Dave Hoekstra is joined in-studio by Chicago writer, DJ, and musician James Porter to learn about his musically inclined up-bringing and the Black roots of Rock n’ Roll. James also shares details about his upcoming book “Wild in the Streets: Tales from Rock n’ Roll Negro Leagues” that is set to be released next year. The book explores the early stages of Rock and Blues, the influences that Black artists had on the sounds and music that created the two separate […]

Dave Hoekstra is joined in-studio by Chicago writer, DJ, and musician James Porter to learn about his musically inclined up-bringing and the Black roots of Rock n’ Roll. James also shares details about his upcoming book “Wild in the Streets: Tales from Rock n’ Roll Negro Leagues” that is set to be released next year. The book explores the early stages of Rock and Blues, the influences that Black artists had on the sounds and music that created the two separate […]

Dave Hoekstra speaks with Roy Orbison Jr. to talk about his Dad’s legacy and relationship with the Beatles. Roy shares details about his upcoming performance at The Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago on August 11th, his latest book “The Authorized Roy Orbison“, the upcoming Hologram Tour of his late father that comes to Waukegan on Oct. 21st, and much more.    

Dave Hoekstra speaks with Roy Orbison Jr. to talk about his Dad’s legacy and relationship with the Beatles. Roy shares details about his upcoming performance at The Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago on August 11th, his latest book “The Authorized Roy Orbison“, the upcoming Hologram Tour of his late father that comes to Waukegan on Oct. 21st, and much more.    

Dave Hoekstra speaks with Washington Island Wisconsin musician Julian Hagen about the upcoming “Lavender Days” at the Midwest’s Largest Lavender Farm. It’s set to have more than 20,000 plants on the island farm and during the event there will be performances by Julian himself and other great performers, demonstrations, great food,  lavender massages and more. Lavender Days takes please July 20-21st and to learn more visit http://www.fragantisle.com.  

Dave Hoekstra talks with Carl Evans, Director of Programming & Operations at Hope for the Day, a Chicago-based suicide prevention non-profit.  They talk about the organization’s collaboration with Dark Matter Coffee, A Sip of Hope, the world’s first coffee shop where all of the proceeds go to suicide prevention and mental health education; they also discuss the problem of the stigma of mental illness that prevents people from seeking help, battling suicide rates on a grassroots level though music events […]

Dave Hoekstra visits with composer and highlife multi-instrumentalist Tukkiman, who plays a few songs and talks about his travels between Paris and Chicago (via Senegal), tackling issues like immigration and other humanist topics in his songwriting, learning English from western music, the challenge of finding local musicians and building a band in a new town, the concept of ‘Tukki’ (travel) and making the world your home, and more.

Dave Hoekstra visits with composer and highlife multi-instrumentalist Tukkiman, who plays a few songs and talks about his travels between Paris and Chicago (via Senegal), tackling issues like immigration and other humanist topics in his songwriting, learning English from western music, the challenge of finding local musicians and building a band in a new town, the concept of ‘Tukki’ (travel) and making the world your home, and more.

Dave Hoekstra talks with Carl Evans, Director of Programming & Operations at Hope for the Day, a Chicago-based suicide prevention non-profit.  They talk about the organization’s collaboration with Dark Matter Coffee, A Sip of Hope, the world’s first coffee shop where all of the proceeds go to suicide prevention and mental health education; they also discuss the problem of the stigma of mental illness that prevents people from seeking help, battling suicide rates on a grassroots level though music events […]

Dave Hoekstra welcomes Chicago Film Archives curator of programs Michelle Puetz, co-curator Karianne Fiorini and Italian musicians Patrizia Oliva and Stefano Urkuma De Santis ahead of the CFA’s International Media Mixer event, a two-plus year endeavor which pairs Italian and Chicagoan filmmakers and musicians in a collaborative effort using source material from each others’ home lands. See the finished products this evening, July 17th at 6:30pm the Pritzker Pavilion in Millenium Park. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3526562/hoekstra-cfa-international-mixer_2018-07-17-032002.64kmono.mp3