WBGO has a new show on Mondays from 6am-8am. "The Hard Bop Cafe" is hosted by Monifa Brown. Long-time WBGO announcer Monifa ...

As the Trump administration moves to quickly expand immigration detention space, a series of standoffs have emerged between ...

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with some of the organizers of the Newark stop of the State of the People Power Tour on May 13 ...

WBGO's President and CEO Steven A. Williams responds to President Trump issuing an executive order seeking cessation of ...

The following report comes from the Associated Press via WHYY. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week.

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Doug Doyle remembers former Newark Mayor and State Senator Sharpe James. James died on Monday, May 12 at the age of 89. Sharpe James was considered ...

Suzanne Vega is sitting in the morning…in a hotel room outside of Chicago, where she played the night before, logging onto Zoom. She’s on the road with her longtime musical partner in crime Gerry ...

Beloved singer and Newark native Andrew W. “Andy” Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with his four-octave, ...

Sheila E. Anderson, whose moniker, “Queen of Hang,” is a mover and shaker in the world of art, most notably in jazz. Much focus is placed upon the artists and rightfully so, yet Ms. Anderson is ...