A roundup of local and national acts playing Juneteenth weekend in Pittsburgh
My first announcement of a 2022 Top Ten Album already…it’s that good
Tributes to Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts, incl. my favorite track and an amazing cover of another by the 3+3 Isleys
Eddie Levert and Paul McCartney turned 80, so hear an epic O’Jays track replete with Middle Passage backdrop, plus a litany of Beatles and solo covers by TSS regulars: LaVette, Pickett/Allman, Crusaders, Hazel, Franklin, …
New music from Brandi & the Alexanders, Ural & the Pain, Ledisi with Meters and Dumpstaphunk people, Lisa Marie Simmons, Output/Input
Black Moses and Watergate at 50, with music from Ike Hayes and Gil Scott-Heron
On WTJX US Virgin Islands, Rhode Island Public Radio, WNAA Winston Salem, KRBD Alaska (and WYEP overnight) – syndicated on the African American Public Radio Consortium (check local listings for times)
A dive into the fantastic Fantastic Negrito ‘White Jesus Black Problems’ release, which I’ve already picked as a top album for 2022 even before mid-year
The Corinne Bailey Rae interview that covers her trajectory, collaborations, impostor syndrome, upcoming projects (originally aired on WYEP’s TSS)
Monophonics’ new album, ‘Sage Motel’
More from Jean Carne and her ‘Jazz Is Dead’ project; also, a continued delve into 2022 Kendrick Lamar
