Programs > KAOS Shows by Genre
- World
- Hip-Hop
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Native Issues and Music
- Jazz
- Latin
- Folk, Country, Bluegrass
- Electronic
- Punk, Metal, Noise & Experimental
- Freeform
- Public Affairs
- Specialty
World
Monday 10am to Noon - Island Time with Anch Bergeson
Anch Bergeson brings you Hawaii and South Pacific islands in song each week. .
Tuesday 10 to Noon - Cover the Earth with Juli Kelen
We have got it covered: Music from the far and near corners of our bouncing blue Earth: African, Latin, European, Asian... why, even North American! Drum solos and regular visits to the Mud Bay Tiki Lounge. A warm blankie for the global soul.
Wednesday 10am to Noon - Scatterlings of Africa with Don Loft
Join Don Loft for this weekly musical tour of Africa.
Thursdays 10 am to Noon - Xenophilia with David Moseley
A musical love of all things global with - with a soft spot for Brasil
Friday 10am to Noon - Spin the Globe with Scott Stevens
Spin the Globe: Traditional and contemporary music from across the planet, plus cultural information and interviews. The term "World Music" may be vague, but it leaves the door open to explorations ranging from Tuvan overtone singing to Brazilian hip-hop, from Native American reggae to Balkan brass bands. "Live locally, groove globally!" Visit Spin the Globe online.
Hip Hop
KAOS BLOCK PARTY -
Hip-hop every weekday from 3-5pm!
Thursdays - Pump Your Fist Like This with DJ la Pointe
Fridays - Live from 1-5 with Luvva J
Rock 'n' Roll
Monday 6pm to 8 pm - Catch a Wave with Austin Potter
Surf, indie-rock, Americana, garage. You'll hear artists like the Beach Boys, Man or Astroman?, the Ventures, Yo La Tengo, and The Sonics.
Monday 9pm to 11 pm - One Chord to Another with Johnny Koch
Pop music. Or, indie pop if you will. Playlists are at the One Chord to Another blog.
Tuesdays 1 pm to 3 pm - Red Licorice with Amory Ballantine
Host Amory Ballentine brings you a mid-week mash-up of great music.
Fridays 1pm to 3pm - Skies So Blue with Ashley VavRosky
Rock Variety
Friday 9pm to 11 pm - Music From the Underground with Martha Copeland
Rare and rarely heard psychedelic music. Going ten years strong.
Sunday 8 to 10 pm - Our Lady of KAOS
Our Lady of KAOS is an inspirational anti-folk; hip-hop; modern rock; pop; electronic; urban folk music show highlighting all that is divine and woman, lez, local, familiar, bi, trans, new, rich, raw, healed, queer, and improved about women's involvement in music. Our Lady of KAOS (chaos) invites listeners to worship at the airwaves of the feminine. Playlists, etc., are available by becoming a member of the OLOK group on Facebook!
Folks can connect with Our Lady by emailing ourladyofkaos@comcast.net
Saturday 9am to 10 am - Red Hot & Blue with Brian Cobb
Brian Cobb bringing you Rockabilly, Twang and R&B!
Saturday 10 am to Noon - Retroactive with J.J Syrja
Roots, traditional r & b, rock n'roll, soul, garage. Visit J.J's Retroactive site.
Native Issues and Music
Wednesdays 8pm to 9 pm - Mole Medicine with Lucas Anderson
Native music and issues.
Sundays 5pm to 6 pm - Make No Bones About It with Raven Redbone
Native issues. Visit the Make No Bones About It blog!
Sundays 6 to 8 p.m - View from the Shore with gary galbreath
Traditional and contemporary native music.
Jazz
Free Jazz with Fred - with Fred Kellogg
Jazz for the thinking listener. Current and classic avant-garde, modal and free jazz.
Fridays 6pm to 8 pm - John's Place with John Ford
Sharp and straight-ahead, from classic to contemporary, and artist interviews. Pull up a chair and enjoy yourself!
Latin
Wednesdays 6 pm to 8 pm - Sonidoz del Tierra with DJ Kalambre
Sonidoz del Tierra brings you the hottest music in the alternative latin world from Hip Hop, Reggae, Ska, Rock, Electronica, Rap, Jazz, Reggaeton and the occasional traditional tune mixed in, with your host DJ KALAMBRE.
Saturdays 3 pm to 5 pm - El Mensaje Del Aire with Jose Pineda and Felix Torres
All-Spanish language variety
see also: Did You Know?
