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New Releases, Fathers Day, Birthday Shoutouts & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
The Fathers Day broadcast includes new releases from Kevin O'Connell, Michael Costantino, Meshell Ndegeocello and Alex Hamburger, with singles from violinist Aline Homzy and Nina Simone, plus birthday shoutouts to Migiwa Miyajima, Dakota Staton, Geri Allen, Sasha Berliner|| and {{Alicia Olatuja, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist Champian Fulton Pass The Hat" from ...
read moreThe Great, Late Show with Dakota Staton
by Rob Mariani
She seemed to come out of nowhere. In 1957, suddenly Dakota Staton's Late, Late Show album was even being played on the pop radio stations, as well as on the jazz stations. But she was clearly a jazz singer out of the Dinah Washington school. She had that natural swing built right into her voice, a wonderful feeling for the blues, and great spontaneous instincts when it came to interacting with her musicians. When I heard she was ...
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