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March 30, 2025

KPB Program 235 - Boogie & Blues for What Ails You

KPB Program 235 Playlist -- 1st set: Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Johnny Rivers) -- Mac's Boogie (Dr. John) -- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Bette Midler) -- Blue and Sentimental (Catherine Russell) 2nd set: Killin...
March 30, 2025

KPB Program 236

KPB Program 236 Playlist -- 1st set: Processional (Will Ackerman) -- The Last Thing on My Mind (Tony Rice) -- Jenny's Room (Andy Narell) 2nd set: Small Day Tomorrow (Janis Siegel) -- Only a Fool Would Say That (Steely Dan) --...
March 30, 2025

KPB Program 237

KPB Program 237 Playlist -- 1st set: Mission: Impossible Theme (Jimmy Smith) -- The Odd Couple (Russell Malone) -- Love Theme from Sharkey's Machine (Sarah Vaughan) 2nd set: Street Life (from Sharkey's Machine) (Randy Crawfor...
March 30, 2025

KPB Program 238

KPB Program 238 Playlist -- 1st set: Everything Happens to Me (Wynton Marsalis) -- My Shining Hour (Sara Gazarek) -- Diamond Head (California Guitar Trio) -- Ludlow Street (Suzanne Vega) 2nd set: Father Time (Ralph Towner, Wo...
March 30, 2025

KPB Program 239

KPB Program 239 Playlist -- 1st set: Lord Salisbury (Al Stewart) -- Oh! Susannah (The Be Good Tanyas) -- Four Strong Winds (Neil Young) 2nd set: The Last Year (Jessica Pratt) -- Good Morning, Miss Brown (Taj Mahal) -- The Tro...
March 30, 2025

Kensington's Premium Blend Program 240

KPB Program 240 Playlist -- Set 1: 1234 (Feist)-- Le chat noir (David Orlowsky Trio) -- If You Love Me (Melody Gardot)-- I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown) Set 2: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) -- Side by S...
Feb. 10, 2024

KPB Program 199 - Mysterious

Music from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Sarah McLachlan, Laurence Juber, Dmitri Matheny, Shivaree, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Anita O'Day, The John Martyn Band, Richard Thompson, Henry Mancini, Paul Misraki, The Beatles, ...
Feb. 3, 2024

KPB Program 198 - Covering the 60's

1960s songs in latter-day cover versions by Whitehorse, Amy Winehouse, Karrin Allyson, The Traveling McCourys & Friends, Pearl Jam, Nellie McKay, Courtney Marie Andrews, Bryan Ferry, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, and Magnus ...
Jan. 27, 2024

KPB Program 197 - Aviary

Music from Gary McFarland, It's a Beautiful Day, Seals & Crofts, The Wailin' Jennys, Monica Mancini, Lucie Horsch & Fuse, Charlie Parker, Carmen McRae, Miranda Lambert, Bettye LaVette, Brennen Leigh, The Eagles, and Jeff Twee...
Dec. 16, 2023

KPB Program 192 - A French Touch

Music from Leonard Cohen, Al Stewart, Richard Galliano, The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (feat. Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli), Jill Barber, Pierre Bensusan, The Rosenberg Trio, The Paris Combo, The Style Council...
Nov. 18, 2023

KPB Program 188 - Underrated Songs and Overlooked Gems of the 1980's

Music from The Pat Metheny Group, Bonnie Tyler, Billy Bragg, Mike Oldfield, Electric Light Orchestra, Enya, The Chieftains, Tina Turner, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Acoustic Alchemy, The Alan Parsons Project, and Tony Rice
Oct. 28, 2023

KPB Program 185 - The Renaissance-Folk Rock Blend

Instrumental music from the 15th and 16th centuries is contrasted with traditional folk and folk rock, with performances by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX and XXI, Steeleye Span, Elton John, Kate Rusby, Lindisfarne, The Academ...
Aug. 12, 2023

KPB Program 174: Girls from the North Country

This program highlights the work of accomplished women performers from Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland. Music from Ane Brun, Caity Gyorgy, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, ABBA (featuring Agnetha Faltskog & A...
July 22, 2023

KPB Program 171 - Cinematic/Psychedelic

A combination of music from fantasy films with psychedelic and narrative songs from the 1960's and 70's and a spot of music from a recent HBO series. Music from Danny Elfman, Jefferson Airplane, Emiliana Torrini, Al Stewart, ...
July 1, 2023

KPB Program 168 - Favoring Folk

Music from Mary McCaslin, Joan Shelley, Sturgill Simpson, Richie Havens, Marisa Anderson, Dillard & Clark, Jacqueline Schwab, Kate Wolf, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ani DiFranco w/Ry Cooder & Dan Gellert, Townes Van Zandt, Jason ...
May 20, 2023

KPB Program 162 - A California Trip

Music with some connection to the Golden State from Al DiMeola w/John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Tony Bennett, Pearl Jam, Buck Owens, The Nat King Cole Trio, The Beach Bo...
April 8, 2023

KPB Program 156 - Mostly 1979

Music from Smashing Pumpkins, Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Rickie Lee Jones, Herb Alpert (solo and with the Tijuana Brass), Ghedalia Tzartes, Little River Band, Leonard Cohen, Kidd Afrika, Stephane Grappelli, and Billy Joel
Jan. 7, 2023

KPB Program 143 - Woman-centric

Music from Kate Rusby, Rachel Portman, Miriam Cutler, Courtney Marie Andrews, Bobbie Gentry, Brandi Carlile, June Tabor, Dorothy Ashby, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, and Laura Marling
Nov. 26, 2022

KPB Program 137 - An 80's Array

Music from U2, Blondie, The Pat Metheny Group, Paul Simon, Robyn Hitchcock, Pink Floyd, Kim Carnes, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Taco, and Egberto Gismonti
Nov. 12, 2022

KPB Program 135 - Underrated Songs & Overlooked Gems of the 1970's

Music from guitarist John Williams w/Stanley Myers, Judee Sill, Allen Toussaint, Procol Harum w/the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, John Carpenter, Bill Evans, Alan Hull, Tower of Power, Randy Newman, Kate Wolf, Manhattan Transf...
Oct. 1, 2022

KPB Program 129 - Celtic Connections

Music from Loreena McKennitt, The Baltimore Consort, The Chieftains w/the Decemberists, The Pogues, Altan, John Mellencamp w/Meshell Ndegeocello, Imelda May, Flogging Molly, Sinead O'Connor, and Capercaillie
Sept. 3, 2022

KPB Program 125 - Nashville and Memphis

Nashville and Memphis, located just 200 miles apart in Tennessee, have long been important in American music. You'll travel between the two cities, and through time, with performances by John Hiatt, Jason Isbell & the 400 Uni...
Aug. 20, 2022

KPB Program 123 - Train Songs and Other Tracks

Music from John Fogerty, Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Guy Clark, Johnny Cash, The Beegie Adair Trio, Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters, Shocking Blue, The Eagles, The Old 97's, and Chris Proctor
July 23, 2022

KPB Program 119 - 1968, with Deviations

The inspiration for this KPB is a piece called "1968," which starts the program. From there, what you'll get is a tasty combination of songs recorded and/or released in 1968, along with a later cover of a 1968 song, and a cou...