Cultural Manifesto

This week on Cultural Manifesto, host Kyle Long speaks with musician Cyrus Youngman. Cyrus shares how his struggle with a debilitating skeletal condition influenced his new album, "Your life will never be the same."

On this week's Cultural Manifesto, the Indianapolis-based composer Jordan Munson shares music from his score for the Phoenix Theatre's production of Hotel Nepenthe.

On this week's show Kyle continues his exploration of classic Hoosier gospel music, with tunes from The Mighty Indiana Travelers, King James Version, The Sacred Four, and many more... including the Stovall Sisters, whose big break came after providing the background vocals for Norman Greenbaum's 1969 #1 hit "Spirit in the Sky".

A very special edition and important slice of Indianapolis music history on Cultural Manifesto this time. Host Kyle Long speaks with vocalist Reggie Gammon, a founding member of the legendary Indianapolis gospel group The Music Masters. The Music Masters' innovative mix of gospel and soul music propelled the group to national acclaim and helped launch the career of Indianapolis gospel music icon Al Hobbs.

This week on Cultural Manifesto, Host Kyle Long talks with Indianapolis musician Oreo Jones about his new experimental R & B project : "Michael Raintree".

This week host Kyle Long speaks with rapper and producer Diop Adiso, whose new album Still Shinin' was created in part as a means to cope with an unexpected loss.

This week host Kyle Long looks back at some of his favorite interviews and music of 2018, with a focus on the Indianapolis soul scene. This episode includes words and music from The Vanguards, Pam Tanner of The Pearls/Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign, Henry and Josephine of The Sentimentals, LAMP Records founder Herbert T Miller Sr, Kate Lamont, BYBYE, and Rodney Stepp.

This week on Cultural Manifesto DJ Kyle Long listens back on some of his favorite jazz interviews of 2018, including Herbie Hancock, Monika Herzig, and Rob Dixon.

This week Cultural Manifesto features some of Kyle's favorite hip-hop content from 2018 shows, including Kyro The Artist, Skypp, and Keiana Whatley.

Host Kyle Long reflects on the amazing guests this year on Cultural Manifesto - from jazz icon Herbie Hancock, to folk music pioneer Barbara Dane. For the next couple weeks on Cultural Manifesto we look back at some of Kyle's favorite interviews and music of 2018, and look ahead to 2019. On this episode, words and music from: soul music outsider Swamp Dogg, The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, Ryan Lott of Son Lux, 24 Carat Black's C Niambi Steele, trombonist and Tribe Records' co-founder Phil Ranelin, George Benn and Kenny Simms of the legendary Indianapolis jazz fusion band Merging Traffic, singer-songwriter Yadin Kol, and soul singer extraordinaire Keiana Whatley.

On this Cultural Manifesto host Kyle Long talks with two of his favorite Indiana musicians: multi-instrumentalist and composer Dena El Saffar and percussionist Tim Moore. 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of their band Salaam, a fantastic Middle Eastern music ensemble Dena founded as a student at Indiana University. In addition to their work in Salaam, Dena and Tim are also members of Rivers of Sound, an extraordinary 17 piece orchestra that fuses elements of traditional Iraqi maqam with contemporary Western jazz. Rivers of Sound have performed at festivals and concert halls around the world, including Newport Jazz Festival, and the London Jazz Festival. The Chicago Tribune just ranked Rivers of Sound's February performance at Orchestra Hall as one of the best jazz concerts of 2018.

2018 marks the 50th anniversary for Indy's first Black owned/operated radio station WTLC. This week on Cultural Manifesto Rickie "Solid Gold" Clark will join me to commemorate the occasion. Clark was an early on-air personality at WTLC, and he also released the first rap record ever issued in Indianapolis: 1980's "Ladies Rights" on the Indy 5 label.

This week's edition of Cultural Manifesto may be the most significant program Kyle has ever produced. this episode features an hour of previously unheard music from the legendary Indianapolis band Merging Traffic. Plus commentary from two of the band's founding members: Kenny Simms and George Benn.

FoxD'Legnd joins Kyle Long for a conversation, and Kyle shares a preview of my recent interview with Lonnie Holley.

This week Kyle's guest is Ray Pierle. Ray has been independently recording and releasing folky psych rock music from his Southside Indianapolis home for over 40 years! Though Ray's work has generated relatively little interest here in his hometown, his albums are collected by psychedelic rock fans around the globe. this show features an hour of words and music with Ray, including rare and unreleased selections.