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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

720

Host

Nina Ruff

First Aired

September 4th, 2011

Last Episode

June 29th, 2025

Previous broadcasts

June 29th, 2025

The Whispers, Sylvester, and more.

June 22nd, 2025

Winkler, Pinegrove, Yo La Tengo, Alex Walton, and more.

June 15th, 2025

Buzzcocks, June McDoom, Pinegrove, Essential Logic, and more.

June 8th, 2025

Freckle, King Tuff, Troop, The Chambers Brothers, and more.

June 1st, 2025

Harry Nilsson, Kleenex, Chavez, Pat Benatar, and more.

May 25th, 2025

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

May 18th, 2025

Been Stellar, Tower Of Power, The Band, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.

May 18th, 2025

Yo La Tengo, Stevie Wonder, Dutch Interior, Entral, and more.

May 11th, 2025

TEXARKANA, The Williams Brothers, 2Pac, Matt Sweeney, and more.

May 4th, 2025

Four Tet, The Blackbyrds, The Isley Brothers, Tower Of Power, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Galaxie 500, Damian Marley, The Friends Of Distinction, The Zombies, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Dead Gowns, and more.

April 20th, 2025

Pinegrove, The Replacements, Lucius, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.

April 20th, 2025

Roger Doyle, The Detroit Cobras, Still Woozy, Broadcast, and more.

April 13th, 2025

Al Green, Steppenwolf, Aretha Franklin, The Detroit Cobras, and more.

April 6th, 2025

P.M. Dawn, Jill Scott, The Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more.

March 30th, 2025

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

March 23rd, 2025

Marianne Faithfull, Eurythmics, Solange, Terrian, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Fela Kuti, Rozie Ramati, Loose Fur, Pinegrove, and more.

March 16th, 2025

Mary J. Blige, Ayra Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Jill Scott, and more.

March 9th, 2025

India.Arie, Angie Stone, Aaliyah, Whitney Houston, and more.

March 9th, 2025

The Gories, Guther, Thievery Corporation, Billy Bragg, and more.

February 23rd, 2025

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

February 16th, 2025

Born Ruffians, The Zombies, Boney James, Bob Dylan, and more.

February 16th, 2025

Leon Bridges, Dry Cleaning, Thee Headcoatees, Kleenex, and more.

February 9th, 2025

Kirk Franklin, Entral, The O'Jays, Sylvester, and more.

February 9th, 2025

Strawberry Switchblade, Al Green, Erykah Badu, Ravyn Lenae, and more.

February 2nd, 2025

Big Mama Thornton, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and more.

January 26th, 2025

Aretha Franklin, Kleenex, The Chambers Brothers, Thee Headcoatees, and more.

January 26th, 2025

Dreamliners, Erykah Badu, Edith Frost, Al Green, and more.

January 19th, 2025

Bob Dylan, Chicago, The Beatles, P.M. Dawn, and more.

January 12th, 2025

Rufus Wainwright, Earth, Wind & Fire, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Doobie Brothers, and more.

January 5th, 2025

The 5.6.7.8's, Honey Stretton, Billy Bragg, Born Ruffians, and more.

December 29th, 2024

Erika de Casier, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Charles Brown, and more.

December 22nd, 2024

Voices of Fire, Donny Hathaway, Boyz II Men, CeeLo Green, and more.

December 15th, 2024

Steve Winwood, The Doobie Brothers, P.M. Dawn, Toto, and more.

December 15th, 2024

Fleetwood Mac, and more.

December 8th, 2024

Pastor Mike Jr., DEVO, Leslie Odom Jr., David Bowie, and more.

December 8th, 2024

Erykah Badu, and more.

December 1st, 2024

Christopher Cross, George Benson, Ambrosia, Chicago, and more.

November 24th, 2024

Patti Page, Linda Lyndell, George McCrae, Wdee, and more.

November 17th, 2024

Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, and more.

November 10th, 2024

Quincy Jones, The Orlons, Anthony Cepeda, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, and more.

November 10th, 2024

Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Zombies, and more.

November 3rd, 2024

King Kwe, Leslie Odom, Jr., Brenda Lee, and more.

November 3rd, 2024

Andy Williams, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Michael Liggins, and more.

October 27th, 2024

Etta James, Tina Turner, Koko Taylor, and more.

October 27th, 2024

Prince & The Revolution, Ledisi, and more.

October 20th, 2024

Sam Cooke, Tony Orlando, Amazonics, Djavan, and more.

October 13th, 2024

Betty Carter, Bossa Nova, Linda Lyndell, George Duke, and more.

October 13th, 2024

Carmen Lundy, Jimmy Dean, The Emotions, Aretha Franklin, and more.

October 6th, 2024

Patsy Cline, Yukihiro Takahashi, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Beatles, and more.

September 29th, 2024

Al Jarreau, The Orlons, The Dells, Angie Stone, and more.

September 22nd, 2024

Various Artists, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, The RH Factor, and more.

September 15th, 2024

Earth, Wind & Fire, Heatwave, Sly & The Family Stone, Slave, and more.

September 15th, 2024

Sade, Koko Taylor, The RH Factor, Sam Cooke, and more.

September 8th, 2024

Wayne Newton, The O'Jays, Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more.

September 8th, 2024

Tony Orlando & Dawn, and more.

September 1st, 2024

Peaches & Herb, The Kinks, The Ronettes, Quincy Jones, and more.

September 1st, 2024

Djavan, Glen Campbell, Bobby Darin, Billy Preston, and more.

August 25th, 2024

The Beatles, Funkadelic, Brenda Lee, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and more.

August 18th, 2024

George Duke, Sam Cooke, Djavan, Al Green, and more.

August 18th, 2024

Dawn, The Ronettes, Koko Taylor, Entral, and more.

August 11th, 2024

Mýa, George Duke, B.B. King, Brownstone, and more.

August 11th, 2024

Bobby Darin, The Beatles, and more.

August 4th, 2024

Sonny & Cher, George Duke, John Kaye, Allen Toussaint, and more.

August 4th, 2024

Linda Lyndell, Djavan, The Beatles, Rita Lee, and more.

July 28th, 2024

Funkadelic, Marc Anthony, Gente De Zona, Celia Cruz, and more.

July 21st, 2024

Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Leo Dorsey, Punch-Drunk Love, and more.

July 14th, 2024

Soul For Real, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Chaka Demus & Pliers, LeVert feat. Heavy D., and more.

July 14th, 2024

Thee Sinseers, and more.

July 7th, 2024

Sarah Vaughan, Otis Redding, Hugh Masekela, Sade, and more.