Vocalo Radio
Cool conversations with artists making good music
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 762
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Trevor Powers (formerly Youth Lagoon) on reinventing his sound on new album Mulberry Violence
Previously known as Youth Lagoon, Trevor Powers has reinvented his sound with new album Mulberry Violence. The new body of work finds Trevor at his most poetic and delving deep into electronic textur…
00:14:39 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Air Credits enlist Doomtree's Sims to write new chapter in their "next week’s dystopia"
For their latest post-apocalyptic release, ARTERÍA VERITÉ, Hip Hop duo Air Credits enlist the help of Doomtree artist Sims. The new album explores the humane and communal aspect of the dystopian worl…
00:13:21 |
Mon 22 Oct 2018
Snoop Dogg on acting, musical re-inventions and love of cooking
This year Snoop Dogg marks the 25th anniversary of his debut album, Doggystyle, and the California rapper has announced plans for a tour of his theatrical debut, a stage play based on his persona and…
00:10:27 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Rebel Diaz champion peoples' struggle with revolutionary rhymes on América vs Amerikkka
Hip Hop act Rebel Diaz grew up in Chicago and came up in The South Bronx. They are the sons of political refugees from Chile who fled a dictatorship in the 1970's. Raised on revolution and the cultur…
00:15:40 |
Thu 18 Oct 2018
McKenzie Chinn and Gregory Dixon discussed "Olympia" on The Morning AMp
OLYMPIA is an independent feature film about what it means to become an adult in the modern world. Directed by Gregory Dixon, and written by and starring McKenzie Chinn, the film made its world premi…
00:14:43 |
Mon 15 Oct 2018
The Black Madonna seeks to diversify electronic music community with her world-renown dance parties
Marea Stamper is better known as The DJ Black Madonna. She’s come a long way since the 90s warehouse parties, and now she reaches global audiences with her blend of Chicago House, Disco and Techno mu…
00:14:40 |
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Joey Purp talks new album "QUARTERTHING," shares thoughts on mental health and being a father
2016's "iiiDrops" was the mixtape that made the world stand up and take notice of what we in Chicago have known for a while - that Joey Purp is that dude! On his new album QUARTERTHING, that dude is …
00:15:44 |
Tue 02 Oct 2018
Blacker Face incite a genre-defying protest against categories, racism and systems of oppression
Chicago experimental punk band Blacker Face incites conversations about race, politics and survival in the face of systemic oppression with their idiosyncratic, genre-blending and rule-defying sound.…
00:12:58 |
Thu 20 Sep 2018
From Rhyme to Prose: Dessa reminisces on a life in motion, in music and in love in new book
In her new book, My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love, Hip Hop artist Dessa gives an uncompromising and candid account of a life in motion, in music, and i…
00:15:09 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
Calid B celebrates the African diaspora and channels Malian folklore on new album "AfroBang 2"
Calid B. is a Chicago based producer and MC who is pioneering his own brand of eclectic Hip Hop sound which he calls "AfroBang." AfroBang fuses together elements of trap drums, synths and 808s with t…
00:14:59 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
D. Bess - the sound of one man and a whole lotta Reggae
D. Bess is a one-man band who loops all of his Reggae/Ska/Funk/Blues/Hip-Hop sounds live. On his latest release, "Man vs. Bear", he collaborated with Reggae legend Toots Hibbert from Toots and the Ma…
00:12:29 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
Rich Robbins on breaking out of cocoons and new album Red Butterfly
These days, Chicago is an undeniable force in Hip Hop music and culture. Oak Park native Rich Robbins is the latest talented artist to emerge from the area. Jesse Menendez spoke with Rich about his n…
00:12:09 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Tasha talks activism, music and radical softness
Tasha is a singer, poet, and Black queer organizer from Chicago. The multi-talented artist first made waves with her poignant debut release "Divine Love." Armed with an electric guitar, Tasha seamles…
00:13:03 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Metal while Black: Erzulie channels Haitian voodoo and Panamanian folklore in their raw metal sound
Erzulie (pronounced ah-zih-lee) is a 5-piece Chicago jazz metal band inspired by Haitian voodoo, Panamanian folklore, and urban grit. They blend Metal, Latin Jazz and Blues to generate raw melodies. …
00:13:46 |
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Serengeti writes the final chapter for alter ego character Kenny Dennis
Chicago Hip Hop artist Serengeti has created his own universe of characters and narratives. His main protagonist and alter ego, Kenny Dennis, has been at the center of this universe all along. But th…
00:13:24 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Detroit Rapper Black Milk Interviewed on The Morning AMp
Detroit underground hip-hop artist Black Milk has a career that has spanned more than a decade, several studio albums, and countless well received collaborations. His seventh and most recent album is…
00:08:32 |
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Brandon Fox performs live and discusses his Pop / R&B tinged debut "The Remedy"
Chicago singer and songwriter Brandon Fox has recently released his debut album The Remedy. The album is filled with uplifting songs over a Pop - R&B backdrop. Jesse Menendez spoke with Brandon about…
00:17:31 |
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Boots Riley talks workers' rights, Capitalism and new film "Sorry To Bother You"
Boots Riley is the legendary MC of The Coup but he's also a writer and director of the new movie "Sorry To Bother You" - a scathing critique on race relations, workers' rights and the Capitalist syst…
00:17:06 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
Micha Interview and Studio Session
Hear our conversation with Chicago singer/songwriter Micha. She talked about being a finalist in the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series as well as her music and Puerto Rican roots and performed two acousti…
00:19:26 |
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Fury fights dark forces with Black magic and new EP
Chicago Hip Hop artist Fury recently released her psychedelic and wavy EP, "Black Magic." The album is her first recorded with a live band and has the talented MC navigating topics such as Black girl…
00:13:04 |
Thu 05 Jul 2018
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