Episodes

  • KPB Program 281
    Jan 24 2026

    KPB Program 281 Playlist -- 1st set: Too Young to Go Steady (John Coltrane Quartet) - The Joker (Wes Montgomery) - The Joker (Sammy Davis, Jr.) - Lush Life (John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) 2nd set: My Little Brown Book (Aretha Franklin) - See Saw (Aretha Franklin) - A Wonderful Day Like Today (Sammy Davis, Jr.) - Tones for Joan's Bones (Blue Mitchell w/Chick Corea) 3rd set: They Say It's Wonderful (John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) - Hey, Jude (Wilson Pickett) - Cissy Strut (The Meters) 4th set: Blues to Bechet (John Coltrane)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 280
    Jan 17 2026

    KPB Program 280 Playlist -- 1st set: Black Flag (Andrea von Kampen) - One More Dance Around the Sun (Great Lake Swimmers) -Freedom Feeling (Laura Veirs) 2nd set: 9 to 5 (Wild Iris Brass Band) - Dardanella (Emmet Cohen) 3rd set: The Weekend (Dave Rawlings Machine) - She Loves Me (James McMurtry) - She's Got You (Rhiannon Giddens) 4th set: Lie to Me (John Mellencamp) - I Walked with You a-Ways (Plains) 5th set: Hello! How Are You? (Caity Gyorgy) - Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy (Paul Simon)

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    59 mins
  • KPB Program 279
    Jan 10 2026

    KPB Program 279 Playlist -- 1st set: Electromagnetic Sun-Powered Starship (Antoine Dufour) - Where No Mandolin Has Gone Before [Star Trek Theme] (Nashville Mandolin Ensemble) - Nostalgia (Fats Navarro) - Out of Nowhere (Rachael Price) 2nd set: Bad Self Portraits (Lake Street Dive) - Picture Book (The Kinks) - Sunset Road (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) - The Rocky Road to Dublin (The High Kings) 3rd set: Celluloid Heroes (The Kinks) - The Bad and the Beautiful (Charlie Haden Quartet West) 4th set: Goodbye, Porkpie Hat (Nashville Mandolin Ensemble) - Be-Bop Romp (Fats Navarro) 5th set: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Sarah Vaughan & the Count Basie Orchestra)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 278
    Jan 3 2026

    KPB Program 278 Playlist -- 1st set: Dusty Boxcar Wall (Eilen Jewell) - Steel Rail Blues (Gordon Lightfoot) - The Newry Highwayman (Solas) 2nd set: House of Guinness Theme (Ilan Eshkeri) - Carolina Rua/The Ladies' Pantalettes [Reel] (The Chieftains w/Imelda May) - Wild Mountain Thyme (Greg Leisz) 3rd set: Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (Eric Legnini Trio) - Cascade (Chet Atkins) - The Wayward Wind (Mary McCaslin) - Hurt (Johnny Cash) 4th set: I Won't Let You Down (Curtis Harding) - Santa Fe (Eilen Jewell) - El Paso (Marty Robbins)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 277 (last show of 2025)
    Dec 27 2025

    KPB Program 277 Playlist -- 1st set: Rose (Markus Stockhausen & Ferenc Snetberger) - Un sueño mas (Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson & Paul McCandless) 2nd set: Dream Baby [How Long Must I Dream?] (Roy Orbison) - #9 Dream (R.E.M.) - You Stepped Out of a Dream (Julie London) 3rd set: In Dreams (Roy Orbison) - Audrey's Dance [from Twin Peaks] (Angelo Badalamenti) - Can't Forget (Yo La Tengo) - End of the Line (The Traveling Wilburys) 4th set: I Me Mine (The Beatles) - En coeur (Markus Stockhausen) 5th set: Sunrise (Norah Jones) - Barnaby, Hardly Working (Yo La Tengo)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 276 -- A Holiday Blend
    Dec 20 2025

    KPB Program 276 Playlist -- Wexford Carol (Nightnoise) - Crow River Waltz/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Jack Fig (Leo Kottke) - We Toast the Days (Choral Scholars of University College, Dublin, directed by Desmond Earley) - Good "Swing" Wenceslas (Count Basie Orchestra) 2nd set: What's This? [from The Nightmare Before Christmas] (Danny Elfman) - Unto Us a Child Is Born (California Guitar Trio) - Bluegrass, White Snow (Patty Loveless) - Sleigh Ride (Count Basie Orchestra) 3rd set: Gloucestershire Wassail (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Pastime with Good Company (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Greensleeves (John Coltrane Quartet) - Simple Gifts/Lovely Love (William Coulter & Barry Phillips) 4th set: Noel Nouvelet! (Loreena McKennitt)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 275
    Dec 13 2025

    KPB Program 275 Playlist -- 1st set: Tangerine (Led Zeppelin) - Wild West End (Dire Straits) - Ballad of Cable Hogue (Calexico) - Django Theme (Luis Bacalov) 2nd set: Distant Shore (Evelyn Glennie & Michael A. Levine) - Baba O'Riley (The Who) - Eko (Evelyn Glennie & Michael A. Levine) - Meadowlarks (Fleet Foxes) 3rd set: Close Behind (Calexico) - San Diego Serenade (Nanci Griffith) - Lookin' for the Time [Workin' Girl] (Nanci Griffith) - Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) 4th set: Looks Like the End of the Road (Alison Krauss & Union Station) - Quattro [World Drifts In] (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)

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    58 mins
  • KPB Program 274
    Dec 6 2025

    KPB Program 274 Playlist -- 1st set: Sandalwood (Moondog & the London Saxophonic) - Mambo Inn (George Shearing Quintet) - Till There Was You (The Beatles) - Paris (Moondog & the London Saxophonic) 2nd set: Pick Yourself Up (George Shearing Quintet) - You Really Got a Hold on Me (The Beatles) - John Barleycorn [Must Die] (Traffic) 3rd set: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Lilly Winwood) - Dog Trot (Moondog & the London Saxophonic) - Heartstrings (Russell Malone) 4th set: Whole World Knows (Adia Victoria) - Empty Pages (Traffic) 5th set: Blackberry Winter (Keith Jarrett)

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    58 mins