March 2019 – Freeform Portland

Spy Jazz

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Noah Fence

Following the end of World War Two, the US moved into an era of prosperity. Dad went to work each day. Mom stayed home and raised the kids. The kids went to sch...

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Know Your DJ – Spinning Jennie

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog

DJ Name: DJ Spinning JennieFreeform Show Name: Nova RadioFreeform Day/Time of Show: Alternating Sundays, 8 – 10 p.m.Interview by: Beanie Beanie: When did y...

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Joe Strummer’s boots

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog

I fell down a Clash rabbit hole in the Oxfam used book store on Byres road in Glasgow last fall. I came across Pat Gilbert’s Passion is a Fashion, whi...

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Bappi Lahiri the Disco King of India

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog

Bappi Lahiri, also known in India as “The Disco King,” was born in Calcutta, West Bengal in 1952, to Bengali classical singers Aparesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahari...