Start Over Date 2020

201. Interview with Thanu Yakupitiyage, New York City, New York (05:50)

Date:
September 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Thanu Yakupitiyage
Summary:
Thanu Yakupitiyage (New York City, New York) Thanushka (Thanu) Yakupitiyage is a Sri Lankan born, Thailand raised activist, cultural organizer, and DJ under the artist moniker “Ushka.” She deejay...

202. Interview with Danielle "Sug" Johnson, Wilmington, Delaware (05:56)

Date:
September 15, 2020
Main contributors:
Danielle "Sug" Johnson
Summary:
Danielle “Sug” Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware) Danielle “Sug” Johnson is a singer and bandleader based in Wilmington, Delaware. She is the frontwoman of the Wilmington based funk-soul-blues band H...

203. Interview with John Santos, Oakland, California (06:09)

Date:
September 25, 2020
Main contributors:
John Santos
Summary:
John Santos (Oakland, California) Born in San Francisco, CA, John Santos was raised in the Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean traditions of his family, surrounded by music. The fertile musical environm...

204. Interview with John Dell, Austin, Texas (06:24)

Date:
September 9, 2020
Main contributors:
John Dell
Summary:
John Dell (Austin, Texas) Guitarist and singer for El Tule, John Dell grew up in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved to Austin, Texas, where he founded the group in 2004. Playing original music, having f...

205. Interview with Jon Dee Graham, Austin, Texas (06:11)

Date:
September 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Jon Dee Graham
Summary:
Jon Dee Graham (Austin, Texas) Jon Dee Graham was born in 1959 in the Texas Panhandle and grew up on the Texas/Mexico border. For over forty years, he has been a working musician with eleven album...

206. Interview with Kalyn Heffernan, Denver, Colorado (06:24)

Date:
October 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Kalyn Heffernan
Summary:
Kalyn Heffernan (Denver, Colorado) Combining humor, playfulness, radical political perspectives, compassion, and undeniable musical chops, Wheelchair Sports Camp is Denver's biggest smallest band....

207. Interview with Kai Lyons, San Francisco, California (06:20)

Date:
September 8, 2020
Main contributors:
Kai Lyons
Summary:
Kai Lyons (San Francisco, California) Kai Lyons is a twenty-five-year-old jazz guitarist. Growing up in the Excelsior District of San Francisco, he was surrounded by music and community from an ea...

208. Interview with Karen Celia Heil, San Francisco, California (06:02)

Date:
September 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Karen Celia Heil
Summary:
Karen Celia Heil (San Francisco, California) Karen Celia Heil, a longtime resident of San Francisco, has a thriving practice playing and teaching American old-time music on fiddle and guitar and p...

209. Interview with Ken Allen, Reno, Nevada (05:58)

Date:
September 30, 2020
Main contributors:
Ken Allen
Summary:
Ken Allen (Reno, Nevada) Ken Allen, DJ and founder of Amplified Entertainment has pushed the limits of nightlife entertainment throughout northern Nevada. Many will tell you that Amplified has gro...

210. Interview with Kevin Locke, Wakpala, South Dakota (05:57)

Date:
September 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Kevin Locke
Summary:
Kevin Locke (Wakpala, South Dakota) Kevin Locke (Tokaheya Inajin in Lakota, translated as “First to Rise”) is a world famous visionary Hoop Dancer, preeminent player of the Indigenous Northern Pl...

211. Interview with Kenny Endo, Honolulu, Hawaii (05:21)

Date:
September 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Kenny Endo
Summary:
Kenny Endo (Honolulu, Hawaii) Kenny Endo is a vanguard of the taiko genre, continually paving new paths for this Japanese style of drumming. A performer, composer, and teacher of taiko with numer...

212. Interview with Karen A. Smith, Oakland, California (05:54)

Date:
October 26, 2020
Main contributors:
Karen A. Smith
Summary:
Karen A. Smith (Oakland, California) Karen A. Smith is a vocalist, sound healer, dancer, and eternal student of music and dance from around the world. She adores and sings music from a wide variet...

213. Interview with Gaelynn Lea, Duluth, Minnesota (06:45)

Date:
October 19, 2020
Main contributors:
Gaelynn Lea
Summary:
Gaelynn Lea (Duluth, Minnesota) Musician Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and not long after she hit the road with her husband Paul. So far she has toured in forty-five state...

214. Interview with Germán Marcano, Miami, Florida (06:01)

Date:
October 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Germán Marcano
Summary:
Germán Marcano (Miami, Florida) Venezuelan cellist Germán Marcano lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife. Marcano has had many roles over the years, including as principal cello with the Simón Bol...

215. Interview with Gerardo Meza, Lincoln, Nebraska (05:59)

Date:
September 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Gerardo Meza
Summary:
Gerardo Meza (Lincoln, Nebraska) Gerardo Meza is a first-generation Mexican American, the son of immigrants who settled in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1960. He has been creating art since childhood and ...

216. Interview with Alonzo Townsend, St. Louis, Missouri (05:32)

Date:
September 4, 2020
Main contributors:
Alonzo Townsend
Summary:
Alonzo Townsend (St. Louis, Missouri) Alonzo Townsend is the youngest son of Delta blues legend and patriarch of the St. Louis Blues Henry James “Mule” Townsend and blues singer Vernell Townsend. ...

217. Interview with Adam Faucett, Little Rock, Arkansas (05:45)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Adam Faucett
Summary:
Adam Faucett (Little Rock, Arkansas) Adam Faucett is a singer-songwriter born in Benton, Arkansas, and based out of Little Rock. Faucett was originally a member of the Russellville, Arkansas-based...

218. Interview with Ashley Sankey, Birmingham, Alabama (04:37)

Date:
September 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Ashley Sankey
Summary:
Ashley Sankey (Birmingham, Alabama) Birmingham, Alabama-based musician Ashley Sankey, a classically trained keyboardist and percussionist and a formally trained jazz and opera vocalist, has been p...

219. Interview with Amy Garland, Fox, Arkansas (05:55)

Date:
September 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Amy Garland
Summary:
Amy Garland (Fox, Arkansas) Fox, Arkansas-based musician and artist, Amy Garland, has spent many years serving as a mentor figure to other artists throughout the region. She also has her own show ...

220. Interview with Andrae Ambrose, Chicago, Illinois (05:32)

Date:
October 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Andrae Ambrose
Summary:
Andrae Ambrose (Chicago, Illinois) As the President and Lead Producer of Jambrose Music Group, gospel musician Andrae Ambrose is known for his professional overseeing of live recording sessions. A...