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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, Lisa Page Brooks, Sounds Of Blackness, Stevie Wonder, and more.

February 15th, 2026

P.M. Dawn, Eric B. & Rakim, Spyro Gyra, Ayra Starr, and more.

February 8th, 2026

Miriam Makeba, Manu Dibango, Miles Davis, Adrianne Lenker, and more.

February 1st, 2026

Piotr Kurek, Massimo Volume, Joy Division, The Field Mice, and more.

January 25th, 2026

Alex G, Cap'n Jazz, Pavement, Vegyn, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Spyro Gyra, Stokley, Stevie Wonder, Monie Love, and more.

January 18th, 2026

µ-Ziq, Low, Minwhee Lee, Spain, and more.

January 11th, 2026

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

January 11th, 2026

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

January 4th, 2026

Lipps Inc., Chicago, The Kinks, Sprain, and more.

January 4th, 2026

Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.

December 28th, 2025

Smog, Dry Cleaning, Jack Dine, S.I. Just Superior, and more.

December 28th, 2025

The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.

December 21st, 2025

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

December 14th, 2025

Shabba Ranks, St. Francis Choir, BadBadNotGood, Donny Hathaway, and more.

December 7th, 2025

FUTUREGiRL, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Benny Goodman, Jefferson Airplane, and more.

November 30th, 2025

Arcade Fire, Alex Isley, Will Van Horn, I Marc 4, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

Tease, FUTUREGiRL, James Holden, Prince, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

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

November 16th, 2025

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

November 16th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, Alkimizta, Black Sheep, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Earth, Wind & Fire, Blind Faith, Damian Marley, Grover Washington, Jr., and more.

November 9th, 2025

KAYTRANADA, Deuce M Graham, Emo800, Vieux Farka Touré, and more.

November 2nd, 2025

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, D'Angelo, and more.

October 26th, 2025

The Pop Sets, Will Van Horn, Yes, K'Jon, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, and more.

October 19th, 2025

Sandro Brugnolini, Uncle Tupelo, Whatever The Weather, Alexandre Desplat, and more.

October 12th, 2025

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

October 5th, 2025

J Dilla, Amerie, Wham!, De La Soul, and more.

October 5th, 2025

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

September 28th, 2025

P.M. Dawn, Simply Red, Talking Heads, Common, and more.

September 21st, 2025

Stokley, Cortex, Jack Dine, Kindred The Family Soul, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

September 14th, 2025

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

September 7th, 2025

112, Simply Red, Hi-Five, Next, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Rozie Ramati, Sylvan Esso, David Grisman, N/A, and more.

August 31st, 2025

Devo, Pixies, Julia Holter, Mk.gee, and more.

August 24th, 2025

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

August 24th, 2025

Viagra Boys, DEVO, and more.

August 17th, 2025

Prison, Drugdealer, DEVO, Juana Molina, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Dry Cleaning, Prison, Erykah Badu, Roger Doyle, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Nourished by Time, Drugdealer, Pixies, The Replacements, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

The Brand New Heavies, Guy, Simply Red, Jack Dine, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

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

July 27th, 2025

Slick Rick, Viagra Boys, Rozie Ramati, Brand Nubian, and more.

July 20th, 2025

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

July 20th, 2025

Charlie Houston, Friko, D'Angelo, CSS, and more.

July 13th, 2025

Sly & The Family Stone, Simply Red, Labi Siffre, DJ Kool, and more.

July 6th, 2025

George Clinton, Sly & The Family Stone, The Chambers Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more.

June 29th, 2025

Sylvester, The Whispers, and more.

June 22nd, 2025

Yo La Tengo, Frog, The Chambers Brothers, Bob Dylan, and more.

June 15th, 2025

Mr. Bungle, Little Big League, Been Stellar, Jonathan Richman, and more.

June 8th, 2025

King Tuff, Freckle, Prince, Portrait, and more.

June 1st, 2025

Jackie Shane, The Clean, Freckle, The Replacements, and more.

May 25th, 2025

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

May 18th, 2025

Donald Fagen, Prince, Frisky London, Shower Curtain, and more.

May 18th, 2025

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

May 11th, 2025

James Brown, Sounds Of Blackness, Buzzcocks, The Williams Brothers, and more.

May 4th, 2025

Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Daley, Donald Fagen, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Stevie Wonder, P.M. Dawn, Shabba Ranks, Damian Marley, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Dead Gowns, and more.

April 20th, 2025

The Replacements, Norman Greenbaum, Lucius, Orleans, and more.

April 20th, 2025

D'Angelo, Interpol, Horsegirl, Belle & Sebastian, and more.

April 13th, 2025

Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Detroit Cobras, Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, and more.

April 6th, 2025

Earth, Wind & Fire, James Brown, threetwenty, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, and more.

March 30th, 2025

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

March 23rd, 2025

Solange, Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway, berlioz, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Pinegrove, Masayoshi Takanaka, Loose Fur, Rozie Ramati, and more.

March 16th, 2025

Brownstone, Floetry, Angie Stone, Roberta Flack, and more.

March 9th, 2025

A Taste Of Honey, Angie Stone, KeKe Wyatt, The Velvet Underground, and more.

March 9th, 2025

Yot Club, Young Marble Giants, Delta 5, The Gories, and more.

February 23rd, 2025

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