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Get up off that chair, dear lady ..." These inspiring words from Gary US Bonds (Dear Lady Twist, 1961) begin the show's theme song. What follows "has a good beat and you can dance to it." Jitterbug, twist, waltz, calypso, funky chicken, two-step, slow stuff, salsa, whatever... "you can't sit down..." Yikes! P. S. "...do the twist and you'll never grow old."

Roots & history of all blues through recorded music, interviews & live in studio performances. Including all genres influenced worldwide.

KOOP Radio is currently streaming KOOP Overnight – hand-picked music by KOOP DJs and volunteers randomly played. Unfortunately, we aren't broadcasting on 91.7 FM during this time. With a frequency sharing-agreement, KOOP shares the 91.7 FM frequency in the central Texas region with KVRX, student radio of the University of Texas at Austin. KVRX broadcasts when KOOP is off the air. Please visit KOOP's entire schedule to see when KOOP will be back on the air. Visit KVRX

One hour of Tejano and Conjunto music, interviews and more to celebrate and showcase this true Texas music forgotten elsewhere on the dial.

Under the X in Texas seeks out the senior and largely forgotten originators and forerunners of Texas music, brings to light obscure yet influential artists in the development and history of what we've come to know as Texas Music-a rich melting pot of all cultures, women and men, coming together in the Lone Star State from the early pioneers and immigrants bringing with them the musics of their homelands, creating a rich musical heritage that includes Blues, Jazz, Conjunto, Cowboy Poets, Singer Songwriters, Country Western, Rockabilly, Western Swing, R & B, Tex-Mex, German /Czech music, Zydeco, Bluegrass and so on.

Fais Do Do features the finest music of south Louisiana. This covers Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, New Orleans R&B and brass bands

"Our country is classic, our swing is Western, and the rockabilly is the early kind from the late 50s," declares Rod Moag, host of this long-running KOOP show. Rod brings in samples from his vast collection of vinyl albums, CDs and cassettes, and spices up the show with live appearances by both Austin performers in his favorite styles of music, but also well-known country and swing stars passing through Austin. Supporting KOOP's mission, Country, Swing, and Rockabilly Jamboree gives special attention to women, Latino artists, the elderly, and those not finding a voice elsewhere. Guests performing live in the studio have ranged from an 92-year-old former drummer with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, to a Japanese country deejay, to a lady yodler from Australia. Listeners can also expect liberal helpings of background info on artists, songs, social themes, and trends in the music .

Bringing in rare music from their personal collections, Country Roots takes listeners back in time with vintage music, presenting sounds and artists that aren't heard anywhere else on the radio dial. You'll hear the country pioneers from the past, right up to some of the local artists of today who are keeping the traditional sound alive.

For nearly two decades, Big Band & Classic Jazz has explored the roots of America's jazz heritage. This inclues syncopated society music, ragtime, blues, early jazz, and into the swing era. Join your hosts Thomas Durnin and Dennis Campa as we listen to a variety of jazz and pop sounds form the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. And we'll also hear more recent reocrdings made in the earlier styles. Everyone from territory bands (who often were only known regionally), to the big nationally known stars of records and radio.

On the air since the beginning of June 1995, Czech Melody Time features Texas polka, waltz and march music as represented by the music performed and recorded by various orchestras of Texas-Czech, German and Polish origin, both past and present. As such, the program focuses on both the contemporary polka circuit in Texas while simultaneously presenting a historical perspective on the important cultural and musical legacy upon which the modern scene is based. In addition, there is a "calendar" which features announcements about upcoming polka-related events (dances, church picnics and festivals featuring Texas-Czech and German music and culture in Texas, stressing events in and around central Texas). There is also a short Czech lesson, and sometimes live music in the studio, or a live interview guest. The show has been met with enthusiasm and excitement, particularly by Czechs in Austin and members of the several Czech heritage groups in Travis and Williamson counties, as well as by other people who have come to learn about this important Texas music who had previously never heard of it before.

