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Dara Starr Tucker

Dara Tucker is making her mark in the world of organic, heartfelt music by blending the melodic and lyrical richness of the central plains with the soulful strains of the African American experience as a vocalist, songwriter and band leader. Dara co-wrote the title track to, "Oklahoma” the 2020 GRAMMY-winning "Best Americana Album" for singer-songwriter, Keb’ Mo’. Her six studio albums contain an array of unique stories and melodies that evoke a wide range of experiences and musical expressions including standards, spirituals & soul. The most recent, “Dreams of Waking: Music for A Better World,” highlights the call for change that has swept across The United States in recent years

The Sistering Project, Joe Williams, Gillian Margot, Nicole Zuraitis and Many More

by Jua Howard
April 3, 2026

Hey Music Family! I hope you all are taking care of yourselves and protecting your peace. It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a lot of new music including from Tierney Sutton, April Varner, Kurt Elling and a powerful collaboration between Kate McGarry, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm and Lois ...

Dara Starr Tucker: Time Wouldn't Wait

by Angelo Leonardi
March 24, 2026

L'ultimo album della cantante Dara Tucker conferma la sintesi tra l'estetica dominante nella prima parte della sua carriera (i quattro album dal 2009 al 2019 per Watchman Music, impegnati di jazz, blues e soul) e quella più incline al neo-soul e al pop, presente in Dreams of Waking--Music for a Better World (Green Hill 2021) e ...

Time Wouldn't Wait

By Dara Starr Tucker

Label: Green Hill Records
Released: 2025

Jua Howard's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Jua Howard
December 23, 2025

I'm elated to share my “Best Jazz Albums" list once again!  2025 has been another year of extraordinary music that has kept me inspired, reflective and creatively full.  Even though we've lost musical giants this year such as Jack DeJohnette , Sheila Jordan , Eddie Palmieri and Nancy King; to name a few, the music released ...

Kenny Barron Songbook Project, Lori Williams, Whitney Ross-Barris, Angela Verbrugge & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 17, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Lori Williams, Kenny Barron, Whitney Ross-Barris, Angela Verbrugge and Phillip Officer, with birthday shoutouts to Lorde, Joni Mitchell, Chris Connor, Anne Sajdera, Russell Malone, Lauren Henderson, Jane Monheit, Lani Hall, Nikara Warren, Bertha Hope, Dara Starr Tucker and Betty Bryant, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you ...

UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Jamile, Eli Yamin, Peter Campbell, Shuteen Erdenebaatar & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 22, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Jamile, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble (UNLV), Eli Yamin, Peter Campbell and Shuteen Erdenebaatar & Nils Kugelmann, with birthday shoutouts to Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes, Drinking Again) Cecilia Coleman, Ramona Horvath, Helen Sung, Champian Fulton, Giacomo Gates, Maria Muldaur, Amy Winehouse, Christie Dashiell and Lorraine Feather, among ...

New Music From Tucker, Jensen, Nodeland And More

by Bob Osborne
September 18, 2025

This selection of music drifts across borders and decades, tracing a path from Dara Starr Tucker's ethereal lullaby to Charles Tolliver's fiery live invocation. It's a voyage through jazz's many dialects--big band warmth, avant-garde abstraction, global fusion, and spiritual depth. Each track marks a waypoint: Bonnie Jensen's breezy swing, Henry Threadgill's cryptic miniatures, Samara Joy's playful ...

Remembering Nancy King, New Releases From Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds featuring Catherine Russell, Plus Amy Engelhardt, Dara Starr Tucker, Jennifer Madsen & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 25, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds featuring Catherine Russell, Amy Engelhardt, Dara Starr Tucker and Jennifer Madsen, with birthday shoutouts to Bernice Petkere (Close Your Eyes, Lullaby of the Leaves), Terry Pollard, Iola Brubeck, Ben Sidran, Mary Stallings, Cecilia Smith, Jenny Klukken, Lenora Zenzali Helm, among others, plus a remembrance of the ...

Dino Saluzzi, Behn Gillece, Ben Clifton, Aruán Ortiz, Karl Evangelista’s Apura

by Cheryl K.
August 18, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, new music from bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi; vibraphonists Behn Gillece and Mike Freeman; vocalist Dara Starr Tucker; pianists Ben Clifton and Aruán Ortiz; and guitarist Karl Evangelista's Apura. Playlist Alice Coltrane “Rama Katha" from Kirtan: Turiya Sings (Impulse!) 11:42 Ashley Jackson “Radhye-Shyam" from Take Me ...