You can listen to the Afrocentric Sounds online radio service by clicking on the direct link at https://live365.com/station/Afrocentric-Sounds-a96259

Programming is constantly being added to the station, and there are exciting things to come (I hope). For the most part, though, you can hear recordings of historic and, of course, many of the contemporary composers, vocalists, instrumentalists and conductors featured on this site. They include:

  • Leslie Adams
  • Adele Addison
  • Donnie Ray Albert
  • Betty Allen
  • Odekhiren Amaize
  • Marian Anderson
  • Martina Arroyo
  • Regina Baiocchi
  • Carmen Balthrop
  • Kathleen Battle
  • Harolyn Blackwell
  • Gerald Blanchard
  • Jules Bledsoe
  • Edward Boatner
  • Margaret Bonds
  • Carol Brice
  • Anne Brown
  • Anthony Brown
  • Lawrence Brown
  • Uzee Brown
  • Grace Bumbry
  • Harry Thacker Burleigh
  • Nicole Cabell
  • Valerie Capers
  • John Carter
  • Florence Cole-Talbot
  • Will Marion Cook
  • Anthony Davis
  • Ellabelle Davis
  • William Dawson
  • R. Nathaniel Dett
  • Mattiwilda Dobbs
  • Todd Duncan
  • Duke Ellington
  • Ruby Elzy
  • Simon Estes
  • Antoinette Garnes
  • Denyce Graves
  • Reri Grist
  • Hilda Harris
  • Roland Hayes
  • Richard Heard
  • Barbara Hendricks
  • Moses Hogan
  • Charles Holland
  • Nora Douglas Holt
  • LeVern Hutcherson
  • Betty Jackson King
  • Anita Johnson
  • Hall Johnson
  • John Rosamond Johnson
  • Charles Lloyd, Jr.
  • Wynton Marsalius
  • Edward Matthews
  • Seth McCoy
  • Robert McFerrin
  • Anthony McGill
  • Lena McLin
  • A. Grace Lee Mims
  • Leona Mitchell
  • Jessye Norman
  • John Payne
  • Willis Patterson
  • Leonard de Paur
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
  • Eugene Perry
  • Herbert Perry
  • Julia Perry
  • Florence Price
  • Leontyne Price
  • Florence Quivar
  • Derek Lee Ragin
  • Paul Robeson
  • Faye Robinson
  • Dorothy Rudd Moore
  • George Shirley
  • Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
  • Alvin Singleton
  • Hale Smith
  • Muriel Smith
  • Undine Smith Moore
  • William Grant Still
  • Howard Swanson
  • Darryl Taylor
  • Ricky Taylor
  • Three Mo’ Tenors
  • Edna Thomas
  • Frederick Tillis
  • Louise Toppin
  • Margaret Tynes
  • Shirley Verrett
  • Videmus
  • Althea Waites
  • George Walker
  • William Warfield
  • Daniel Washington
  • Andre Watts
  • Felicia Weathers
  • Wendell Whalum
  • Dolores White
  • Camilla Williams
  • Olly Wilson
  • Lawrence Winters
  • John W. Work, Jr.
  • Lauretta Young

More recordings will be added over time.

At present, this service is self-funded, meaning coming out of my pocket. I’ll run it as long as I can. If you enjoy Afrocentric Voices Radio and would like to see it flourish, your support would be much appreciated–either financial or gifts of relevant recordings Every little bit helps. Please note: your donation is not tax-deductible.

If you wish to make a donation, my mailing address is: PO Box 281, Grinnell, IA 50112.

If you have any questions about the service, please let me know via email at classic@afrocentricsounds.com.