Episode 113: Monty Alexander
Nearly sixty years after he moved to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, his hometown, Grammy-nominated…
Episode 112: Wilbur Niles
Quietly released on the Tinkertoo label in late 1979, McNeal & Niles’s cult-classic LP Thrust marked…
Episode 111: Lamont Dozier
As part of Motown’s legendary songwriting and production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier is responsible for…
Episode 110: Buckwild
While the ’80s became the decade that established hip-hop as a musical art form capable of…
Episode 109: Harvey Averne
Harvey Averne is a musician, composer, record producer, and the founder of CoCo Records (as well…
Episode 108: Billy Cobham
Generally regarded as fusion’s greatest drummer, William C. Cobham was born on May 16, 1944, in…
Episode 107: Paddy Corea of Demon Fuzz
Paddy Corea is a multi-instrumentalist who was a founding member of the band Demon Fuzz. Their…
Episode 106: John Manuel of RAMP
John Manuel is/was the drummer and percussionist for RAMP (an acronym for Roy Ayers Music Productions),…
Episode 105: A (Brief) History of Rap & Hip-Hop Radio & Culture, Part II of II (Los Angeles) w/ Greg Mack
Radio host Greg Mack is famous for his role as music director at the Los Angeles-based…
Episode 104: A (Brief) History of Rap & Hip-Hop Radio & Culture, Part I of II (New York City) with Kool DJ Red Alert
Kool DJ Red Alert is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of hip hop…