Vocalo Radio
Cool conversations with artists making good music
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 762
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Reel Critic: Fan Expo, SAG Strike And ‘Swagger’
This week on “The Reel Critic,” resident film critic Reggie Ponder breaks down his thoughts on the Apple TV+ series ‘Swagger’ with director Reggie Rock Bythewood. They discuss season two of the serie…
00:04:13 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Teacher Talk On Hip-Hop
Has hip-hop music has affected the culture of African Americans inside and outside of the classrooms over the last two generations? And if so, how much? Del Marie Nelson explores the answers.
This s…
00:08:22 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Be The Prayer
When someone is shot in Chicago, Pastor Donovan Price gives himself no more than 20 minutes to be on the scene. From cleaning victims' blood off the sidewalk to mediating, his goal is to “be the pray…
00:09:55 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: I Ran An Afterschool Program On Devon
Stuti Sharma delves into the afterschool program she ran in her home neighborhood of Devon, and processes her grief over losing it. It transformed how she saw community, as a person, artist and commu…
00:10:09 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Pieces of Faith
After moving to Chicago from D.C., Sarah Schwartz explores her attempts to find a synagogue and religious community in the city that feels like home … and why it turned into a more complicated undert…
00:09:10 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Museums, Equity And Docents Reimagined
Chloe Dukes revisit the 2021 “controversy” of #DOCENTGATE. Following the pandemic, a social uprising and beckoning calls for equity, the Art Institute of Chicago made the decision to disband their tr…
00:09:10 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Music Through Work And Play
Some lies can be more significant than forging Mom’s signature on a report card: Passing a final exam, loving someone, weapons of mass destruction, election tampering. But what about your origin stor…
00:09:28 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Storytelling Workshop: On The Knife’s Edge
Hey, women in Chicago kitchens! How are we doing? The recent wave of pop culture and media attention on kitchen culture might have us thinking things are on the up, but are they? Bonnie Shultz interv…
00:09:53 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Meshell Ndegeocello: A Virgo's Dream of Past, Present & Future
In the three decades since the release of her debut album, Plantation Lullabies, Meshell Ndegeocello has never waivered from creating ideosyncratic emotive jazz-tinged soundscapes. Backstage at the B…
00:11:31 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Kassa Overall On The Shifting Of The Cool
Kassa Overall has released three albums that each highlight distinct aspects of his
artistry. The Seattle-based artist sat down with Ayana Contreras to discuss the art of collaboration, his latest al…
00:12:48 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Multidisciplinary Artist Sulyiman Stokes Visualizes Black Narratives
Sulyiman Stokes is a cultural worker and interdisciplinary artist from Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood. Through all of his artistic mediums, Stokes focuses on telling stories of radical love in…
00:08:30 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Sid Sriram Uses Carnatic Music To Help Listeners Heal
Internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer and Bollywood film playback singer Sid Sriram stopped by the Vocalo studios ahead of his secret show at Soho House on June 19. He sat down with a…
00:28:29 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Kayo Takes The Good With The Bad On 'It Was Fun While It Lasted
Chicago artist Kayo uses his background in Islam and family values to inform his message. Recently Kayo released his debut album ‘It Was Fun While It Lasted,’ which, to him, represents accepting the …
00:23:32 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Killer Mike Reintroduces Himself As 'MICHAEL' At Pitchfork 2023
Following his powerful set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2023, Atlanta rapper and actor Killer Mike met with Vocalo’s Bekoe to discuss his new album ‘MICHAEL’, as well as spirituality and his journey a…
00:10:57 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
The Reel Critic Triple-Feature: 'Haunted Mansion,' 'The League' & 'Black Ice'
This week on “The Reel Critic,” resident film critic Reggie Ponder premieres a triple-feature discussing his thoughts on ‘Haunted Mansion,’ plus documentaries ‘Black Ice’ and ‘The League.’ ‘Haunted M…
00:03:37 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Sho Daniels, AKA Zeetus Lapetus, Is Chicago’s Intergalactic Funk DJ
Shomari “Sho” Daniels is a Chicago DJ and entertainer — perhaps better known by their DJ persona, Zeetus Lapetus. Though they lived just outside of Chicago in Richmond Park for most of their life, th…
00:09:10 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Mdou Moctar At Pitchfork 2023: “The Most Important Thing Is To Make People Happy”
Hours before his set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2023, Nigerien artist Mdou Moctar sat down with Vocalo’s Imani Warren to discuss his audience and most recent releases — album ‘Afrique Victime’ and s…
00:09:03 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Ric Wilson: Live From Pitchfork 2023
The day after his set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2023, Chicago artist and friend of the station Ric Wilson met with Vocalo’s Nudia Hernandez to chat about his performance and his time at the festiva…
00:12:15 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Caught In The Rain With Yaya Bey At Pitchfork 2023
Just after her debut set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2023, New York-based singer Yaya Bey sat down with Vocalo’s Nudia Hernandez under rainy skies (and a few umbrellas). The two discussed her time at…
00:03:19 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
The Ying Yang Twins Make Hip-Hop For The Soul
The Ying Yang Twins are in their own lane. The genre-bending duo is back with their June single “One Night Only,” and are set to perform at Aurora’s RiverEdge Park with Flo Rida on July 21. A few day…
00:09:18 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
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