Folk, Country, Bluegrass
Tuesdays 6 pm to 8 pm - Dirty Lotus Double with Tripp Taley
Acoustic folk, bluegrass, and jamband
Thursdays 6pm to 8pm - American Ancedotes with Tom Foote, Joe Pollock, Jim Racle, Eppo
Bluegrass in all its various forms brought to you by 5 rotating hosts who have different tastes and views of the genre. Tom Foote, Leah Humphries, Joe Pollock, Jim Raicle and Eppo bring you everything from old-time music of the 20's through the most contemporary artists, with the first Thursday of the month dedicated to music of the resophonic guitar (The Instrument Formerly Known As Dobro)
Saturdays 6 am to 9 am - The Road Goes on Forever with Joe Pollock
Travels down the back roads of folk, bluegrass and folk-rock, with occasional side journeys into blues, world and jazz. Music both familiar and lesser known, intended to gently ease you into the weekend.
Saturdays 1pm to 3 pm - The Audiological Phantasmagoria with Professor T.G. Hokum
A timely variety of timeless old-time music
Electronic
Tuesday Nights 11pm to 1am - In Place of Dreary Patterns with Josh Landry
for all your industrial, ambient, surreal and experimental needs
Thursday Nights 11pm to 1am - Are Friends Electric? with Will Bennett
Electronica!!
Punk, Metal, Noise and Experimental
Wednesday Nights 11pm to 1am - Defensive Indifference with Charlie Z.
Thought-provoking, cross-genre LOUD GUITARS
Fridays 11 pm to 1 am - Excuse All the Blood with Seamus O'Reilly
Black metal, death metal, and grind core. Do remember, the extreme always makes an impression.
Saturdays10pm to Midnight - Campfire Island
Campfire Island covers the national punk scene as it's happening RIGHT NOW in our first hour, then kicks out the classic anthems and must know tracks from over 30 years of punk music in our second lap. We play punk, post-punk, and hardcore plus anti-folk, oldcore, and other ground-breaking noise. Take a look at the website or myspace pages...
Freeform
Tuesday Nights 9 pm to 11 pm - Dancing in Circles with Richard Sinclair
A radio program featuring progressive, art rock, fusion, world fusion, jam bands, psychedelic, strange electronic rainbow music and more, including KAOS in Wonderland, a thematic musical journey each show. Dancing on Circles has a website.
Sundays 3pm to 5pm - Cottleston Pie with Melissa Suther
Children's Music
Public Affairs
Mondays 8 pm to 9 pm - LifeWise with John Ford and Joe Pollock
LifeWise is wellness news and views with Joe Pollock and John Ford . They go behind the stories and put health news on the operating table. The last Monday of each month is dedicated to public health issues in cooperation with UCAN, the Thurston County Health Dept and Planned Parenthood.
Thursdays 12 pm to 1 pm - Parallel University with Kim Dobson
Parallel University is a live public affairs show, including listener call-ins. The show focuses on sustainability issues and the peace movement.
Thursdays 8 to 9 pm - Free and Fair on the Air with John Ford
Free and Fair is a live, public affairs magazine on topics affecting us all, from the South Sound to the globe with host John Ford. The first week each month, Free & Fair examines you and the law with guests from the Thurston County Bar Association. The second Thursday, it's "Sittin' With The Duck." John's co-host that night is Terry Knight, Editor-Publisher of Olympia's alternative newspaper The Sitting Duck. The last Thursday of every month, Free and Fair hosts "On Wings of Peace", a show produced in co-operation with Veterans for Peace, Olympia Rachel Corrie Chapter 109.
Fridays Noon to 1pm - Did You Know? with Alejandro Rugarcia
Alejandro hosts this weekly bi-lingual show discussing issues regarding domestic violence and sexual assault; and the non-profit agencies working towards their elimination.
Specialty
Monday through Friday 6 am to 9 am - Breakfast Special
Monday through Friday, set your alarm clock to KAOS 89.3 FM. Rise and shine through our stellar morning hosts. Hear frequent weather reports and many special features including: Earth & Sky at 6:20 am, Workers Independent News Service at 6:45 am, Isla Earth at 7:20am and Jim Hightower at 8:20 am.
Wednesdays 9pm to 11pm -NW Soul Train with Dr. Funkenstein
Funkify yourself
Sundays 6am to 9am -Wheel of Wonder with Radio Ray
Pagan, Celtic and Eco-friendly music and news
Sundays 10am to Noon - The Think Tank with Tammy Tillinghast
Singer-songwriter, power pop, smart pop, Britpop, L.A. underground, pop ghetto, sixties, seventies, new, old, folk, antifolk, indie rock, alt-country, outlaw country, OOG, Norwegian, Celtic, punk, blues, jazzy, soulful, literate, Olycentric, independent, sometimes not-so-independent, music that can't be classified. Visit the Think Tank on Myspace.
Sundays 1 pm to 3 pm - Old Ship of Zion
Gospel, hosted by Reverand Taylor and Vertis Love.
Sundays 10 pm to 12 am -God's Misfits with Scott Eaton
A mix of non-traditional music of faith.