Father's Day

When Bobbi I. Booker thinks about Father's Day, she thinks about music, and the men in her life who showed how to engage with it. She offers her reflections in advance of a special edition of Spirit Soul Music, airing Sunday from 6 to 9 a.m.

Listen to our jazz programming on WRTI 90.1 FM all Father's Day weekend to hear dad grooves, filial tributes, and multi-generational jams.

A few years ago, two generations of great Philadelphia bassists, Christian McBride and Lee Smith, sat down with J. Michael Harrison at WRTI to talk shop and catch up. We're sharing it now as a Father's Day treat.

It's a first: this Saturday, June 20th, a local luminary will be serving up musical shots with me in the Classical Coffeehouse. Be sure to tune in as we…

Many WRTI listeners tell us that their fathers introduced them to the joys of music. My own dad, a terrific amateur tenor, did the same for me. He played…