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This show is all about Bloomington, Indiana's Lotus Fest - happening September 15-18, 2016. Guests joining the show are 2016 Lotus performers, including Tair Haim of the Israeli-Yemenite trio A-Wa; Sudanese singer Alsarah; and bhangra legend Johnny Kalsi of Dhol Foundation and Alaap! Don't miss this packed hour of incredible music and conversation!

Tonight on Cultural Manifesto, DJ Kyle Long talks with Sunny Jain of Red Baraat. The group will be performing this Sunday at The Jazz Kitchen. Then, a conversation with Joyful Noise Recordings artist Yonatan Gat.

Joining Kyle is jazz guitarist Pat Martino.

Host Kyle Long speaks with music journalist Ariana Beedie about her new local music and culture media platform FAF Collective. We also discuss her past work for AfroPunk, and her current involvement with the local Black Lives Matter affiliate Indy 10. Plus music picks from Ariana, and kyle spins local tracks from Phil Ranelin and Clint Breeze w/ John Stamps.

Music and words from Kaleidoscope Jukebox aka Clint Carty.

Rodney Stepp played the Zaire '74 concert when he was keyboardist and assistant musical director for The Spinners. On the show are tracks from Rodney's work with The Diplomatics, Jazzie Cazzie and The Seven Sounds, The Spinners - and two never before heard soul ballads from Rodney's Midwest funk supergroup Rapture, who recorded two extraordinary LPs that were never issued.

First, Anila Quayyum Agha an Indianapolis-based visual artist who received international attention and adulation for her 2014 ArtPrize winning installation "Intersections". Also, Tristra Newyear Yeager from the Bloomingon, and Indiana global music PR firm Rock, Paper, Scissors.

On this episode, conversation and music with electronic music producer/hip-hop beatmaker Clint Breeze; and the Jamaican-born/Indianapolis-based reggae singer Kingly T.

On this episode of A Cultural Manifesto I'm honored to feature an extended conversation with the legendary writer, publisher and member of the Black Arts Movement Dr. Haki Madhubuti.

Catch my interview with Ejaaz Collins on this episode of A Cultural Manifesto. On the second half of the show Tristra Newyear Yeager from Rock, Paper, Scissors returns, sharing some psychedelic cumbias and boogaloos from Xixa, Spanglish Fly and more