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.