Soul and R & B

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Doug Doyle pays tribute to Roberta Flack, who died February 24, 2025 at the age of 88

All Things Soul hosted by long-time WBGO supporter and listener Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. For this installment, Jeh welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart.

Michael Henderson, a funky, energizing bassist who worked with Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis before launching a potent R&B career in the mid-’70s, died on July 19th. He was 71.

All Things Soul hosted by long-time WBGO supporter and listener Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. For this installment, Jeh welcomes renown Harvard historian and scholar, Henry Louis Gates.

All Things Soul hosted by long-time WBGO supporter and listener Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. For his second installment, Jeh welcomes retired Army Colonel, Chris Kolenda.

All Things Soul hosted by long-time WBGO supporter and listener Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. For the show's premiere, his first guest will be lifelong jazz enthusiast Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

All Things Soul will be hosted by long-time WBGO supporter and listener, the former US Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson. For his premiere show, Jeh’s first interview guest will be life-long jazz enthusiast, Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

A handful of the J Dilla fans at WBGO have picked five cuts he famously sampled, from Ahmad Jamal to Gap Mangione.

The singer's 1968 hit "Different Strokes" became a popular hip-hop sample used by artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Kanye West.

Among the first voices on the air at Newark Public Radio, Bob Porter was also a Grammy-winning record producer and a firsthand chronicler of soul jazz.