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Enjoy an hour of music from keyboardist Melvin Rhyne, one of the greatest musicians to emerge from the Avenue scene. Rhyne is best known for his work with Wes Montgomery during the late 1950s.

A sound map is a sonic representation of a specific site or location. This week, Kyle Long explores two different projects that have created sound maps of Indianapolis.

This week we're broadcasting from A.J.’s Lounge. A.J.'s is the oldest Black-owned bar in Indianapolis, and the only remaining nightclub connected to the historic Indiana Avenue neighborhood.

This week we're revisiting our conversation with Don Worsham and Steve Everitt. From 1968-1972, they were part of a group of Indianapolis pirate radio broadcasters who created Radio Free Naptown.

This week, we're featuring an hour of words and music with the legendary Indianapolis jazz trombonist Phil Ranelin, best known for his work with the radical Detroit jazz collective known as Tribe.

This week we’ll look at two upcoming events at the newly renovated Walker Theatre with jazz drummer Kenny Phelps and playwright Vernon A. Williams.

This week our guest is soul vocalist Lonnie Williams, one of the unsung legends of Indianapolis music. Lonnie has been performing on the Naptown scene for over 50 years.

Terence Blanchard's opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” was the first the opera composed by an African American to be performed at New York City's Metropolitan Opera in its 138 year history.

R&B music has gone through many changes over the years - but the soul ballad has remained a timeless form of musical expression. Enjoy a selection of Naptown slow jams connected to the Avenue scene.

The final installment of our tribute to the late great Indianapolis saxophonist and bandleader Jimmy Coe. March 20 of 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of Coes birth.