Keanna Faircloth
Keanna Faircloth is a Washington, DC native and comes to WBGO getting her start on-air at WPFW 89.3 FM in 2003, most recently as the host of Late Night Jazz: The Continuum Experience. She is a graduate of Howard University having majored in Music History with a minor in Classical Piano. Keanna has written for NPR Music, and worked for Radio One as an on-air personality, producer and voice-over talent. She is also the creator and host of Artimacy Podcast, where she has interviewed artists like Wynton Marsalis, Matthew Whitaker, Jonathan Butler, and Dionne Warwick. As a result, she was recognized by Radio Ink Magazine as a 2019 African American leader in radio.
In the realm of television, she has hosted a jazz lifestyle magazine television series called, Jazz Encounters, as well as the self produced YouTube series ...It Was All a Dream. Keanna is excited to join the WBGO family as the host of Afternoon Jazz. Her mission to connect the jazz of yesteryear to the sound of today is what drives her, and she plans to continue to perpetuate the idea of "Sankofa" - to "go back and get it" - in an effort to ensure the future of jazz for generations to come.
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On The Pulse, Jazzmeia Horn discusses the journey to bringing her Noble Force to fruition, the sisterhood that supported her along the way, and how she's navigated a career on her terms. -
As we say farewell to 2021, here's a list of a few of the artists (in no particular order) that have come through The Pulse. -
Alan and Stacey Schulman, who record as AS IS, joined Keanna Faircloth for an intimate mini-concert of holiday favorites for this cheer-filled edition of The Pulse. -
For the first time, the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition has crowned a male winner: G. Thomas Allen, from Chicago. -
On The Pulse, Keanna Faircloth chats with all five finalists of the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which will take place on Sunday at NJPAC. -
The BRIC JazzFest is back with a roster of artists running the jazz gamut. And for its seventh edition, singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin has taken on the coveted role of co-curator, applying her spirit of freedom to a fresh wave of programming. -
On this episode of The Pulse, drummer Nate Smith talks about the freedom of his sound and where it has taken him, including his latest album, 'Kinfolk 2: See the Birds.' -
On this episode of The Pulse, Marc Cary gives a master class on the importance of maintaining control of one's musical product, the power of community, and the healing nature of music. -
On this episode of The Pulse, Ledisi discusses her ever-expanding career, her new album Ledisi Sings Nina, and how perseverance is the key to success. -
Keanna Faircloth catches up with the winner of the 2020 DCJazzPrix, Elijah Jamal Balbed, as well as this year's finalists: Giveton Gelin, Camilla George and Dayramir Gonzalez.
