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This edition: Exploring Grief through Music with Nnenna Freelon


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Episode Details

Original tape date: September 17, 2025. First aired: October 29, 2025.

Nnenna Freelon, a seven-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and composer, podcaster and now author, shares with host Carol Jenkins how she overcame a series of personal losses and how that grief has shaped her musical path and latest book, Beneath the Skin of Sorrow.

Guest List

Nnenna Freelon Grammy-nominated jazz singer, Beneath the Skin of Sorrow: Improvisations on Loss

  • Keeping Black Theater Alive
  • Monday, November 17 - 7:30pm
  • Tuesday, November 18 - 7:30pm
  • Wednesday, November 19 - 7:30pm
  • Thursday, November 20 - 7:30pm
  • Monday, November 24 - 7:30pm
  • Tuesday, November 25 - 7:30pm
  • The Conscience of America: The Fight for Civil Rights in Birmingham
  • Friday, November 21 - 9:00am
  • Saturday, November 22 - 9:00am
  • Sunday, November 23 - 9:00am
  • TBA
  • Wednesday, November 26 - 7:30pm
  • Thursday, November 27 - 7:30pm
  • Monday, December 1 - 7:30pm
  • Tuesday, December 2 - 7:30pm
  • Wednesday, December 3 - 7:30pm
  • Thursday, December 4 - 7:30pm
  • Monday, December 8 - 7:30pm
  • Tuesday, December 9 - 7:30pm
  • TBA
  • Wednesday, December 10 - 7:30pm
  • Thursday, December 11 - 7:30pm
  • Monday, December 15 - 7:30pm
  • Tuesday, December 16 - 7:30pm