WOWD Celebrates Black History Month

WOWD celebrates and practices diversity in its programmers and its programming, and during February takes special note of the struggles and achievements of African-Americans.

Here are just some of the Black History Month features during our February programs:

BALLADS IN THE MORNING – Traditional Black spirituals and gospel music (2/11)

BLUES HALL OF FAME  – A Dick Lillard documentary about how Black blues and R&B revolutionized American popular music in the late ‘40s-mid ‘50s  (2/8, 2/22)

DERANGEMENT OF THE SENSES – Chicago jazz artists who were students of Black music educator Captain Walter Dyett (2/13)

DIVINO MARAVILHOSO – Music that manifests Black culture (2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26)

EPIC CITY – Carolivia and two other African-American Jews discuss the recent Whoopi Goldberg controversy (2/8), writers from The Port of Harlem (2/15), Jewish African-American journalist Robin Washington (2/22)

GET UP – Interview with the author of White Lies, a book about early 20th century pioneering civil rights activist Walter White (2/7)

IN THE JAZZ KITCHEN – The life and music of Duke Ellington, with special guest jazz archivist Reuben Jackson (2/17)

INDIE PENCHANT  – Local African-American artists (2/24)

LOST TREASURES  – Black Poets and the Power of the Spoken Word (2/19)
MUSIC MATINEE – Films of African-American directors (2/17)

MUSICAL REMEDIES – All Black female artists (2/3)

RISE UP - Olivia features children’s music celebrating Black culture and artists (2/19)

 SOUND OF SOUL WITH D’NICOLE – Black inventors, entrepreneurs, and history-makers (2/6, 2/20)

THE BLUES COME CALLING – Black religious music and its influence on vintage blues (2/1)

THIS! MUSIC  – The music of iconic ancestor saxophonist David. S. Ware (2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26) and the bluesy side of avant-garde (2/5)
WHAT YEAR IS THIS  – Music of Black artists from 1968 (2/3), 1977 (2/10), 1986 (2/17), 1994 (2/24)