Kite Line Radio

November 25, 2016 – Female Survival in Prison

November 18, 2016 – Families and Prison, Part Two

November 12, 2016 – Families and Prison, Part One

November 4, 2016 – Sekou Kambui

October 28, 2016 – Hunger and Work Strikes

October 21, 2016 – The Bomani Episode

Here is a list of the music featured in Kite Line Episode 12: The Bomani Episode-

1. “After Thoughts,” Oddisee
2. “Palaces,” A$AP Rocky
3. “Drowning,” Mick Jenkins
4. “A Love Supreme Part IV,” John Coltrane
5. “Don’t Explain,” Billie Holiday
6. “Break Down and Let It All Out,” Nina Simone
7. “Change For The World,” Charles Bradley

As mentioned in the episode, here is a list of the albums that Bomani went on hunger strike for-

1. Stan Getz—Getz for Lovers
2. Joe—Signature
3. Freddy Cole—Singing the Blues
4. Branford Marsalis—Songs of Mirth and Melancholy
5. Gregory Porter—Liquid Spirit
6. Beethoven—Favorite Piano Sonatas
7. Keith Jarrett—Always Let Me Go
8. Dave Brubeck Quartet
9. Diana Ross—Motown’s Greatest Hits
10. Miles Davis—Sketches of Spain
11. Sade—Cherish the Day
12. Branford Marsalis—Eternal
13. Stevie Wonder—Innervisions
14. Cube
15. McCoy Tyner—Soliloquy
16. Jay-Z—MTV Unplugged
17. Miles Davis—Kind of Blue
18. Shirley Horn—But Beautiful
19. Mariah Carey—Charm Bracelet
20. Jay-Z—Kingdom Come
21. Dexter Gordon—Go
22. John Coltrane—A Love Supreme
23. Stevie Wonder—Songs in the Key of Life
24. The Deep Woods—Sounds of Nature
25. Rachmaninov—24 Preludes
26. Stan Getz—People Time
27. Keith Jarrett—Standards in Norway
28. Miles Davis—Love Songs
29. Snoop Dogg—Bush
30. Roberta Flack—The Very Best of
31. New Edition—Heart Break
32. Jon Garbarek—In Praise of Dreams
33. The Whispers—Vol. One & Vol. Two
34. Kurt Elling—The Messenger
35. Robert Glasper—Black Radio
36. Miguel—Kaleidoscope Dream
37. Nina Simone—The Best of
38. Kem—Intimacy
39. Luther Vandross—Forever, For Always
40. Brad Mehldau—Live at the Village Vanguard
41. D’angelo—Voodoo
42. George Benson—Breezin’
43. Whales—Sounds of Nature
44. Von Freeman—Doin’ It Right Now
45. Sean Jones—Gemini
46. Sarah Vaughan—How Long Has This Been Going On?
47. Keith Jarrett—Last Dance
48. Gill Scott-Heron—I’m New Here
49. Jay-z—The Blue Print 2
50. Drake—If You’re Reading This
51. Grover Washington, Jr.—Winelight
52. Cecile McLorin Salvant—Woman Child
53. Teddy Pendergrass—The Essential
54. Wale—Album About Nothing
55. Kem—Promise to Love
56. Phyllis Hyman—Prime of My Life
57. 2Pac—Unitl the End of Time
58. Rick Ross—God Forgives
59. The Game—Doc. One
60. Kendrick Lamar—Pimp a Butterfly
61. 2Pac—Until the End of Time
62. Nas and D. Marley—Distant Relatives
63. Spinners—Best of
64. George Benson—Best of
65. Rick Ross—Mastermind
66. Drake—Nothing Was the Same
67. Faith Evans—First Lady
68. Yolanda Adams—Live in Washington
69. Gil Evans—Jazz Standards
70. Eric Clapton—Unplugged
71. Nas—Life is Good
72. Luther Vandross—The Night I Fell
73. Lauren Hill—Unplugged
74. Randy Weston—Blue Moses
75. Johnny Gill—Love Songs
76. Luther Vandross—Give Me the Reason
77. Rolling thunder—Sounds of Nature
78. Paul HArdcastle—Chill Lounge
79. Kirk Whalum—Roundtrip
80. Freddy Cole—Love Makes the Changes
81. Raheem Devaughn—Love & War
82. Outkast—Best of
83. Gonzalo Rubalcaba—The Blessing
84. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone
85. Pure Relaxation
86. Chaka Khan—Ask Rufus
87. Dizzy Gillespie
88. Bill Withers—Live
89. David Murray—Like a Kiss that Never
90. Isley Brothers—Smoothing Sailin’
91. Mark Murphy—Love is What Stays
92. Gerald Levert—Private Line
93. D’Angelo—Black Messiah
94. Nas—N Word
95. August Alaine—Testimony
96. Rick Ross—Hood Billionaire
97. Marvin Gaye—Let’s Get it On
98. Marvin Gaye—What’s Going On
99. Marvin Gaye—I Want You
100. Jay-Z—Blue Print 1
101. Jay-Z—Hard Knock Life Vol. 2
102. Jay-Z—Holy Grail
103. Jay-Z—Roc La Familia
104. Anthony Hamilton—Comin’ from Where I’m From
105. Sonny Rollins—Vol. 2
106. 50 Cent—Animal Ambition
107. Babe & Chuchu
108. Randy Newman—Best of
109. The Roots—Things Fall Apart
110. Keith Jarrett—Tribute
111. Bill Evans—We Will Meet Again
112. The Brand New Heavies
113. Gerri Allen—The Life of a Song
114. Amy Winehouse—Back to Black
115. Diana Krall—Live in Paris
116. Smokey Robinson—Time Flies
117. Floetry—Flo-ology
118. Musiq Soulchild—I just Want to Sing
119. Maxwell—Black Summer
120. Ahmed Jamal—Blue Moon
121. Branford Marsalis—Footsteps
122. Steve Kuhn—The Best Things
123. Gregory Porter—Be Good
124. Charles Mingus—Mingus Ah Hum
125. Rhye—Woman
126. Michael Brecker—Tales from the Hudson
127. Terence Blanchard—Wandering Moon
128. J. Cole—Born Sinner
129. Charlie Wilson—Forever Charlie
130. Glenn Lewis—World Outside my Window
131. Musiq Soulchild
132. Trey Songz—Trigga
133. The Stylistics—Rockin’ Roll Baby
134. Euge Groove—Born to Groove
135. Jesse Powell—Bout It
136. Isley Brothers—Between the Sheets
137. D’Angelo—Brown Sugar
138. Mary J. Blige—Share My World
139. Jahaim—The Making of a Man
140. R. Kelly—The Playlist
141. R. Kelly—The R in R&B
142. Carl Thomas—Emotional
143. Brain McKnight—From There to Here
144. Rochelle Ferrell—Individuality
145. JC Sanford Orchestra
146. Maze—Greatest Hits
147. Donell Jones—Where I Wanna Be
148. Angie Stone—Best of
149. Roland Kirk
150. Kenny Baron

Books on CD:
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Native Son by Richard Wright

As mentioned in Kite Line Episode 12, there is a fundraiser to help Marius Mason afford his college tuition. More information can be found here:

https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/marius-mason-s-education–2

And as always, you can visit https://supportmariusmason.org/ for updates on Marius.

A zine of Marius’s poetry will be available soon!

October 14, 2016: Habeas Corpus

Kite Line- Episode 10: YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard)