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
766
Host
Nina Ruff
First Aired
March 6th, 2011
Last Episode
February 1st, 2026
Previous broadcasts
February 1st, 2026
Slint, The Field Mice, The Frowning Clouds, MJ Lenderman, and more.
January 25th, 2026
Vegyn, Purple Mountains, Pixies, Alex G, and more.
January 18th, 2026
Stevie Wonder, Raheem DeVaughn, Stokley, George Duke, and more.
January 18th, 2026
Spain, ACEtone, Pet Shop Boys, Minwhee Lee, and more.
January 11th, 2026
Damian Marley, Stevie Wonder, MAGIC!, Ozzy Osbourne, and more.
January 11th, 2026
Slint, Radiohead, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, and more.
January 4th, 2026
Radiohead, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, Sting, and more.
January 4th, 2026
Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.
December 28th, 2025
Dry Cleaning, Neil Young, D'Angelo, Jack Dine, and more.
December 28th, 2025
The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.
December 21st, 2025
Leslie Odom Jr., Vince Guaraldi Trio, Sounds Of Blackness, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, and more.
December 14th, 2025
Stevie Wonder, Paolo Fresu, Charles Mingus, Sister Nancy, and more.
December 7th, 2025
Whatever The Weather, Azymuth, Charles Mingus, Shirley Scott, and more.
November 30th, 2025
Indie tribe x mass choir, Jack Dine, Alex Isley, Meshell Ndegeocello, and more.
November 23rd, 2025
Prince, Yes, The Police, The Doobie Brothers, and more.
November 23rd, 2025
BadBadNotGood, Cortex, Luiz Bonfá, Vulfpeck, and more.
November 16th, 2025
Kamasi Washington, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.
November 16th, 2025
Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Blind Faith, Indie tribe x mass choir, and more.
November 9th, 2025
Damian Marley, George Benson, Ramsey Lewis, Eliana Glass, and more.
November 9th, 2025
KAYTRANADA, Vieux Farka Touré, Drako Santino, Emo800, and more.
November 2nd, 2025
D'Angelo, Cannonball Adderley, Grover Washington, Jr., Al Jarreau, and more.
October 26th, 2025
Alex Isley, Jack Dine, Jill Scott, Simply Red, and more.
October 26th, 2025
Black Country, New Road, and more.
October 19th, 2025
André 3000, Girma Hadgu, J Dilla, Whatever The Weather, and more.
October 12th, 2025
Talking Heads, Eric B. & Rakim, David Bowie, Yes, and more.
October 5th, 2025
J Dilla, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, P.M. Dawn, OutKast, and more.
October 5th, 2025
Talking Heads, Mort Garson, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, and more.
September 28th, 2025
P.M. Dawn, Simply Red, The Human League, Common, and more.
September 21st, 2025
Dionne Farris, Simply Red, Eric B. & Rakim, Alex Isley, and more.
September 14th, 2025
Eric B. & Rakim, and more.
September 14th, 2025
J Dilla, Roedelius, Sam Gendel, The Vanns, and more.
September 7th, 2025
Jodeci, Next, Soul For Real, D'Angelo, and more.
September 7th, 2025
Rozie Ramati, Fela Kuti, Dijon, a picture of her, and more.
August 31st, 2025
bar italia, Fela Kuti, Big Thief, Horsegirl, and more.
August 24th, 2025
The Temptations, The Stylistics, The Dramatics, and more.
August 24th, 2025
DEVO, Viagra Boys, and more.
August 17th, 2025
Prison, Blonde Redhead, Thievery Corporation, Leith Ross, and more.
August 10th, 2025
Blonde Redhead, bar italia, Patrice Rushen, Stevie Wonder, and more.
August 10th, 2025
Matthew Gurlitz, The Magnetic Fields, Mk.gee, Local Natives, and more.
August 3rd, 2025
Sybil, Masayoshi Takanaka, Alex Isley, Jack Dine, and more.
August 3rd, 2025
DEVO, Julia Holter, Cher, Yasuaki Shimizu, and more.
July 27th, 2025
Eric B. & Rakim, Big Thief, DJ Kool, The King Khan & BBQ Show, and more.
July 20th, 2025
Slick Rick, Black Sheep, DJ Kool, Eric B. & Rakim, and more.
July 20th, 2025
CSS, The Clean, D'Angelo, Friko, and more.
July 13th, 2025
Dianne Reeves, DJ Kool, Simply Red, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.
July 6th, 2025
Sly & The Family Stone, The Chambers Brothers, George Clinton, The 5th Dimension, and more.
June 29th, 2025
Sylvester, The Whispers, and more.
June 22nd, 2025
Neo Boys, Edwin Starr, Silver Jews, George Duke, and more.
June 15th, 2025
Little Big League, Labi Siffre, Pinegrove, Jackson Marshall, and more.
June 8th, 2025
Portrait, Troop, Chubb Rock, The Chambers Brothers, and more.
June 1st, 2025
Jackie Shane, Chavez, Billy Bragg, Alex Klint, and more.
May 25th, 2025
The Chambers Brothers, Big Thief, Tower of Power, and more.
May 18th, 2025
Bailey's Nervous Kats, The Band, Phil Perry, Rod Wave, and more.
May 18th, 2025
Entral, Yo La Tengo, Jackie Shane, TEXARKANA, and more.
May 11th, 2025
Blonde Redhead, Sounds Of Blackness, The Intruders, Shirley Caesar, and more.
May 4th, 2025
The Friends Of Distinction, Ohio Players, Grover Washington, Jr., Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, and more.
April 27th, 2025
Talking Heads, Stevie Wonder, Mk.gee, Sonic Youth, and more.
April 27th, 2025
Dead Gowns, and more.
April 20th, 2025
Cream, Orleans, Sly & The Family Stone, Steppenwolf, and more.
April 20th, 2025
The Detroit Cobras, Rozie Ramati, Belle & Sebastian, Drugdealer, and more.
April 13th, 2025
David Bowie, Talking Heads, Aretha Franklin, Vickie Winans, and more.
April 6th, 2025
Ohio Players, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Change, and more.
March 30th, 2025
Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah / Monie Love, Essential Logic, Sounds Of Blackness, and more.
March 23rd, 2025
Dinah Washington, Solange, Ledisi, Lipps Inc., and more.
March 23rd, 2025
Terrian, Fela Kuti, Pinegrove, Loose Fur, and more.
March 16th, 2025
Jill Scott, Brownstone, Queen Latifah / Monie Love, Mary J. Blige, and more.
March 9th, 2025
Aaliyah, Klymaxx, Roberta Flack, India.Arie, and more.
March 9th, 2025
Guther, The Gories, Janet Kay, Young Marble Giants, and more.
February 23rd, 2025
Kleenex, Nikki Giovanni, DEVO, Stevie Wonder, and more.
February 16th, 2025
Buffalo Springfield, Gil Scott-Heron, HAIM, Gil Scott Heron, and more.
February 16th, 2025
Lauryn Hill, Dry Cleaning, Leon Bridges, Thee Headcoatees, and more.
February 9th, 2025
Bob Dylan, The O'Jays, The Doobie Brothers, Kool & The Gang, and more.