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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

798

Host

Nina Ruff

First Aired

December 20th, 2009

Last Episode

July 19th, 2026

Previous broadcasts

July 19th, 2026

Al Jarreau, Cannonball Adderley, Pinback, Grover Washington, Jr., and more.

July 12th, 2026

michael jackson, SWV, Eric B & Rakim, Buju Banton, K'Jon, and more.

July 5th, 2026

Ferro Gaita, Chicago, Apollo G, Lura, and more.

July 5th, 2026

Massive Attack, The Cardigans, Stina Nordenstam, Yusef Lateef, and more.

June 28th, 2026

Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and more.

June 21st, 2026

Zapp, Erick Sermon, Lakeside, Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

June 21st, 2026

Terrian, and more.

June 14th, 2026

Silver Jews, John Splithoff, Sparker5000, JAY Z, and more.

June 14th, 2026

The Winans, and more.

June 7th, 2026

Radiohead, OutKast, Lil Ugly Mane, Elmiene, and more.

May 31st, 2026

Stevie Wonder, Perri, Rahsaan Patterson, Morphine, and more.

May 31st, 2026

Linda Perhacs, Kitty Craft, and more.

May 24th, 2026

Carissa's Wierd, Chicago, The Chambers Brothers, Najee, and more.

May 24th, 2026

Racing Mount Pleasant, Adrianne Lenker, Low, PJ Harvey, and more.

May 17th, 2026

The Spinners, Yes, The Chambers Brothers, Everything But The Girl, and more.

May 10th, 2026

Simply Red, Boyz II Men, Jam Allstars, Larry Graham, and more.

May 10th, 2026

Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan, The Intruders, Spyro Gyra, Boyz II Men, and more.

May 3rd, 2026

Peter Cat Recording Co., Andy Stott, Bob Dylan, Everything But The Girl, and more.

April 26th, 2026

Marvin Gaye, Aphex Twin, The Chambers Brothers, Al Green, and more.

April 19th, 2026

Blind Faith, Black Sheep, Chicago, Morphine, and more.

April 12th, 2026

The Isley Brothers, 10cc, Donny Hathaway, Marion Williams, and more.

April 5th, 2026

Leonard Cohen, Suicide, Shallowater, Helvetia, and more.

March 29th, 2026

Ramsey Lewis, HAEVN, Chill77, Helvetia, and more.

March 22nd, 2026

Herb Alpert, Yo-Yo Ma, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, and more.

March 22nd, 2026

Heatwave, Steely Dan, Blind Faith, Third World, and more.

March 22nd, 2026

The Red Thread, Codeine, and more.

March 15th, 2026

Morgan Heritage, Tom Waits, AdriAnne Lenker, HAEVN, and more.

March 8th, 2026

The Guess Who, The Animals, The Chambers Brothers, The Band, and more.

March 1st, 2026

Rachelle Ferrell, Total, Angie Stone, Dinah Washington, and more.

February 22nd, 2026

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

February 15th, 2026

P.M. Dawn, Al Jarreau, Red House Painters, Spyro Gyra, and more.

February 8th, 2026

Etta James, Miles Davis, Antônio Carlos Jobim, The Friends Of Distinction, and more.

February 1st, 2026

Slint, Galaxie 500, Tortoise, Yusef Lateef, and more.

January 25th, 2026

Holden, Purple Mountains, Blonde Redhead, Massive Attack, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Cocteau Twins, Solid Gold Death Star, P.M. Dawn, Stevie Wonder, and more.

January 18th, 2026

µ-Ziq, bar italia, Ida, Minwhee Lee, and more.

January 11th, 2026

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

January 11th, 2026

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

January 4th, 2026

Yes, James Taylor, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Pale Saints, and more.

January 4th, 2026

Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.

December 28th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, Jack Dine, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Erykah Badu, and more.

December 28th, 2025

The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.

December 21st, 2025

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

December 14th, 2025

J Dilla, St. Francis Choir, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, BadBadNotGood, and more.

December 7th, 2025

Jay Dee, Benny Goodman, Azymuth, Mike Nyoni and Born Free, and more.

November 30th, 2025

Indie tribe x mass choir, Simply Red, Will Van Horn, Robert Glasper, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

Simply Red, Hall and Oates, Jill Scott, André 3000, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

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

November 16th, 2025

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

November 16th, 2025

Traffic, Damian Marley, Eric B. & Rakim, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Ramsey Lewis, Indie tribe x mass choir, Damian Marley, George Benson, and more.

November 9th, 2025

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

November 2nd, 2025

Ramsey Lewis, Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley, Stevie Wonder, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, Rufus Wainwright, K'Jon, Jack Dine, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, and more.

October 19th, 2025

Home, King Krule, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, CZARFACE, and more.

October 12th, 2025

Yes, Sting, David Bowie, Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

October 5th, 2025

P.M. Dawn, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, and more.

October 5th, 2025

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

September 28th, 2025

Common, The Human League, Talking Heads, Simply Red, and more.

September 21st, 2025

Cortex, Jack Dine, CHIC, Duke Ellington, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Mick Jagger, Roedelius, Sam Gendel, J Dilla, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, Soul For Real, New Edition, Jack Dine, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Leith Ross, Matt Sweeney, Rozie Ramati, Dijon, and more.

August 31st, 2025

The Kinks, Happyness, Black Box Recorder, Horsegirl, and more.

August 24th, 2025

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

August 24th, 2025

Viagra Boys, DEVO, and more.

August 17th, 2025

Interpol, Bonnie Raitt, Kleenex, King Tuff, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Earth, Wind & Fire, Erykah Badu, Sounds Of Blackness, CSS, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Cameron Winter, Nourished by Time, Mk.gee, Drugdealer, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

Jack Dine, The Whispers, The Winans, Sybil, and more.