Vocalo Radio
Cool conversations with artists making good music
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 762
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Storytelling Workshop: Apteka Farmacia
Cameron Costanzo was born in New Jersey and went to college in Connecticut to study physics. He likes reading and cooking, as well as calling home to his family. Cameron moved to Chicago in August an…
00:07:56 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Seguimos Esperando
Nancy Valentin asks why Chicagoans of color have to wait and ‘do the most’ to bring attention to issues and get basic needs met in their communities. Here, we meet residents of Belmont Cragin trying …
00:08:06 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Black Artscapes In Chicago
Tonal (tuh-nawl) Simmons profiles Black Artscapes in Chicago. They discuss how Black art and artist are an extension of Chicago and art. From the Wall of Respect to the Black Arts Movement of the 70s…
00:07:32 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Finding Queer Desi Joy in Chicago
Chicagoan Ronnie takes us on a journey to one of their most favorite spaces in Chicago, an event actually- the recurring South Asian, Bollywood Drag Party, “Jai Ho”. In this piece, we hear Ronnie sp…
00:07:44 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Language Lost and Found
Host Hyon Zavecz explores how many immigrants and their children will find infestation in the most inner sanctum of their relationship language. What happens when schools advise you to drop your nati…
00:05:56 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Storytelling Workshop: Soñando Grande
Edgar Lopez is a Creative Professional from the NW side of Chicago focusing on Communications and Creative Solutions and his story stems from the love and appreciation of food that’s made by restaura…
00:06:08 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Black Star Line Festival 2023: Bekoe's Recap
Last weekend was the inaugural Black Star Line Festival, Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa’s free music festival in Accra, Ghana featuring performances from Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Tobe Nwigwe, Vic, Chanc…
00:11:53 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Channel Tres Is Making His Own Lane
From touring with big names like Robyn, Disclosure and Vince Staples, Compton producer, performer and DJ Channel Tres is no stranger to performing. Having embarked on his debut headline tour, Channel…
00:13:59 |
Fri 30 Dec 2022
Ro Marsalis Returns to the Stage at Vocalo's Chi Sounds Like Showcase
After taking a step back from performing for nearly three years, Chicago-based producer, audio engineer and musician Ro Marsalis performed at Vocalo’s last Chi Sounds Like Showcase of 2022 on Dec. 14…
00:25:39 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Bianca Shaw Brings "Good Vibrations" to Vocalo
Just days before her performance at Vocalo's final Chi Sounds Like Showcase of 2022, Chicago multi-talent Bianca Shaw stopped by the studios to catch up with Bekoe and discuss how motherhood has chan…
00:24:20 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Justin Cunningham and Essence Smith Break Down SocialWorks’ A Night at the Museum
SocialWorks co-founder Justin Cunningham and director of operations and communications Essence Smith stopped by the Vocalo studios this week to sit down with mornings host Bekoe and break down their …
00:29:12 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
Daro Santiago: A Champion For Change
Multidisciplinary Chicago artist Daro Santiago sat down with Vocalo production intern Joshua X. Miller to give listeners an inside scoop on his new EP, ‘Therapy Session,’ coming in 2023. They also di…
00:08:57 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
G Herbo Discusses Swervin Through Stress and Dealing With Trauma
G Herbo stopped by the Vocalo studios to sit down with Vocalo mornings host Bekoe and break down his new initiative in partnership with Project sWish Chicago, Swervin Through Stress. With Swervin Thr…
00:27:51 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
DJ Terry Hunter Discusses Grammy Nomination and More On Vocalo
DJ and producer Terry Hunter has been spinning records all around Chicago making a name for himself as early as high school… which, coincidentally, is when he met Vocalo host Jesse De La Peña. Terry …
00:24:28 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
Pivot Gang Takes Over Vocalo’s Airwaves Before John Walt Day
Before their fifth annual John Walt Day concert at the Metro benefiting the John Walt Foundation, members of West Side hip-hop collective Pivot Gang Frsh Waters, Joseph Chilliams and daedeaPIVOT stop…
00:45:25 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
theMIND Works On His Own Timeline
Chicago-based musician and producer theMIND stopped by the Vocalo studios ahead of his first headlining show at Schubas Tavern to sit down with Bekoe and break down the deluxe version of his album ‘D…
00:20:51 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Tink Discusses Aaliyah, Working With Hitmaka On ‘Pillowtalk’ and More On Vocalo
Iconic Chicago songwriter and singer Tink virtually sat down with Vocalo mornings host Bekoe to catch up and discuss her new album ‘Pillowtalk,’ and working with producers like Hitmaka and Babyface a…
00:15:25 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Elegance Bratton Discusses ‘The Inspection,’ and Triumph Over Adversity
Inspired by his own life’s story, ‘The Inspection’ is Elegance Bratton’s debut feature film — a story of a young, gay Black man who, after facing rejection from his mother and with few options for hi…
00:30:15 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Nico Segal and Nikko Washington Join Play Together to Mentor Chicago's Next Generation of Artists
Chicago musician Nico Segal and painter/ muralist Nikko Washington joined nonprofit Play Together and the Merit School of Music to give Chicagoland kids the opportunity to collaborate with them and c…
00:22:26 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Hannibal Buress Debuts New Single Under Eshu Tune
Comedian, actor and rapper Hannibal Buress stopped by the Vocalo studios just hours before his release party for new single “Knee Brace,” which he released under the name Eshu Tune. Hannibal sat down…
00:41:21 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
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