Jamara Wakefield News Today

On this episode of AOS, we get a preview of the second episode of Bright Moments podcast

The Carters have it all — wealth, influence, critical cred — but they've never stopped chasing the approval of exclusive institutions like the Grammys. At this point, who are they fighting for?

Newark public radio WBGO is launching a limited series podcast for African American Music Month called Black House Black Joy.

Club Zanzibar was a dance club that opened in 1979 at 430 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey. Its presence in Downtown Newark was noted for its influence on house music and garage house genres and scene.That legacy lives on in New Jersey in its House Music Club scene and now booming festival culture that extends throughout the state. What are the differences in each dance space? Our storytellers bring us the pros and cons of each space. We also hear the Lincoln Park and Weequahic Park origin sto...

Come Sunday host, Lezlie Harrison interviews Jamara Wakefield and Carolyn Byrd about the history of House Music in New Jersey and their podcast 'Black House Black Joy' debuting on WBGO. Subscribe and listen here.

Join Rosine 2.0 and members of What Would an HIV Doula Do? (WWHIVDD) on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 from 6–7:30pm EDT for a conversation with artists, activists, and thinkers about working collectively in the context of socially engaged art and social justice.

Filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson talk with WBGO’s Jamara Wakefield about “Going to Mars,” their documentary about poet Nikki Giovanni, which premiered at Sundance.

I Am Everything, a new documentary about Little Richard, reveals the Black queer origins of rock ’n’ roll, finally exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music.

On the air and online, WBGO honors Black History Month 2023

Willard Jenkins, longtime jazz advocate and author, speaks with WBGO’s Jamara Wakefield about his new book Ain’t But a Few of Us, documenting the work of Black jazz writers.