A new music / current events show. The songs played will either be new releases or have a connection with things that are happening with music or the world around us.

The Lounge Show airs on KOOP, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, on Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon, and is hosted by your morning man, Jay Robillard. The Lounge Show is premium Hi-Fi kitschy fun, featuring Mambos, cha cha's, exotica, easy listening, catchy instrumentals, jet set, movie and TV soundtracks, male and female crooners, big band, swing, nifty jazz, pop orchestras, moog ditties, bossa nova, vintage commercials, and comedy bits. It has received several "Best of Austin" Chronicle awards, as well as receiving attention in the Austin American-Statesman, Billboard Magazine, and the New York Times. Jay Robillard has worked on the airwaves as a disc jockey since 1975, first working at his dad's radio station in Haynesville, LA (KLVU), then moving on to several college stations (WUTS in Sewanee, TN; KLSU in Baton Rouge, LA; and KTSB and KUT in Austin, TX). He's been a D.J. at KOOP since it went on the air. The first Lounge Show aired December 31, 1994, and it's been a favorite on KOOP ever since.

Strictly Bluegrass is one of the first programs on KOOP radio and the only radio program dedicated to playing Bluegrass music in Central Texas. For information on bluegrass jams, shows, and festivals, visit the Central Texas Bluegrass Bluegrass Association website.

Roses & Thorns captures the essence of the sometimes whacked, sometimes exhilarating emotion of love by playing songs of love, adoration, and desire along with songs of heartbreak, disdain, unrequited love, and loneliness. A variety of musical genres are played.

Down-home Southern Soul from the heyday of Memphis, Nashville. & Muscle Shoals The show focuses on Southern Soul of the '60s and early '70s, before black music became a strictly urban format. Core artists include Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Solomon Burke, Otis Redding, etc. In addition to the great vocalists, the show hopes to spotlight the great house bands at American Sound Studios, Stax, Hi, FAME, & Muscle Shoals Sound. Other performers of interest include white southerners writing soulful songs mixing Country/Soul/Rock. Examples include Joe South, Tony Joe White, & Bobbie Gentry. Show heroes include Dan Penn, Chips Moman, Arthur Alexander, Shelby Singleton, Steve Cropper, and Rick Hall.

On Rancho we play Roots, Americana, Country Honky Tonk music; also Surf, Rockabilly, Steel Guitar, Hawaiian, Garage, Psychedelic and Western Swing. Emphasis is on new releases and new artists. We also reach back as far as the 1950's and 1960's for some deep catalog material. Information provided about musicians on recordings. Live performances and artist interviews are also presented.

THE SKINNY ON AROUND THE TOWN SOUNDS - Digging deeper into Austin music - Since its inception some dozen years ago, this three-time winner of KOOP's Silver Mic Award for "Most Austin" Show has spanned the full breadth of work by Austin area musicians past and present, exposing during this period more genres, artists, and fields of musical endeavor from the Austin area than any other weekly radio show anywhere.

Pearl pays homage to the broad spectrum of down home roots music – from Birmingham to Boise. In-store songwriters and unique weekly lyrics.

Off the Beatle Path takes you onto the musical roads less-traveled by former Beatles and Beatle-inspired artists of every kind. Lifelong record collector and music journalist Rush Evans digs deep into the world of the Beatles (and his own massive collection of Beatle-related rarities), which reaches far beyond that group’s own output in the sixties. Every week, listen to rare tracks from the solo work of each of the former Beatles, along with a diverse array of artists from every genre covering Beatles songs. Other Beatle-related rarities will surface, including records from the Apple label and music inspired directly by the Beatles. A splendid time. Guaranteed.

