The Radical Songbook

Tune into The Radical Songbook for a tribute to Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones, some new rebel songs, and a look back at the HAL 9000 computer.

Tune in The Radical Songbook for an update on faculty union bargaining at Central Oregon Community College.Faculty Forum members Carol Higginbotham and Brian Keechie will provide up-to-date information on bargaining, Wednesday's union rally on campus, and the possibility of a faculty strike. Plus songs of social significance by Cassandra Wilson, Dolly Parton, Si Kahn, Mark Rubin, and the Rolling...

Michael remembers and celebrates Pigpen on The Radical Songbook

Celebrate the day after Labor Day on The Radical Songbook .Featuring Dolly Parton, U. Utah Phillips, Anne Feeney, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg. Bomba Gonzelez...and starring Bernie Sanders as Eugene Victor Debs.Every day is labor day for the working class.

Michael plays the radio hits from 1966.

A couple of rare early recordings. Joe's classic Woodstock performance, and some great Fish. This show originally aired on March 17, 2026.

Flashback with Michael for a 1956 Rock and Roll Dance party...

Join Michael as he explores the year 1955.

Tune in The Radical Songbook to hear some early Bob Dylan and some not so unknown Greenwich Village folk singers from the sixties, including Dave Van Ronk, Fred Neil, Odetta, Carolyn Hester and more.This show originally aired on December 9, 2025. It was good then and even better now!

Tune in The Radical Songbook (piratebutteradio.com) for an encore performance by Bend musician Wayne Newcome.This show originally aired live just a year ago, on July 26, 2025, and it is great fun as Wayne performs his own songs and talks about musical influences like Roky Erickson of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators and others.