Cultural Manifesto

WFYI Public Media 1053 - Colin Blunstone on One Year, the Zombies documentary, and Duncan Browne

Each week on Cultural Manifesto, Kyle Long reveals stories and sounds from the creative frontlines of the past and present. Through music, archives and artist interviews, discover how creators shape meaning with sound, in Indianapolis and well beyond. Tune in each week to this WFYI Public Media show for discoveries that will delight your ears and expand your understanding of our shared world.

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Cultural Manifesto

Episodes

Colin Blunstone on One Year, the Zombies documentary, and Duncan Browne

Secretly Canadian at 30 - How a Bloomington DIY label became a global force in independent music

Oreo Jones on this year's Chreece

Rob Dixon discusses Naptown Soul

Live from Winchester, Indiana's Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Celebrating two of Northwest Indiana's most acclaimed contemporary musician

Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and his upcoming date in Indianapolis

Becky Archibald discusses her new album, Tango for Disobedient Beasts

Exploring the history of Winchester, Indiana’s Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Steve Wariner discusses his roots in the Indianapolis music scene and his work in visual art

Monika Herzig's Transparent uses jazz to confront transphobia

Valerie Phelps and Kenny Phelps on the Making of Project 7

Remembering Indiana's Tom Hensley - keyboard virtuoso and musical adventurer

Composer Jordan Munson discusses new collaboration with Dance Kaleidoscope

Michael Cleveland on Bill Monroe, Billy Strings, and returning to the Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering

Pride Month - LGBTQ+ activist Mary Byrne looks back on her work promoting women’s music in Indiana

Marion, Indiana's Lizz Vega on playing harp, songwriting and livestreaming

How Indianapolis Songwriter Bruz Fletcher Became a Pioneer of LGBTQ+ Music

Indianapolis musician Naomi Pulver is building an audience for her finely crafted pop songs

Harp innovator Edmar Castañeda merges jazz and Colombian tradition

Rusty Redenbacher on Mudkids, Nasty Slim, and battling Eminem

Asian American musicians are shaping Indiana's Sound - celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month

Jermaine from the South on rapping in Creole, playing oud, and making psychedelic hip-hop beats

Indianapolis musician, writer and rapper Foosie on his debut album, All-American Ghetto

The secret history of Radio Free Naptown

Software, the feminist synth-rock band that broke barriers for women and LGBTQ+ musicians in Indianapolis

Born in Indianapolis to immigrant parents, Trigger Alpert recorded with America’s top musicians

Jazz legend Steve Allee reacts to hearing lost tapes

How Indianapolis’ Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell influenced Bob Dylan’s music

Western wear designer Jerry Lee Atwood discusses his solo exhibition, Cowboy Couture

DJ Metrognome and J. Moore celebrate 20 years of Take That Tuesday

Celebrating the women pioneers of Indiana punk, noise, new wave and alternative music

Indiana’s Will Geer fought fascism with art and toured the U.S. with folksinger Woodie Guthrie

40 Indiana guitar pioneers every Hoosier should know: South Bend, Indiana’s Willie Woods

Composer and instrument builder Rob Funkhouser discusses Respiratory Cycle

40 Indiana guitarists every Hoosier should know: Gary, Indiana’s Donald Kinsey

Cesar Maldonado on the roots of Mariachi Herencia de México

Wayne Newton on his early work in country music

The Indiana pioneers of Puerto Rican music

Scholar and broadcaster Nia I’man Smith discusses Sonic Blacknuss Radio

Discovering Sun Ra’s Indiana connections

Martin University founder Boniface Hardin fought for equality in classrooms and communities

Surina Gangwani is bringing Sofar Sounds back to Indianapolis

Exploring Gil Scott-Heron’s work with the Princeton, Indiana producer Robert Hosea Williams

Neko Case discusses her new album, Spotify, and the influence of Umm Kulthum

Jazz bassist and beatmaker Brandon Meeks reflects on his roots in Indiana

Remembering Indiana musicians who died in 2025

Beatmaker Scott Matelic on the evolution of his soulful, psychedelic hip-hop sound

Standout moments and releases by Indiana musicians in 2025

Justin Bland looks back on the history of Made Man Improv