Vocalo Radio
Cool conversations with artists making good music
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 762
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
‘YESSIE’ is Jessie Reyez’s Product of Healing
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jessie Reyez chopped it up virtually with afternoons host Nudia Hernandez — while sitting in the tour bus just before her second sold-out show at Chicago’s House of…
00:15:23 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Peter CottonTale & Merit Music’s Emma Harmon Discuss the Importance of Music Education
For more than 40 years, nonprofit Merit School of Music has strived to help transform the lives of kids and young people through providing accessible, quality music education. Tuesday, Merit hosted a…
00:04:25 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Peter CottonTale Breaks Down ‘Catch,’ Previews New Music on Vocalo
South Side Chicago Grammy Award winning gospel singer Peter CottonTale is performing in the West Loop tonight for a concert benefiting Merit School of Music — but this week he stopped by the Vocalo s…
00:29:48 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Día de Muertos: Vocalo & Domingos En Vocalo’s Primera Sonic Ofrenda
This year for Día de Muertos, a holiday celebrating the relationship between life and death every year on November 1 and 2, Vocalo and Domingos en Vocalo invited listeners to participate in a Sonic O…
00:13:24 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Mario Gastelum Breaks Down Lit & Luz: A Celebration of Language, Literature and the Arts
This year’s Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature and Art started Oct. 31, continuing the annual cultural exchange between writers and visual artists from Mexico and the U.S. Nudia sat down with…
00:08:27 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
“Evolution of a Sonero”: A Salsa-Hip-Hop Epic Takes On Chicago
Described by writer and performer Flaco Navaja as a “one man with a band show,” “Evolution of a Sonero” is a salsa music epic about growing up, getting inspired and staying on track. Flaco and direct…
00:24:22 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Rich Jones Explores the Dark and the Light On ‘Smoke Detector’
Chicago artist Rich Jones stopped by the Vocalo studios at the top of the Windy City Hour on Tuesday to sit down with host Bekoe. The two broke down Jones’ June 2022 album ‘Smoke Detector’ on the air…
00:29:31 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Johari Noelle: LA To Vocalo Studios In 30 Hours
This week, Johari Noelle made the 30-hour drive from LA back to Chicago for her Oct. 14 show at the Promontory, "An Intimate Night with Johari Noelle" — but first, she stopped by the Vocalo studios t…
00:15:54 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Samara Joy In Conversation With Ayana Contreras
Ayana Contreras virtually sat down with rising jazz vocalist Samara Joy, who is set to perform at Chicago’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival this weekend. The two discuss her latest album ‘Stay Awhile,’ blowi…
00:15:54 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Symba Breaks Down 'Results Take Time' On Vocalo
Bekoe sits down with Bay Area rapper Symba to break down his new album ‘Results Take Time,’ released Sept. 15 in collaboration with DJ Drama. They also chat about how Symba’s experiences watching Kan…
00:14:53 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Nudia In The Afternoon: Nudia & Joshua Discuss Ari Lennox's 'age/sex/location'
Vocalo afternoons host Nudia Hernandez and production intern Joshua Miller chat in the studio and break down Ari Lennox's brand new album 'age/sex/location,' released Sept. 9.
This segment aired on …
00:05:50 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
Nudia In The Afternoon: Nudia & Joshua Discuss 'The Woman King'
Vocalo afternoons host Nudia Hernandez sat down with production intern Joshua Miller to chat about Viola Davis and her new historical epic ‘The Woman King,’ in theaters now. Viola Davis stars as the …
00:09:53 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
Adriana Gallardo On The True Cost Of El Milagro Tortillas
Reporter Adriana Gallardo sat down with Ayana Contreras, host of Reclaimed Soul, to discuss the lasting impact of workers’s rights violations carried out by El Milagro Tortillas — the provider of a c…
00:16:49 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Vic Mensa Talks Founding Illinois's First Black-Owned Cannabis Brand
Vic Mensa stopped by the Vocalo studios to sit down with Bekoe and discuss the founding his cannabis company 93 Boyz — the first Black-owned cannabis brand in Illinois — plus the company's initiative…
00:25:20 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: Streets Calling
Having become an avid biker since the start of the pandemic, Justin Swinson joins the Streets Calling Bike Club, a Black-owned cycling club in Chicago. In “Streets Calling,” he explores what the bike…
00:08:07 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: Downtown Is For Youth Too
Just in time for the summer of 2022, the Chicago City Council enacted a handful of policies to restrict youth from public spaces downtown and broaden the youth curfew ordinance — measures which, acco…
00:07:25 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: My Old Flame
Join Heidi Igbo as she revisits one of her first true loves, poetry. This series will explore three unique spoken word events around the city and their community of creatives. As they reminisce on th…
00:07:29 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: Subterranean Super Sale
Amanda Englert sells all manner of oddities and baubles at her Subterranean Super Sale, located in the basement of her Hyde Park home. The sale has been a biannual event since Amanda was young and al…
00:08:36 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: Welcome To The Hive
Host Chris Walker explores the impact of the Fly Honey Show, a 12 year old burlesque-inspired body-positive cabaret and variety show. Chris is joined in conversation with two long standing cast membe…
00:10:28 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Storytelling Workshop: Smashed Plastic
In this piece, Matt Strasser sits down with Allie Klein and Dan Jarvis to reminisce about days of crate-digging and all things vinyl. From the pressing process, to supply-chain struggles and the loca…
00:09:22 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
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