Sound of the Sun On-Demand Spring 2025

Quincy Jones This season we celebrate Quincy Delight Jones Jr., musician, bandleader, composer and producer. There are many ways of achieving great success and wealth in music. Jones’ path to that pinnacle was as unique as it was unexpected and open-ended. Ultimately it made him the only musician in jazz history to achieve the status of an authentic… Read More »

Hip Urban Soul On-Demand Spring 2025

Listen to Hip Urban Soul On-Demand, the fresh Soul R&B tunes from emerging artists now in rotation on Sun Music Live. Get the tracks you love on Apple Music from “Buy What You Hear”. Hip Urban Soul “Buy What You Hear” Spring 2025

That Jazz On-Demand Spring 2025

Tune in to That Jazz On-Demand to hear the fresh jazz tunes by musicians recently added to the Sun Music Live playlist. Purchase the tracks you enjoy via “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music. That Jazz “Buy What You Hear”

Sun-Music Interview – Adrian Younge

Sun-Music’s Tessil Collins caught up to multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer Adrian Younge. They talked about his “Something About April” dream tour. He broke down his companies – Art Don’t Sleep, Linear Labs & Jazz Is Dead – and discovering himself as an artist. Adrian Younge is a rare force in the music world, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and Emmy Award-winning… Read More »

Sun-Music Interview – Jazzmeia Horn

Sun-Music’s Tessil Collins got to chat with the extraordinary vocalist Jazzmeia Horn about her tour, assembling her bands and reflects on the state of jazz scene performance, production and radio. As Grammy-nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn looks out the window of her 11th-floor hotel room in Tokyo, she describes the surrounding skyscrapers, the yellow and pink clouds floating by… Read More »

Sun-Music Interview – Nicholas Payton

Sun-Music’s Sheila Anderson caught up with multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, producer, arranger, essayist, and social activist Nicholas Payton to review his upcoming tour schedule, new band, new position at Berklee College and reflect a bit on music education. The New Orleans-born Payton has followed his calling since growing up under the tutelage of his parents — acclaimed bassist Walter… Read More »

Hip Urban Soul On-Demand Winter 2025

Listen to Hip Urban Soul On-Demand, the fresh Soul R&B tunes from emerging artists now in rotation on Sun Music Live. Get the tracks you love on Apple Music from “Buy What You Hear”. Hip Urban Soul “Buy What You Hear” Winter 2025

That Jazz On-Demand Winter 2025

Tune in to That Jazz On-Demand to hear the fresh jazz tunes by musicians recently added to the Sun Music Live playlist. Purchase the tracks you enjoy via “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music. That Jazz “Buy What You Hear”