April is National Poetry Month and G-town Radio is celebrating the poets of NW Philadelphia. Everyday, all month long we will feature local poets performing their own poems. Hear them on G-town Radio four times a day (8 am, noon, 4 pm and 8 pm). You can also listen on demand below.

Sue Landers (FranklinStein)
It Has A Place for Me as Living
Imperfect

MysTIArious
He Gon Love Me
Politics 101

Keith Q. Schenk (Writer's Avenue)
Tears Of A Clown
Blackberry Blues Wine
Moonpie

Jessica Becker
The North Star
Regret

Yolanda Wisher (yolandawisher.com)
Gangsta Birth
Love is Like A Faucet
My Family Of Women

Fran Gilmore
Lake, Kayak, Sky
Almost Spring at Houston Meadow
Gratitude Options

Folami (Twitter | Facebook | Instagram)
I Am From
The Poet Part II
Hair Story

Terri Night Owl
Moon Dreams
Sagacious
The Front Porch

Victoria Huggins Peurifoy
Daddy's Colors
My Crayons Are Blue
Where You From

Sagacious Pen
A Love Letter
TKO
Breaking Out

RuNette Ebo Gray (poetebo.com)
Apology to Dr. King
Grandmom, Mom to the 2nd Power
What You Make Roaches For

Howard Sergio Tucker
Bahlia's Bossa Nova Eyes
Dare To Love
I Wait

Emma
Poesia

 Tune in to Stepping Into Tomorrow, as hosts Gabriel Bryant and Toshon Jennings feature representatives from the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, a collective of organizers, activists and educators working to have renowned political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal released from prison.  They will discuss the Celebration of Life program, which is a constitutional protest through the arts, and includes programming not only on Mumia's birthday of April 24th (featuring Cornel West, The Last Poets and more), but also activity on the 25th (the Books and Beats Tour, featuring Precise Science Tahir RBG and more) and culminating in a full day of workshops and performances on April 26th, including dead prez, Immortal Technique and more!  You will definitely want to hear how you can get involved in this ongoing programming and freedom struggle that has brought together people nationally and internationally!  Call in at 215.609.4301!

Tonight we welcome Josh Middleton. Not only is Josh the Editor of Philly Mag's LGBT and A&E blogs, G Philly and Ticket, but he also spent 3 years with the Philadelphia City Paper as their Web/Movies Editor. It's going to be a super-fab-Phillyrefic episdoe can't wait to chitty chat with Josh and check The Happs!

Dig the vinyl sounds Wednesday at the Groove.  As It's All Soul told us a few weeks back, Nas' debut masterpiece Illmatic is 20 years old! Got some killer samples for you, the kind that are embedded in some deeeeep jazz tracks. Plus, let's delve into the Stanton Davis Brighter Days alternate takes along with cuts from the original LP and hear more from that necksnappin' album from Dope Gems!

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April 16, 2014

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Taxman"  Soulive  Rubber Soulive  (Royal Potato)

"Mind Rain"  Joe Chambers with Larry Young  Double Exposure  (Muse)

"I Love Music"  Ahmad Jamal Trio  The Awakening  (Impulse)

"Smilin' Billy Suite (part 2)"  Heath Brothrs   12 Inch  (Alpha Omega)
---->whose got my OG copy???

"We're in Love"  Reuben Wilson  Set Me Free  (Blue Note)

"N.T."  Kool & The Gang  Live at P.J.'s  (De-Lite)

"Get Down"  Gene Russell  Talk To My Lady  (Black Jazz)

"Smearzo"  Hadley Caliman  Projecting   (Catalyst)

"Gloria"  Steve Kuhn  Raindrops: Live in New York  (Muse)

"What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch  (Daptone)

"Condor Redux: Theme/Yellow Panic/Flight on the Condor"  Dope Gems  Necksnappin'  (Heavenly Sweetness)

"Anua"  Bennie Maupin  Moonscapes  (Mercury)

"High Diver"  Brian Bennett & Alan Hankshaw  7 Inch  (Wax Poetics)

"Street Scene: Parade"  Arif Mardin  Journey  (Atlantic)

"Funky Fried Tofu (alternate instrumental)"  Stanton Davis & The Ghetto Mysticism Band  Isis Voyage  (Cultures of Soul)

"Nothing But a Party"  Alphonse Mouzon  In Search of a Dream  (MPS)

"Space-a-Nova (part 1)"  Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Cultures of Soul)

"The World Is Yours"  Nas  Illmatic  (Columbia)

"It Ain't Hard to Tell"   Nas  Illmatic   (Columbia)