John Penney’s conversation with Peter Whorf completes a three month series of insights on great music with WRCJ’s local jazz hosts. In this interview, John shares some of his early memories of classic jazz recordings, starting with his father’s collection of swing era giants…

Musician, composer, and educator Kris Johnson joins C# to discuss his journey through the Civic program, our rich Detroit Jazz culture, his online music course, and more.

Cecelia Sharpe's interview with two dynamic women on Live with C#. Karla Hall Retired VP of the DTE Foundation and Margo Hall, actress, playwright, director and newly appointed Artistic Director of the Lorraine Hansberry Theater!

Linda Yohn hosts The Swing Set on Sundays at 7pm on 90.9FM. In a series of WRCJ jazz host conversations with Midday Music’s Peter Whorf, Linda recalls her family’s early influence on her musical life…

Violinist Hilary Hahn has just released her newest recording of music by Ernest Chausson, Sergei Prokofiev and Einojuhani Rautavaara. She begins her conversation with WRCJ’s Peter Whorf explaining why her latest disc is entitled Paris…

The all-female band Artemis transfixed listeners at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival, and were soon signed to Blue Note Records. But in the 1940’s The International Sweethearts of Rhythm were among the first to break the gender barrier on the jazz bandstand.

Detroit musician and arranger Maurice King was instrumental in developing the musical precision of the all-female International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

The all-female band Artemis transfixed listeners at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival, proving that music transcends gender.

Marian McPartland has given listeners a treasure trove of jazz history through her more than 700 interviews on National Public Radio’s Piano Jazz.

Despite its humble roots as part of a music education program at the Piney Woods School for Orphans in rural Mississippi, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm became the most sensational all-female band of the 1940’s.