Nina Simone (photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir, courtesy of Verve Records, PR)

Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings the Blues

June 08, 2020|Kara Manning
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Nubya Garcia (photo by Adama Jalloh, PR)

UKNY for June 7

June 07, 2020|Kara Manning

"Despair? Did someone say despair was a question in the world?," the playwright, poet, and civil rights activist Lorraine...

Listen, Hear

June 05, 2020|Corny O'Connell

The ability to listen to one another is key to any kind of meaningful dialogue. Because you're such a good listener, I want...

Mistakes Were Made

June 04, 2020|Corny O'Connell

We all make mistakes. What matters is whether we learn from those mistakes. I hope you've learned to admit which songs are...

It's a Date!

June 03, 2020|Corny O'Connell

I'd like to ask you for a date. Can you come up with a song that has a date, like the 3rd of June, in the lyrics? If you can...

Be Back by 9 O'Clock

June 02, 2020|Corny O'Connell

New York City was under curfew for the first time in decades last night from 11pm to 5am. Aside from everything that led up...

The Inner-City

June 01, 2020|Corny O'Connell

The subject of this Question of the Day is life in the inner-city. We'll take a look through the lens of artists who have...

Brandi Carlile photo from Newport Folk Festival 2008 by Laura Fedele

Brandi Carlile: The Story

June 01, 2020|Laura Fedele
Influential releases by women that changed music history.
Nicole Atkins (photo by BarbaraFG, PR)

Nicole Atkins

June 01, 2020|Darren DeVivo
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Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela (photo by Hugo Glendinning & Gavin Rodgers, PR)

UKNY for May 31

May 31, 2020|Kara Manning

As May slips to June (even though we've all lost our concept of time in quarantine), tonight's "UKNY" at 11 has songs suited...