The Andean Hour (La Hora Andina) features the musical traditions of the Andean countries - Bolivia, Peru - Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Argentina. It focuses on past and contemporary artists, as well as on the regional and local genres of both rural and city traditions. It explores the musical heritage of the indigenous Aymara and Quechua, the music of traditional festivals, and the immense diversity of song and dance forms, instruments, and voices from the Andes. In any Andean Hour, the listener may hear fragments from a Colonial period Mass sung in Quechua, the virtuoso charango player Ernesto Cavour, and panpipe ensembles from the Andean Highlands, as well as prestigious groups such as Kjarkas, Savia Andina, and much, much more. In this program, new and old are blended in an exciting musical adventure!

Show Host(s): Matthew Johnson - Jen Venzke Each week we invite a guest to share a mix of songs with us.

Beats of Burden explores various latin rhythms and genres ranging from mambo, salsa, cumbia to moombhaton, reggaeton, dubstep, and more. Show Host(s): Vanessa Burden

Channeling psychedelic love every Friday from 12noon-1pm on KOOP 91.7 FM. Featuring 1960's, '70s, '80's, 90's and 2000's psych and garage from across the globe. LA cults, sagebrush shamans, vintage vinyl, underground artists. Host: Mirna Hariz

he best jazz from the last six decades, from the end of the Big Band Era to the present day. Hosts: Joey V - Paul Borelli - Mark Shapiro

One of KOOP's longest-running programs, Jamaican Gold walks the timeline of Jamaican music from 1960 to 1980: starting with uptempo early ska, swinging into soulful rocksteady & revive, easing into the inception and development of reggae, and ending with ethereal, effects-driven classic dub. Now in his 16th year of somehow being tolerated by KOOP management, host Art Baker brings extensive knowledge and a large personal library of these musical styles (as well as the occasional hangover) to bear each week as he traces the evolution of these great sounds.

Focus on artists and art events in austin; interviews where artists can talk about their art, the inspiration, process and events

A bilingual soccer program with a first half hour in Spanish and the second one in English. A program with news and events related to the sport around the city (Longhorns soccer, Austin Aztex, Austin city league) and the world. It will include analysis of the World Cup in South Africa, listener participation and commentaries about how soccer explains the world.

Join Lisa and Nicole as they talk about theatre around the country (and the world) and hear lively conversations with some of Austin's best theatre companies.

Producer/Co-Host: John Hoffner (john dot hoffner at koop dot org) Co-Host: Stacy Guidry (guidry dot stacy at gmail dot com) Co-Host: Reed Sternberg ( Reed at shadesofgreenmedia dot com) Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Conservation, Health, Permaculture & Natural Building : LIVE in-studio & phone Interviews with Guests, topical Music, green News & Events, web Reviews ... weekly Local EcoNews and EcoCalendar presented by Austin EcoNetwork's Brandi Clark Burton (ecobrandi at gmail dot com) and Howie Richey (howie at texperttours dot com), MP3 show archives & links: ShadesofGreenmedia.com

People United: The Show in Solidarity with the People of the World addresses the concerns of a diverse, interdependent people opposed to oppression in all its various forms and committed to the struggle for social justice. Featuring interviews, lectures, forums, and performances, it provides analysis of current events, and often also historical awareness, locally, nationally and worldwide.

Adventures in Sound is a free-form show that explores music spanning more than 120 years of recorded sound. Every week for nearly a decade, Dennis Campa has highlighted a variety of music from his collection of 15,000 plus records and cd's. Among the sounds you may hear: century old recordings by noted vaudevillians; musical oddities only found in thrift stores; vintage blues & jazz sides; and records made by movie and television stars. Over the last several years, many local bands have appeared live on this show. Among the noted musicians who've played live on Adventures in Sound are: Wino Vino, Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies, Urban Achievers Brass Band, Bruce Salmon, The Cats and the Canary, Yes Ma'am Brass Band and many more! Email requests or comments to: [email protected]

Reflections of Community Outreach is a public affairs program that makes building community here in Austin a priority. This program is produced by KOOP’s Community Council, an advisory body at KOOP which seeks to be a guiding force on issues such as: community outreach, media access for under served communities, and promoting diversity at our radio station.

News & Music from the Disabled Community.

