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Since the earliest days of Indiana Avenue, women have played a huge role in shaping the neighborhood's musical legacy. This week, explore historic recordings from Nina Reeves, Flo Garvin and more.

Kyle Long celebrates Womens History Month by paying tribute to the legendary country music women of Indiana, including nationally known stars and local recordings from across the Hoosier state.

Celebrate the life of saxophonist and bandleader Jimmy Coe, one of The Avenue's greatest music legends. Coe was an important figure in big band jazz, rhythm & blues, and rock & roll music in Naptown.

Indianapolis based emcee Skypp joins Kyle Long to discuss his time in the Indianapolis hip-hop scene, and how hes using his music to address the legacy of systemic racism in Indiana.

We continue our tribute to the late great Indianapolis saxophonist and bandleader Jimmy Coe with a look at Coes classic rhythm and blues recordings for the States record label during the early 1950s.

Meet three Hoosier artists whove brought the sounds of Africa, Latin America and Asia to Indiana: Sutiweyu Sandoval, DJ Stephan Vohito, and Teacher Ka of the Indianapolis Chinese Orchestra.

On this edition of Cultural Manifesto host Kyle Long continues a look at the history of country music in Indianapolis. During the mid-20th Century Indianapolis was home to a vibrant country music scene. Music is shared from Judy Perkins, Arnold Keith Storm, Eldon Baker and The Brown County Revelers, Oscar and Jaunita Shehan, Emry Arthur, The Swanee River Boys, and Jame Cole, a Black Indianapolis fiddler player who was active in the 1920s and '30s.

This week on Cultural Manifesto Kyle's guest is jazz harpist Jan Aldridge Clark. We' discuss her new album Moving Forward. The Moving Forward album was produced by Clark's son Willis, a prominent Indianapolis-based rapper and beatmaker. Moving Forward features a unique mix of harp music and hip-hop.

On this week's show Kyle shares live audio from the Jazz Kitchen's Naptown Sound concert series. Some performances shared are from Premium Blend, Sophie Faught, and Bashiri Asad. Kyle also asks a wide range of Indianapolis jazz musicians to define the "Naptown sound."

Jared Thompson of Premium Blend joins host Kyle Long to discuss the band's new concert documentary film 38th & Postmodernism.