A Little Bit Louder Now
A Little Bit Louder Now
Part of WFUV's day honoring Juneteenth on June 19, 2020
During this two-hour news and music special, FUV midday host Alisa Ali, news director George Bodarky, and assistant news director Robin Shannon talk with community leaders, musicians, academics and writers about Juneteenth and the power of music in working toward social change.
The guests include:
Herbert Ruffin II: Associate Professor and Department Chair of African American Studies at Syracuse University
Chris Vallillo: award-winning roots musician and folklorist
Maureen Mahon: author of Black Diamond Queens and Right to Rock, cultural anthropologist, and Associate Professor at New York University.
Robert Randolph: Grammy-nominated songwriter and pedal steel guitarist
Rio Cortez: poet and manager of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture shop
Eric Adams: Brooklyn Borough President
Dr. Birgitta J. Johnson: Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and African American Studies at University of South Carolina School of Music
The special originally aired on WFUV on Friday, June 19. Below, you can listen to the full show as well as a playlist of songs picked by our panel.
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WFUV News presents: A Little Bit Louder Now