What's Your Status, hosted by Makalah, is an online variety show that airs live on Tuesdays from 2:00p.m.-2:30p.m. The show consists of three segments: "The A-Game/Just A Thought" – The A-Game focuses on social issues and features leaders, advocates, and entrepreneurs of all ages who impact their communities. Just A Thought is a segment where Makalah gives a commentary about various topics. "Healthy Living" - This segment is dedicated to mental and physical health. "In The Studio" – Makalah interviews entertainers (singers/songwriters, musicians, poets, etc) from Texas and beyond!

A deep dive into local Austin government and politics via long-form interviews, analysis, and original reporting from the Austin Monitor team

A fun and informative look at what's happening locally and nationally in film, including interviews with area and Hollywood filmmakers and industry figures such as festival programmers, authors, and other behind-the-scenes people. Also featuring an events roundup, reviews, news, and analysis. Robert Sims has written for Hollywood.com, Miami New Times, the Palm Beach Daily News, Shock Till You Drop, Total Film Magazine, and What's On in London.

Driving in the Left Lane! Cutting edge alternative journalism, politics, and culture in the spirit of the 60's underground press. Host and producer: Thorne Dreyer Co-producer and engineer: Tracey Schulz Rag Radio features hour-long in-depth interviews and discussion about issues of progressive politics, culture, and history. Our guests include newsmakers, artists, leading thinkers, and public figures – from Austin, Texas, and around the world. Host Thorne Dreyer was a founding editor of Austin's historic 60s underground newspaper The Rag and edits The Rag Blog, a nonprofit progressive internet newsmagazine based in Austin. He was also a founding editor at Space City! in Houston and an editor at LNS in New York, and was general manager of KPFT, the Pacifica radio station in Houston. With roots in the 60's, Rag Radio often features content about the history of Austin's unique counterculture and its political and literary traditions.

The Graveside Service is the show about dead celebrities! Each Saturday afternoon from 2-3:00 PM, your host Mr. Harris marks the death anniversaries of musicians, actors, authors, politicians and celebrities of every sort and ilk with music, information and good ol' fashioned fun. You may email the Graveside Service at [email protected]

Bringing you the best roots, golden age, underground, conscious and world hip-hop.

Focusing on Women's reproductive health issues, Katie Vitale returns to the airwaves to discuss matters that continue to be as topical as ever, especially given the current political climate in Texas.

Conversations with people building, creating & transforming our community; exploring the ambitions of the most interesting Austinites.

Classic Rock from an alternate universe, where down is up, black is white and Hawkwind was more popular than the Bee Gees. Rock,Punk, Metal, Garage,Psych,power pop and post punk that should have been huge but wasn’t spanning 1964-2004.Featuring The Ramones song of the week every week at 4 PM. Genre and Type of Show: Rock

TRUE BLASPHEMOUS BLACK METAL

A high-octane guitar-oriented rock/metal/punk show to fuel inject those dangerous mid-week doldrums. You can check out Rock N Roll Pest Control on Facebook....just search for Rock N Roll Pest Control, look for the picture of Lemmy, and there ya go!

Short, fast and catchy as heck punk rock and powerful pop music. High energy music with pop hooks that are sure to rot one’s teeth. Every song is guaranteed to stick in your head until you want to pry it out with a rusty crowbar.

The Singer and the Song features great music from singer/songwriters, performing live at KOOP! It's thoughtful and intimate music shared by musical craftsmen and women, from Austin and beyond straight to your living room. Think of it as a weekly house concert. Past performers include Bobby Whitlock, Dale Watson, Joe King Carrasco, Sara Hickman, and dozens of other gifted artists.

Classic Punk from the 70-80’s (Hardcore, Oi, Rockabilly, Garage & Cow-Punk) sprinkled with nuggets from the 90's & 00's.

Free Samples explores the art-form of sampling by showcasing deep-cut original sample material, and celebrating the tracks that flipped them. Expect to hear funk, soul, jazz, rock, hip-hop, dance, pop and probably everything else! Let's have some fun with it.