Tag Archives: Jazz

Keith LaMar, also known as Bomani Shakur, is a prisoner on Ohio’s Death Row.  He is facing execution in autumn 2023 after being framed in prison due to his advocacy for other prisoners and his refusal to snitch on others in the aftermath of the 1993 Lucasville Uprising.  He has consistently expressed solidarity with other Lucasville prisoners and has engaged …

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, spend the hour with Aziz Lisa. She is a singer described as saucy, smooth, sensual and most of all empowering. Aliza Lisa embodies a musical style that is a unique blend of R&B, Soul and Jazz. Her vocals are similar to Jill Scott, Chaka Khan and Anita …

Host Clarence Boone spends the hour with William Morris, the host of WFIU’s jazz program Just You and Me, for which he created the upbeat “Soul Kitchen” featuring funky jazz, R&B, gospel, and rock. He began at WFIU after five years of volunteering here at community radio station WFHB, where he hosted such programs as the Tuesday Afternoon Music Mix, Hora Latina, …

Based in Bloomington, IN, Crossroads Quintet is a professional Jazz Collective that is working together to create a contemporary, boundary-stretching sound while simultaneously preserving the culturally rooted music that has preceded them. The official motto of the state of Indiana is the, “Crossroads of America.” The group met in this state while attending Indiana University, and are simultaneously crossing each …

PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with William Morris, the host of WFIU’s jazz program “Just You and Me” and the upbeat “Soul Kitchen”, featuring funky jazz, R&B, gospel, and rock. He began at WFIU after five years of volunteering here at community radio station WFHB, where he hosted such programs as the Tuesday Afternoon Music Mix, …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton joins hosts Willam Hosea and Amrita Myers, Ph.D. PART ONE Hosts Amrita Myers and William Hosea speak with Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton about affordable housing, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, voting rights, and November’s upcoming midterm elections. PART TWO Myers and Hosea speak about the legacy of George Taliaferro, and introduce upcoming events of interest to listeners. CREDITS …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb declared last week “Immigrant Heritage Week at a press conference, today; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson sent statements to federal lawmakers, asking them to bolster elections security throughout the country; Owen, Greene, and Monroe Counties boast some of the highest unemployment rates in the state; Monroe County is beginning a multi-phase project to update the county’s security systems; Monroe …

Shalom Community Center in Bloomington is asking area residents for water bottles and towels; Indiana DNR is warning residents to avoid floodwaters, after a six year-old Columbus boy drown over the weekend; The Federal Emergency Management Agency will stop offering emergency assistance across the state, next month; The Indiana Department of Revenue is warning Indiana residents about a potential increase in …

He started out in radio at WFHB and now serves as the jazz director for WFIU. Like many young people, David Brent Johnson stumbled and fumbled through life upon reaching adulthood. He discovered jazz in his twenties, what he calls his “light on the road to Damascus” moment. Then, he and a partner produced an Americana music show for WFHB, …

Today we pledge allegiance to what Ralph Ellison called a sorrowful laughter for all, and we open with “Waitin’ for Benny” a jam session from 1941 featuring jazz and swing guitarist Charlie Christian, an artist who, like Ellison, discovered the New World of Jazz in Oklahoma City. In Ellison’s 1958 Saturday Review essay “The Charlie Christian Story,” he writes, “The …