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Both Kinds of Music
Both Kinds of Music started on Tumblr in 2009 as a way to share pics and videos of classic country
Writing On The Air
Writing on the Air features interviews with established and aspiring writers, poets, play and screen writers in fiction, nonfiction, memoir,
The Radio Still Screams
The Radio Still Screams is 90 minutes of classic rock from an alternate universe, 1964-2010, where black is white, up
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WE’D LIKE TO THANK YOU!
Donate during our Spring Membership Drive and we’ll thank you with our latest t-shirt designed by Your Buddy, Arturo, from Crate Digger’s Gold! Donate $15/mo or $100 one-time, we’ll thank
KOOP Community Nonprofit Partner Spotlight – Raegan Bass with Inside Books Project
KOOP Radio wraps up its month-long celebration of World Literacy Day as KOOP Community Council member Nora Redfern sat down for a conversation with Raegan Bass who is with KOOP
KOOP Elections 2025
Attention KOOP listeners! Did you know that KOOP is a true cooperative, run primarily by volunteers and supporters? Now is your chance to take a leadership role in the KOOP
Get Thanked!
This drive we’ve got a great shirt and tote designed by our very own DJ Pink B! Donate at $15 a month or $100 one-time and we’ll thank you with
Program Highlights
Adventures in Sound – Saturday 3/14
This Saturday on Adventures in Sound: We’ll continue our celebration of Women’s History Month with Jazzy ladies from the 1920s and 1930s. Among the featured artists are Mildred Bailey, Blanche
Crossroad Creek on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Crossroad Creek. Deb Wesloh and John Lowrance are a delightful couple from San Antonio who write and sing songs together from the heart. I had
Boots on the Air
KOOP’s Boots on the Air continues on Monday, March 9 at 1:00pm (1300 hrs) USA central / GMT -6. Join US Army vets Michael A. Brown and Perry Jefferies, and
Party Stains – A Weekly Update from Stronger Than Dirt Featuring Hazel O’Connor, The Causey Way & Melenas
On this this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, March 7, 8-10pm) Scott will be celebrating International Women’s Day with an episode showcasing all female artists and female voiced bands. Some featured
The Blog
“A Spell Passes From Lips to Lips”: Ten Years of Oranssi Pazuzu
By Ryan J. Nims Apart from a few outliers–namely Deftones, Tool, and Fear Factory–I was never a huge fan of heavy metal. Yeah, I’ve liked what Metallica has done, and
KOOP Still “Keeping it Weird” 26 Years After Coining Slogan
by Juan Raigosa It’s not often you can pinpoint the coinage of a phrase. “Keep Austin Weird” is now so ubiquitous as a slogan that it seems to have materialized
Sudan Archives Woos Austin on her Cyborgean “The BPM” Tour
By Megan McAllister It’s a Wednesday night, Radio East’s red neon sign glows above the stage. Some folks have beers, a few have coffee; occasionally, a dank cloud wafts through
Sudan Archives is Gadget Girl at Austin’s Radio East
By Alison Roh Park I’m late to the concert. I arrive just as Sudan Archives begins plucking the violin strings of for one of my favorite songs: “Nont for Sale.”
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