Friday, January 17, 2020, 11:00am
Spread the word, bring your friends and join me on The Road To Higher Ground Saturday, January 11th 7-11pm Central featuring performances by Elephant Sessions, Lucila Campos, Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’65, Rahim Alhaj, Franco, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Kartik Sheshadri, Fat Fredd’s Drop...
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:00am
Spread the word, bring your friends and join me on The Road To Higher Ground Saturday, January 4 featuring music by the Swingle Singers, Pink Martini, Cassie and Maggie, Tango Orkesteri Unto, Shanren, Leontyne Price, Ola Belle Reed, Ballake Sissoko and Vicent Segal and more. Pack only your...
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 11:00am
Spread the word, bring your friends and join me on The Road To Higher Ground Saturday, November 23 7-11 pm Central featuring performances by Oumou Sangare, Little Axe, Simon Thacker, Astor Piazolla, Odetta, Yoyo Ma, Celtic Woman, Manna Dey Gare Du Nord and more all in a single night. Pack only your...
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 11:00am
Hear my live broadcast this weekend featuring The Piano Guys, Salif Keita, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Eliane Elias, Sam & Ruby, Afro Cuban All Stars, Mahalia Jackson, Elephant Sessions, Natacha Atlas, Fela Kuti, Fretless, Edil Husainov, Boban Markovic, and much more. --Jonathan Playlists are...
Friday, October 4, 2019, 11:00am
I'm putting together Saturday's world music showcase. I hope you can tune-in for a night of world music featuring Sam Reider, Ayub Ogad, Mia Hsieh, Ron Kenoly, Geoffrey Oryema, The Gloaming, Mari Boine, Sheila Cahandra, Tsinandali Choir, Maraca, Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, Spanish Harlem Orchestra,...
Friday, October 4, 2019, 11:00am
Tune-in Saturday 10.5.19 for my next world music showcase on WPR.org. You'll hear music by Sat. Papa Wemba, Stick Figure, Voxfire, Jessye Norman, Dianna Reeves, Altingun, Jaimeo Brown, Old Blinddogs, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Sonora Carruseles, Eccodek Quartet, Burning Spear, and a lot more. The...
Friday, September 27, 2019, 11:00am
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Rodrigo y Gabriela, Dr. Michael White, Baabal Maal, Ruben Blades, Ushers Island, Black Umfolosi, Hugh Masekela, Mory Kante, Lenka Lichtenberg, Jo Stafford, Mahotella Queens, Paul Robeson, Toots and Maytals and much more...
Saturday, September 21, 2019, 11:00am
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Blues from around the world, Mariza, Hanggai, Doreen’s New Orleans Jazz Band, Otava Yo, Manu Chao, Lula Galvao, Ben Walker, Orchestre Baka Gbine and more. Playlists are subject to changes without notice.
Friday, August 23, 2019, 11:00am
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Lena Horne, The Mediterranean Quartet, Duke Ellington & Mahalia Jackson, Sukke, Zakir Hussain, Joe Sealy, The Gyuto Monks of Tibet, Femi Kuti, Omara Portuondo, Aaron Copland, and She'Koyokh. Playlists are subject to...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 11:00am
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by @Moken , Sacred Music of the Hopi Tribe, @TheKlezmatics @KOKOKOmusic @belafleckbanjo @rokiatraore @archieroach @tourekundaoff Songs from Eastern Europe, reggae Aboriginal, @elizacarthy @chanodominguez & @...
Friday, August 9, 2019, 11:00am
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Nella, Movements from Joe Sealy’s Africville Suite, music from the Alps, Poland, Serbia, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Burkina Faso, with selections from Rhianoon Giddens, Eliza Carthy, and Afrocubism. Playlists are subject...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:00pm
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Park Jiha, Tom Eaton, Sacred Chants Of Shakti, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina, Sandy Brechin Trio, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Villalobos Brothers, a mix of Afro-Latin party music, contemporary folk music from Norway,...
Friday, July 12, 2019, 11:00pm
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Yapunto, Väsen, The Real Vocal String Quartet, Villalobos Brothers, Nina Simon, The Fairfield Four, Papa Wemba, Chanticleer, James Taylor, Tuba Skinny, Yo-Yo Ma, Yungchen Lhamo, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, Dr...
Friday, June 21, 2019, 11:00pm
Saturday's world music broadcast on The Road To Higher Ground features music by Mary Ann Kennedy, Keb’Mo’ Jackson Browne, Leveret, Soneros De Verdad, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tito Puente, Ben Harper, Nina Simone, Zakir Hussain, India.Arie and more.
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 4:00pm
Live Broadcast features : Show Of Hands, Cara Dillon, Graminy, Old Blind Dogs, Boubacar Traoré, Kelly Hall-Tomkins, Ye Vagabonds, Mamani Keita, Samira Said, Maureen Choi Quartet and more.
Friday, May 31, 2019, 4:00pm
Live Broadcast features : Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Billie Holiday, Della Reese, Jon Hassell, Chouia, Robert Rich, Jambu, Le Vent du Nord, Mdou Moctar, a blend of sounds from Ireland, Quebec, Mexico and more.
Friday, May 10, 2019, 4:00pm
Live broadcast features music by Yugchen lhamo, Tigana Santana, Julie Crochetiere, Kern, Imar, Robi Kahakalau, Willlie Nelson, Lula Wiles, Keb Mo, Moishes Bagel, Sierra Maestra, Creole Choir of Cuba, Sutari, Gabriella Ghermandi, and Malick Pathe Sow.
Friday, May 10, 2019, 4:00pm
Live broadcast features music by Ibibio Sound Machine, Kaia Kater, Fruko y Sus Tesos, , Lula Wiles, Voices of Forgotten Worlds, a blended mix of blues, Royal Holloway Choir, High Kings, Atom Strings Quartet, Incendio, Seckou Keita, Moondog, and more.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 4:00pm
Encore Broadcast from Feb. 10, 2018 features music by Barcelona Big Band, Blues Boy Dan Owen, String Sisters, Lo’Jo, Miriam Makeba, John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers, Yasser Habbeb, Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald, Molam International Band and more.
Friday, April 19, 2019, 4:00pm
Live Broadcast features music by: Piirpauke, Clinton Fearson, Värttinä, Los Texamaniacs, Brandford Marsalis, Ty Burhoe & Friends, Wimme & Rinne, Mahalia Jackson, Nickel Creek, Buika, Burning Spear, Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Lo and more. Soundbed: Bubango, Chano Dominquez, Alb. Hecho A Mano
