If you missed A Different Nature on March 19, or would like to hear the show again, you can hear it in KBOO’s archives here.
Category Archives: Interviews
A Different Nature, Monday at 8:00 pm
When: Monday, March 19, 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Where: KBOO FM 90.7
Join host Andrew Hosch and guests for A Different Nature , featuring March Music Moderne. Details here.
Tune into 90.7 FM or stream it at KBOO.
Double Bummer Audio Archive, March 16
If you missed Double Bummer on March 16, or would like to hear the show again, you can hear it in XRAY’s archives for the next two weeks. Listen here.
Double Bummer, Today at 11:00 pm
When: Friday, March 16, 11:00 pm – 01:00 am
Where: XRAY FM 91.1/107.1
Join host Robert Ham with guests Bob Priest and Jennifer Wright as they play music and discuss March Music Moderne. Flutist Amelia Lukas will present an in-studio performance.
Tune into 91.1 FM, 107.1 FM, or stream it at XRAY.
All Classical Portland host will go off air with live studio show
For the past 17 years, listeners of All Classical Portland (KQAC-FM) have grown familiar with the melodious baritone of senior announcer Robert McBride…But McBride’s voice will soon no longer be wafting over the air, because he has decided to retire from radio.
—James Bash, The Oregonian/Oregon Live (read the full article)
Hendrixology 101: A Profile of Bob Priest
For this article, we climb into the way-back machine and visit the University of Victoria ca. 1996.
This unorthodox approach to post-secondary education seems to work for the students. Many of them, including myself, have come out of Priest’s class with a feeling that they have gained a unique insight into the subject being taught. Continue reading
MMM Preview on KBOO, Monday, Nov. 28
Electric Marzena Land & MMMessiaen Mélange Musique preview airs Monday, November 28th from 8-10 pm on KBOO 90.7 FM [streaming at kboo.fm]
Marzena’s Bob Priest appears on A Different Nature to talk about his latest project — MMMessian Mélange Musique — a series of free concerts and radio broadcasts timed to coincide with the Oregon Symphony’s first ever performance of Olivier Messiaen’s “Turangalîla.” Tonight’s program will feature world premieres of electro-acoustic pieces derived from the music of Messiaen by Antonio Celaya, James Harley, Andrew Hosch, and Robert McBride, which were commissioned for the occasion. Also, excerpts from Messaien’s Cinq Rechants, Harawi, Turangalîla, and music by RP Collier, Stuart Dempster, Henryk Górecki, Maurcio Kagel, plus a special Stockhausen music box, and more.
This show will be archived for future listening. Find it here.
Bob Priest on XRAY Radio TONIGHT
UPDATE: The archived show is available here.
Thanx to Robert Ham over @ XRAY Radio, MMM has a 2-hour festspiel preview tomorrow night. Here’s Robert’s announcement:
On this week’s Double Bummer, your host Robert Ham is joined by Bob Priest, the musician and composer, to discuss the upcoming MMMessiaen Fest or as it’s better known: Messiaen Melange Musique, a five-night celebration of the work of French composer Olivier Messiaen that kicks off on November 28th.
They will discuss Priest’s history studying composition with Messiaen and the many amazing events scheduled, as well as sampling some of the music that will be played at the MMM.
Tune in to XRAY starting at midnight PT: 91.1 or 107.1 FM in the Portland metro area, or around the world at xray.fm.
Bob Priest on Club Mod
Bob Priest joined host Robert McBride on July 30 to chat about Messiaen, Messiaen’s Illuminations of the Beyond, Bob’s MMMessiaen Fest coming up in December, and other topics.
You may view the program playlist here. To stream this Club Mod program, go to the All Classical Archive and click on Most Recent Episode. This program will be available through August 13.
March Music Moderne: An interview with founder Bob Priest
Bob Priest is an avant-impresario in hippie-zen clothing, a champion of noise and synesthesia giving his all to keep Portland’s rainy spring soaking in modern sounds. He’s the founder and organizer of March Music Moderne, Portland’s prolific and densely packed contemporary-classical music festival.
—Christopher Corbell, PDX Magazine (read the full article)