Friday Special Blend
Friday February 23rd, 2018 with Chris White, Allen Roulston, Meral Jamal & Breanne Neudorf
Sheila White, Alex King, Wayne Barr, Wychwood (Chrissy Steinbock and Tim Kitz), Kraig-Paul Proulx, Amanda Carver and Robin Brown.

* Sheila White and Alex King from Toronto drop by to discuss their involvement with Black History Month events and exhibits honouring internationally-renowned classical singer, Portia White (1911-1968). * We chat with Wayne Barr, director of the 40-person Black choir from Tuskegee, Alababma. Tom Mawhinney from Napanee is bringing the choir to Canada for the first time ever to perform in 4 cities, starting with Ottawa on Sat. Mar. 3 at Southminster United Church -- see www.tucanadatour.ca. * Chrissy Steinbock and Tim Kitz from the "blackgrass" duo Wychwood are in the studio to chat and perform live. Chrissy is a graduate of Carleton University's "singer-songwriter" music degree program. They are both involved with The Leveller, a left-leaning campus/community newspaper. Barbara Gray interviews Kraig-Paul Proulx, Artistic Director for SuZart Productions - The Rocky Horror Show. Amanda Carver speaks with Meral Jamal about the Right to Housing March. Meral Jamal speaks with Robin Brown, Organizer of the Black Mental Health Conference.