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The Family Tree

The Family Tree, had been on air for 25 plus years, talking about of Community issues & Beyond with different genre of music in between. Tune in and listen every Sunday morning 11 AM - 1 PM

# of Episodes

769

Host

Nina Ruff

First Aired

March 20th, 2011

Last Episode

February 22nd, 2026

Previous broadcasts

February 22nd, 2026

Autumn's Grey Solace, Stevie Wonder, Lisa Page Brooks, Sounds Of Blackness, and more.

February 15th, 2026

Eric B. & Rakim, Heatwave, Ayra Starr, Spyro Gyra, and more.

February 8th, 2026

Dave Brubeck, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Miriam Makeba, Change, and more.

February 1st, 2026

Isis, John Coltrane Quartet, Your Arms Are My Cocoon, The Field Mice, and more.

January 25th, 2026

Rocketship, Built To Spill, This Heat, Vegyn, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Stokley, Prince, Daley, P.M. Dawn, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Spain, ACEtone, Low, µ-Ziq, and more.

January 11th, 2026

Ozzy Osbourne, Damian Marley, Stevie Wonder, MAGIC!, and more.

January 11th, 2026

Slint, Radiohead, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and more.

January 4th, 2026

The Beach Boys, The Romantics, Led Zeppelin, Buffalo Springfield, and more.

January 4th, 2026

Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.

December 28th, 2025

Vince Guaraldi Trio, S.I. Just Superior, Alex Isley, Stevie Wonder, and more.

December 28th, 2025

The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.

December 21st, 2025

Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Sounds Of Blackness, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Leslie Odom Jr., and more.

December 14th, 2025

BadBadNotGood, J Dilla, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, and more.

December 7th, 2025

FUTUREGiRL, James Holden, Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, and more.

November 30th, 2025

Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello, Will Van Horn, Indie tribe x mass choir, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

Sting, Simply Red, Jill Scott, Hall and Oates, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

Vulfpeck, Luiz Bonfá, Cortex, BadBadNotGood, and more.

November 16th, 2025

Kamasi Washington, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.

November 16th, 2025

Elton John, Alkimizta, Cyndi Lauper, Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Prince & The New Power Generation, Herbie Hancock, The Doobie Brothers, K'Jon, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Ari Balouzian, KAYTRANADA, Drako Santino, Mike Nyoni and Born Free, and more.

November 2nd, 2025

Dave Brubeck, Stevie Wonder, Cannonball Adderley, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Blind Faith, Alex Isley, Black Country, New Road, P.M. Dawn, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, and more.

October 19th, 2025

L'Impératrice, Vulfpeck, CHIC, Vladimir Matetsky, and more.

October 12th, 2025

Sting, Talking Heads, Eric B. & Rakim, David Bowie, and more.

October 5th, 2025

Blackstreet, Sam Gendel, K'Jon, P.M. Dawn, and more.

October 5th, 2025

Talking Heads, Mort Garson, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, and more.

September 28th, 2025

P.M. Dawn, Simply Red, Talking Heads, The Human League, and more.

September 21st, 2025

Sam Gendel, Jack Dine, Eric B. & Rakim, Dionne Farris, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Mick Jagger, The Vanns, Sam Gendel, Roedelius, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Next, King Tuff, Missy Elliott, Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Pavement, N/A, David Grisman, Rozie Ramati, and more.

August 31st, 2025

Lyn Collins, Fievel Is Glauque, Rozie Ramati, Marvin Gaye, and more.

August 24th, 2025

The Temptations, The Stylistics, The Dramatics, and more.

August 24th, 2025

Viagra Boys, DEVO, and more.

August 17th, 2025

Leith Ross, Juana Molina, Drugdealer, Interpol, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Jack Dine, Earth, Wind & Fire, bar italia, CSS, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Kitty Craft, The Magnetic Fields, Drugdealer, Mk.gee, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

Stevie Wonder, Alex Isley, The Brand New Heavies, P.M. Dawn, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

Yasuaki Shimizu, Cher, DEVO, Julia Holter, and more.

July 27th, 2025

Jackie Shane, Jodeci, Jonathan Richman, George Duke, and more.

July 20th, 2025

DJ Kool, Eric B. & Rakim, Black Sheep, Slick Rick, and more.

July 20th, 2025

The Clean, Charlie Houston, Friko, CSS, and more.

July 13th, 2025

Rose City Band, Labi Siffre, Mk.gee, The Winans, and more.

July 6th, 2025

DJ Kool, George Duke, George Clinton, The Chambers Brothers, and more.

June 29th, 2025

The Whispers, Sylvester, and more.

June 22nd, 2025

Black Sheep, Alex Walton, Kool & The Gang, George Duke, and more.

June 15th, 2025

Silver Jews, Essential Logic, Kitty Craft, Viagra Boys, and more.

June 8th, 2025

Freckle, King Tuff, Pastor Mike Jr., Troop, and more.

June 1st, 2025

Pat Benatar, The Replacements, Pinegrove, Yo La Tengo, and more.

May 25th, 2025

Tower of Power, The Chambers Brothers, Big Thief, and more.

May 18th, 2025

Grover Washington, Jr., Earth, Wind & Fire, Rod Wave, Bailey's Nervous Kats, and more.

May 18th, 2025

Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Entral, Yo La Tengo, and more.

May 11th, 2025

Shirley Caesar, Sounds Of Blackness, Aretha Franklin, The Williams Brothers, and more.

May 4th, 2025

Steve Winwood, Four Tet, Rod Wave, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Stevie Wonder, Shabba Ranks, Young-Holt Unlimited, Cream, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Dead Gowns, and more.

April 20th, 2025

The Who, Donald Fagen, Cream, The Replacements, and more.

April 20th, 2025

The Detroit Cobras, Cameron Winter, Rozie Ramati, Broadcast, and more.

April 13th, 2025

Chicago, Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, Yes, The Zombies, and more.

April 6th, 2025

Ohio Players, Earth, Wind & Fire, threetwenty, Grover Washington, Jr., and more.

March 30th, 2025

Sounds Of Blackness, Queen Latifah / Monie Love, Essential Logic, Aretha Franklin, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Joni Mitchell, Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin, Terrian, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Fela Kuti, Masayoshi Takanaka, Loose Fur, Sylvan Esso, and more.

March 16th, 2025

Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Roberta Flack, Queen Latifah / Monie Love, and more.

March 9th, 2025

The Velvet Underground, Angie Stone, Chaka Khan, Monie Love, and more.

March 9th, 2025

N/A, Yot Club, Guther, Malcolm Todd, and more.

February 23rd, 2025

DEVO, Stevie Wonder, Kleenex, Nikki Giovanni, and more.