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Indy R&B
May 19, 2021
Indiana has an extraordinary legacy of soul music. This week we ll hear from two Indianapolis-based R&B artists that have new projects out: Keiana Whatley, and Taylor Hall. We ll also have another edition of Rebel Music with Karla Lopez featuring Katherin Chi, an organizer with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.
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Bob Marley
Forty years have gone by since the late Honorable Robert Nesta Marley’s transition on May 11, 1981. And, three years ago on May 11, 2018, the number of years since Marley’s passing – 37 to be exact – uniquely surpassed the number of years that the he had been alive. Fast forward four decades later to 2021, Marley is found to be effortlessly retaining his position among the ranks of the world’s greatest and most influential musicians.
The King of Jamaica’s Reggae music genre still reigns supreme and maintains relevance to effecting progress among the forgotten and undeserved. Marley was not only a musical maverick but a philosopher; a prophetic storyteller. The senior Gong performed songs such as
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Ian Chang
April 21, 2021
Kyle s guest is drummer Ian Chang of Son Lux. The two preview tracks off the new Son Lux album Tomorrows III, and discuss Chang’s work outside of Son Lux with artists including Moses Sumney. Plus, Karla Lopez will return with another edition of Rebel Music featuring Kyra Harvey, co-founder of Indy 10 Black Lives Matter.
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MAS – more than mas
Sunday 21 February 2021
David Bereaux sings vintage calypsoes during the Kaiso segment, accompanied by musician Marva Newton, in the Carnival play MAS at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain on Carnival Monday (February 15). -
When Destra Garcia sang It’s Carnival on Tuesday night, the audience sat, hands raised and swaying, at the edge of their seats, belting out the lyrics with her.
It was the final scene of the Carnival-themed theatre-production MAS, and Garcia was the final soca star in a play that chiefly celebrated music.
The audience, a mixture of demographics, young and old, diverse gender identities, some in formal wear, at least one in what looked like the top of a Carnival costume, fully engaged with the show.