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Music from Santa Claus

December 22, 2021

This week we're enjoying music from Santa Claus... Santa Claus, Indiana to be specific. We’ll look back on the work of the songwriter, music publisher and record producer Ray Scrivener.

Hoosier Sisters with Transistors

December 16, 2021

Indiana has produced many extraordinary women who’ve made important contributions to electronic music. This week, enjoy music and words from Priscilla Mclean, Suzanne Ciani, Hanna Benn and more.

Hal McGee’s Underground Noise

December 10, 2021

During the 1980s, Hal McGee and his former partner Debbie Jaffe recorded and released groundbreaking noise music and industrial music on an underground cassette label called Cause and Effect.

Steve Allee

December 2, 2021

Among his many accomplishments, Steve Allee toured with jazz legend Buddy Rich as a teenager, co-founded the Baron Von Ohlen Quintet, and served as musical director for the Bob and Tom radio show.

Remembering Slide Hampton

November 24, 2021

This week we honor legendary trombonist Slide Hampton. Slide was one of the most accomplished musicians to emerge from Indianapolis, performing with some of the greatest names in American music.

The Life and Music of Caroline Peyton

November 18, 2021

Explore the life and music of Caroline Peyton, one of the most powerful voices in the history of Indiana music. Peyton performed across a variety of genres and providing vocals for Disney films.

Terence Blanchard

November 11, 2021

Terence Blanchard's opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” was the first the opera composed by an African American to be performed at New York City's Metropolitan Opera in its 138 year history.

The Return of the Walker Theatre

November 4, 2021

This week we’ll look at two upcoming events at the newly renovated Walker Theatre with jazz drummer Kenny Phelps and playwright Vernon A. Williams.

Radio Free Naptown (Rebroadcast)

October 27, 2021

This week we're revisiting our conversation with Don Worsham and Steve Everitt. From 1968-1972, they were part of a group of Indianapolis pirate radio broadcasters who created Radio Free Naptown.

Indianapolis Sound Maps

October 21, 2021

A sound map is a sonic representation of a specific site or location. This week, Kyle Long explores two different projects that have created sound maps of Indianapolis.

Hispanic Heritage Month

October 14, 2021

Join guest-host Karla Lopez-Owens for a special Hispanic Heritage Month edition of Cultural Manifesto. Enjoy an hour of Hispanic Hoosier music from the past and present.