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Playing Coltrane drops July 2026 w/ Grand Central. Crime, jazz, grief & the kind of Black hero we rarely see. 🎷
📽️ Watch the short film: andrehardy.com

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Corruption Huslte and Jazz. Playing Coltrane, Deubt Crime Novel By Andre HardyPlaying Coltrane – A Gritty Mystery Thriller by Andre Hardy
Embark on a thrilling journey through ambition, redemption, and power in Playing Coltrane - a gripping thriller coming Fall 2026.
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August 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Thanks WPFW #JazzAndJustice for spreading great music & news! Thankful to have some Sol Roots tracks played on #DontForgetTheBlues show alongside Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Mark Stutso, The Nighthawks, Bobby Rush, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Billy Thompson, Jr Cline, Roomful of Blues &more
August 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” — Fannie Lou Hamer

Hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour 🎙️
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LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Fannie Lou Hamer - Labor Heritage Foundation
“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer; hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. 
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October 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Why WPFW? No ads. No shareholders. Just community voices, labor arts, and the truth. Listen to the Labor Heritage Power Hour at 1p; be the reason it stays on: become a sustainer during our Fall Drive—wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #KeepItIndependent #JazzAndJustice
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Nina Simone: Voice Against Silence

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a defiant digital portrait of Nina Simone, her gaze unwavering, face carved in bold strokes of obsidian and deep indigo, background a collage of piano keys, protest posters, and rising smoke, hair abstracted into fluid waves of sheet music and barbed wire, dress rendered in rhythmic gold and deep mahogany, lighting stark and dramatic from one side, casting strong shadows like stage lights before a reckoning, asymmetry capturing the fracture between elegance and fury Nina Simone (1933–2003) was an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist whose music blended classical training with jazz, blues, and soul to create a voice like no other. With songs like “Mississippi Goddam,” she used her art to confront racial injustice head-on. Simone’s artistry was defiant, raw, and politically unflinching, making her one of the most powerful voices of resistance and truth in American music history.
July 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Elle Penner on Music, Social Work, and Finding Purpose in Humboldt https://kymkemp.com/2025/06/30/elle-penner-on-music-social-work-and-finding-purpose-in-humboldt/ #100PercentHumboldt #EllePenner #HumboldtVoices #JazzAndJustice #HumboldtCounty #LocalMusic #SocialWork #YoungAndLovely
Elle Penner on Music, Social Work, and Finding Purpose in Humboldt
From adoption advocacy to jazz vocals, Elle Penner joins 100% Humboldt to share how compassion and creativity guide her life’s work and artistry.
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June 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Fannie Lou Hamer knew work—and song. Hear the brand-new “Fannie Lou” (R.J. Phillips Band) + Hamer herself leading “Pick a Bale of Cotton.” Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p today wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #JazzAndJustice
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Poems & protest songs, back-to-back.
► Martín Espada on memory, justice, and the work of making work visible
► IWW Little Red Songbook classics to raise your voice
Tune in 1p ET on WPFW 89.3FM (Pacifica).
#JazzAndJustice #IWW #LittleRedSongbook #MartínEspada #UnionYes
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM