Rita Hosking won the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the 2008 Sisters Folk Festival with songs that are strong on story.
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1/10/2009 |
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Dana and Susan Robinson
Dana and Susan Robinson bring a sense of place to their songs, and their songs to new places, including Corvallis and Bend in the coming week.
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11/29/2008 |
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Rupa and the April Fishes
With trumpet, accordion, cello and bass, and members hailing from all over the world, Rupa and the April Fishes are the perfect house band for a raucous global cafe.
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9/6/2008 |
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Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman is out to take his satirical political songs to all 50 states by election day. Hear his new campaign themes for Barack Obama and John McCain.
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8/23/2008 |
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Dorian Michael & Larry Pattis
Dorian Michael and Larry Pattis give us a historical overview of the art of the fingerstyle guitar.
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4/19/2008 |
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Linda Danielson of the Slow Ponies
Linda Danielson is well known in Eugene as a celtic fiddler, but today she wears a different hat: a cowgirl hat. She's a member of the Slow Ponies, a group from Yoncalla keeping alive the cowgirl tradition in western music.
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3/1/2008 |
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John Flynn
John Flynn puts his convictions where his mouth is. We talk about writing topical songs and the times that demand them.
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2/9/2008 |
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SpunHoney
For the fourth year, SpunHoney is holding their Pocketful of Change Benefit Concert. Hollis Ann Thompson and Rebekah Johnson talk about the concert line-up and the charities benefiting.
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12/15/2007 |
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Alisa Fineman and Kimball Hurd
Alisa Fineman's latest album is not so much a new departure as it is exposing folk music fans to a different side of her music: Closing the Distance features original and traditional songs of the Jewish Diaspora in English, Hebrew, Arabic and Ladino. She talks about her contribution to world music, and about performing with musical and life partner Kimball Hurd.
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12/1/2007 |
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Debra Cowan
Debra Cowan sings real folk songs, collected from real folks (and folk song archives). She also sings a mean murder ballad, just in time for Halloween.
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10/27/2007 |
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George Grove, of the Kingston Trio
2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the Kingston Trio. George Grove joined the Trio in 1976. We talk about the Kingston Trio sound, the current members, and what makes a song a Kingston Trio song.
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10/20/2007 |
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Brooks Williams
Singer, songwriter and guitar wizard Brooks Williams has an affinity for blues. (Don't we all?) We talk about performing, teaching, and the tale of the prodigal Red Guitar.
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9/29/2007 |
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Jack Williams
In his 49 years as a professional musician, Jack Williams has been a jazz trumpeter, blues sideman, and classical lutenist, as well as guitarist for Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow and Harry Nilsson. How did he finally settle into his current role as singer/songwriter and solo acoustic troubadour?
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9/15/2007 |
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Red and Ruby
Vince Brown and LaVon Hardison have found that playing in a duo setting gives them a freedom of performance that can be lost in a bigger band. As Red and Ruby they play and sing the hot, syncopated songs of the swing era.
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7/7/2007 |
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Devon Sproule
Devon Sproule likes vintage clothes, vintage jazz, and rural Virginia, and all of them influence her unique and original music.
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5/26/2007 |
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Ellis Paul
Singer-songwriter Ellis Paul is now also daddy Ellis Paul. We ask how the effect his daughters are having on his music, and about a co-writing project with Woody Guthrie.
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4/28/2007 |
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The Tones
A capella quartet The Tones have scattered to the four winds, but get together annually to doo wop. They drop in to KLCC on a rainy Radiothon Saturday.
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4/9/2007 |
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Natalia Zukerman
Natalia Zukerman grew up surrounded by classical music: her father is a world-famous conductor, her mother a concert flutist. Her music led her on a different path, out of the concert hall and into folk clubs and festivals, as a singer-songwriter and acoustic and slide guitar player.
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3/31/2007 |
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Angelo M.
Angelo Melasecca worked for nearly 30 years in a steel mill. When the company failed, taking his pension with it, he picked up his guitar. His songs, Thirty Years and Far From Home were featured on PBS's Road Trip Nation.
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3/24/2007 |
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Laurie Lewis
Laurie Lewis talks about longtime music collaborators The Right Hands and their new album, The Golden West.
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3/3/2007 |
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