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  • Performers from the Living Jazz tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Crosscurrents
    'Lift Every Voice And Sing' Dr. King Tribute / Drums And Demons
    Today, we meet the people organizing a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the music of Aretha Franklin. Then, for some artists, immense talent can come with demons.
  • Crosscurrents
    Finding The Wisdom
    Today, we hear how people are turning towards the wisdom of their ancestors in times of climate injustice. Mapping Indigenous identities and knowledge for the next generation.
  • The cover of Uma Dasgupta’s memoir.
    KALW Culture
    Keep Running Durga
    Sandip Roy
    The character of “Durga” has haunted film audiences the world over. The actress who portrayed her had something of a tragic life herself. Sandip remembers Uma, as she now, like her character Durga, has died.
  • Haneen Sidahmed
    Crosscurrents
    Preserving Sudanese Music / Alkaio Thiele
    Today, we meet a young Oakland woman from Sudan is digitizing old music cassettes for a new diaspora generation. Then, we meet a Castro Valley teen that’s living his acting dream.
  • Book It
    The troubled road of a musical genius
    Angie Coiro
    Drummer Jim Gordon brought his unique flair to megahits like Layla, God Only Knows, and Good Vibrations. Then mental illness drove him to kill his mother. Joel Selvin tells the tale with compassion, in painstaking detail.