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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

772

Host

Nina Ruff

First Aired

April 17th, 2011

Last Episode

March 15th, 2026

Previous broadcasts

March 15th, 2026

Alex G, Nick Drake, Amy Winehouse, Boyz II Men, and more.

March 8th, 2026

The Guess Who, Dobie Gray, The Chambers Brothers, Steppenwolf, and more.

March 1st, 2026

Anita Baker, Ledisi, Amy Winehouse, Dinah Washington, and more.

February 22nd, 2026

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

February 15th, 2026

Eric B. & Rakim, Spyro Gyra, Heatwave, Stevie Wonder, and more.

February 8th, 2026

George Duke, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Dave Brubeck, Bob James, and more.

February 1st, 2026

Isis, Tortoise, Slint, MJ Lenderman, and more.

January 25th, 2026

Holden, Purple Mountains, Pinback, Vegyn, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Daley, George Duke, 80’s Child, Etta James, and more.

January 18th, 2026

Slowdive, ACEtone, Spain, Minwhee Lee, and more.

January 11th, 2026

Ozzy Osbourne, Damian Marley, MAGIC!, Stevie Wonder, 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

Sprain, Ozzy Osbourne, The Bangles, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and more.

January 4th, 2026

Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.

December 28th, 2025

Dry Cleaning, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Ferkat Al Ard, Burial, and more.

December 28th, 2025

The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.

December 21st, 2025

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

December 14th, 2025

J Dilla, Benny Goodman, Yin Yin, Luther Vandross, and more.

December 7th, 2025

LNRDCROY, Talking Heads, Benny Goodman, Shiro SAGISU, and more.

November 30th, 2025

Will Van Horn, Alex Isley, I Marc 4, Robert Glasper, and more.

November 23rd, 2025

Jill Scott, Tease, Simply Red, Sounds Of Blackness, 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

Cyndi Lauper, Black Sheep, Alkimizta, Elton John, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Herbie Hancock, Blind Faith, Sting, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more.

November 9th, 2025

Ari Balouzian, Lil Yuppy, Vieux Farka Touré, Deuce M Graham, and more.

November 2nd, 2025

Herbie Hancock, The Doobie Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Ramsey Lewis, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Will Van Horn, The Police, Talking Heads, Rufus Wainwright, and more.

October 26th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, and more.

October 19th, 2025

Talking Heads, Rubba, Sandro Brugnolini, Alexandre Desplat, and more.

October 12th, 2025

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

October 5th, 2025

Dionne Farris, Sam Gendel, K'Jon, J Dilla, and more.

October 5th, 2025

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

September 28th, 2025

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

September 21st, 2025

Dionne Farris, Broken Social Scene, Jack Dine, CHIC, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Eric B. & Rakim, and more.

September 14th, 2025

Sam Gendel, The Vanns, Roedelius, J Dilla, and more.

September 7th, 2025

Next, D'Angelo, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hi-Five, and more.

September 7th, 2025

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

August 31st, 2025

Pat Benatar, Fela Kuti, Marvin Gaye, Interpol, and more.

August 24th, 2025

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

August 24th, 2025

DEVO, Viagra Boys, and more.

August 17th, 2025

Bonnie Raitt, Prison, deeper sleeper, Malcolm Todd, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Perfume Genius, Prison, Patrice Rushen, Harry Nilsson, and more.

August 10th, 2025

Matthew Gurlitz, Drugdealer, Mk.gee, Cameron Winter, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

Angie Stone, Guy, CeCe Peniston, Jack Dine, and more.

August 3rd, 2025

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

July 27th, 2025

Simply Red, Slick Rick, Jackie Shane, Jodeci, and more.

July 20th, 2025

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

July 20th, 2025

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

July 13th, 2025

Labi Siffre, Sly & The Family Stone, berlioz, Mk.gee, and more.

July 6th, 2025

Earth, Wind & Fire, Dazz Band, The 5th Dimension, The Chambers Brothers, and more.

June 29th, 2025

The Whispers, Sylvester, and more.

June 22nd, 2025

Erick Sermon, Marvin Gaye, Silver Jews, Portrait, and more.

June 15th, 2025

Winkler, Labi Siffre, Malcolm Todd, The Band, and more.

June 8th, 2025

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

June 1st, 2025

Kleenex, Khruangbin, The Band, Harry Nilsson, and more.

May 25th, 2025

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

May 18th, 2025

Arturo Himmer, Shower Curtain, The Band, The Crusaders, and more.

May 18th, 2025

Stevie Wonder, Entral, Dutch Interior, Wilco, and more.

May 11th, 2025

Karen Clark Sheard, James Brown, CeCe Winans, Shirley Caesar, and more.

May 4th, 2025

Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Eagles, Otis Redding, and more.

April 27th, 2025

The Zombies, The Kinks, Cream, Thomas Dolby, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Dead Gowns, and more.

April 20th, 2025

Lucius, Donald Fagen, Prince, The Zombies, and more.

April 20th, 2025

Belle & Sebastian, Freckle, Broadcast, Cameron Winter, and more.

April 13th, 2025

The Detroit Cobras, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Zombies, Rozie Ramati, and more.

April 6th, 2025

Djavan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, threetwenty, James Brown, and more.

March 30th, 2025

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

March 23rd, 2025

berlioz, Amy Winehouse, Terrian, Jill Scott, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Terrian, Fela Kuti, Loose Fur, Masayoshi Takanaka, and more.

March 16th, 2025

Brownstone, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Queen Latifah / Monie Love, and more.