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
789
Host
Nina Ruff
First Aired
August 14th, 2011
Last Episode
June 7th, 2026
Previous broadcasts
June 7th, 2026
µ-Ziq, The Crying Nudes, Elmiene, Prince, and more.
May 31st, 2026
Vesta Williams, Najee, Boney James, Morphine, and more.
May 31st, 2026
Linda Perhacs, Kitty Craft, and more.
May 24th, 2026
Earth, Wind & Fire, America, The Chambers Brothers, King Krule, and more.
May 24th, 2026
PJ Harvey, Low, Adrianne Lenker, Racing Mount Pleasant, and more.
May 17th, 2026
America, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, and more.
May 10th, 2026
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Spyro Gyra, Simply Red, Maxwell, and more.
May 10th, 2026
Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan, Spyro Gyra, Boyz II Men, Aphex Twin, and more.
May 3rd, 2026
Alex G, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, and more.
April 26th, 2026
Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Four Tet, The Chambers Brothers, and more.
April 19th, 2026
Suzanne Vega, Blind Faith, 10cc, Black Sheep, and more.
April 12th, 2026
Steely Dan, Donny Hathaway, Roy Ayers, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and more.
April 5th, 2026
Andy Stott, Cap'n Jazz, Fleetwood Mac, Silver Jews, and more.
March 29th, 2026
Autumn's Grey Solace, Ramsey Lewis, HAEVN, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more.
March 22nd, 2026
Damian Marley, Yo-Yo Ma, Arcade Fire, Minwhee Lee, and more.
March 22nd, 2026
Sting, Third World, Change, 10cc, and more.
March 22nd, 2026
Codeine, The Red Thread, and more.
March 15th, 2026
Tom Waits, HAEVN, John Coltrane Quartet, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and more.
March 8th, 2026
Steppenwolf, The Band, Marian Anderson, The Winans, and more.
March 1st, 2026
Patti LaBelle, Tindersticks, Alicia Keys, Etta James, and more.
February 22nd, 2026
Sounds Of Blackness, Stevie Wonder, Lisa Page Brooks, Autumn's Grey Solace, and more.
February 15th, 2026
Spyro Gyra, Stevie Wonder, Eric B. & Rakim, Ayra Starr, and more.
February 8th, 2026
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Miriam Makeba, Lee Ritenour, Adrianne Lenker, and more.
February 1st, 2026
Built To Spill, Tindersticks, John Coltrane Quartet, Galaxie 500, and more.
January 25th, 2026
Pixies, The Radio Dept., Spain, Blonde Redhead, and more.
January 18th, 2026
P.M. Dawn, Spyro Gyra, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raheem DeVaughn, and more.
January 18th, 2026
Spain, Low, Pet Shop Boys, ACEtone, and more.
January 11th, 2026
Damian Marley, Stevie Wonder, MAGIC!, Ozzy Osbourne, and more.
January 11th, 2026
Slint, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Radiohead, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, and more.
January 4th, 2026
Steppenwolf, Four Tet, The Romantics, Ozzy Osbourne, and more.
January 4th, 2026
Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.
December 28th, 2025
Das EFX, S.I. Just Superior, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Stevie Wonder, and more.
December 28th, 2025
The Blue Nile, Dear Nora, and more.
December 21st, 2025
Leslie Odom Jr., Vince Guaraldi Trio, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Patti Austin, Bernie K., Daryl Coley, Commissioned, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Clifton Davis,, Sounds Of Blackness, and more.
December 14th, 2025
BadBadNotGood, Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Charles Mingus, and more.
December 7th, 2025
Whatever The Weather, FUTUREGiRL, Talking Heads, KAYTRANADA, and more.
November 30th, 2025
Jack Dine, Simply Red, Arcade Fire, I Marc 4, and more.
November 23rd, 2025
Jill Scott, Rufus Wainwright, Tease, Alkimizta, and more.
November 23rd, 2025
Cortex, Luiz Bonfá, Vulfpeck, BadBadNotGood, and more.
November 16th, 2025
Kamasi Washington, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.
November 16th, 2025
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Eric B. & Rakim, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, and more.
November 9th, 2025
Mort Garson, Blind Faith, Steely Dan, Sting, and more.
November 9th, 2025
KAYTRANADA, Emo800, Vieux Farka Touré, CZARFACE, and more.
November 2nd, 2025
Herbie Hancock, The Doobie Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Al Jarreau, and more.
October 26th, 2025
Alicia Keys, Electric Light Orchestra, Blind Faith, P.M. Dawn, and more.
October 26th, 2025
Black Country, New Road, and more.
October 19th, 2025
Rubba, J Dilla, Ronald Langestraat, Fakear, and more.
October 12th, 2025
Talking Heads, Eric B. & Rakim, David Bowie, Yes, and more.
October 5th, 2025
Simply Red, Dionne Farris, Hi-Five, Fugees, and more.
October 5th, 2025
Mort Garson, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Talking Heads, and more.
September 28th, 2025
Talking Heads, Common, The Human League, Simply Red, and more.
September 21st, 2025
Duke Ellington, Broken Social Scene, Stokley, Jack Dine, and more.
September 14th, 2025
Eric B. & Rakim, and more.
September 14th, 2025
Roedelius, Sam Gendel, J Dilla, Mick Jagger, and more.
September 7th, 2025
King Tuff, Eric B. & Rakim, Simply Red, Jodeci, and more.
September 7th, 2025
Dijon, Matt Sweeney, David Grisman, Leith Ross, and more.
August 31st, 2025
Devo, Black Box Recorder, Big Thief, bar italia, and more.
August 24th, 2025
The Stylistics, The Dramatics, The Temptations, and more.
August 24th, 2025
Viagra Boys, DEVO, and more.
August 17th, 2025
Juana Molina, Jackson Marshall, Prison, Malcolm Todd, and more.
August 10th, 2025
Perfume Genius, Prison, Roger Doyle, Brand New Heavies, and more.
August 10th, 2025
Kate Bollinger, Nourished by Time, The Magnetic Fields, Kitty Craft, and more.
August 3rd, 2025
Simply Red, Robert Glasper, Jack Dine, Angie Stone, and more.
August 3rd, 2025
Yasuaki Shimizu, Cher, Julia Holter, DEVO, and more.
July 27th, 2025
Jackie Shane, Pete Rock, George Duke, MOTO BANDIT, and more.
July 20th, 2025
Slick Rick, Black Sheep, Eric B. & Rakim, DJ Kool, and more.
July 20th, 2025
Charlie Houston, CSS, Friko, The Crying Nudes, and more.
July 13th, 2025
Sly & The Family Stone, DJ Kool, Average White Band, a picture of her, and more.
July 6th, 2025
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly & The Family Stone, Zapp, The 5th Dimension, and more.
June 29th, 2025
Sylvester, The Whispers, and more.
June 22nd, 2025
Silver Jews, bar italia, Lakeside, Terence Trent D'Arby, and more.
June 15th, 2025
Caroline Polachek, Kitty Craft, The Band, Essential Logic, and more.