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Chicago’s Chess Records is known worldwide for releasing classic blues and rock and roll music from artists like Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters, but it also recorded important musicians from the Avenue.

The Blakey Specials were a legendary Indianapolis gospel band founded in 1967 by the pianist, composer, and vocalist Eugene Blakey. Listen to rare recordings from the band and interviews with two original members: vocalist Henry Hinch and bassist/vocalist Hubert “Skeet” Canady.

This week on Cultural Manifesto listen to an interview with violinist David Harrington, founder of the groundbreaking Kronos Quartet.

Vocalist George Chandler shares his memories of performing in Haughville and his rise to fame in Europe.

Listen to music and interviews from Indianapolis musicians who lived and worked in Europe. including Slide Hampton, Paul Weeden, Charles Tyler, Claudia Polley, George Chandler and The Presidents.

Indiana is one of the many states that has been wrestling with how to decrease its residents' drug use - especially of opioids, a class of drugs that includes heroin and some prescription painkillers. A new gadget is helping people at a Union County clinic get through the early phase of their recovery.

Drug manufacturers have released promising early results for their COVID-19 vaccines, but skepticism among Americans remains high -- especially for African Americans, who the virus has hit harder than other groups.

Arts for Learning Indiana provides and supplements arts education in schools, and it offers a new multi-sensory outdoor art exhibit called Cloud Vibrations at Re:Public, a Near Eastside community artspace.

Bloomington-based Hoosier Energy said it will idle the coal-fired Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County as part of a transition to other energy sources including wind, solar, natural gas and storage.

The closings represent a trend in the donated blood market as patients receive fewer blood transfusions.