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ayana
- 'Hood
- Chatham/West Chesterfield
- Age
- 26
Vocalo.org host/producer
Favorite Music
Curtis Mayfield, Black Merda, Rotary Connection, Fear Itself, Donald Byrd, Van Hunt, Windy City, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Dells, Dorothy Ashby, Johnny Nash, Tokyo Police Club, Honeycut, Willie Hutch, Junk Science, Median, Galactic, Kenna
Favorite Movies
Wattstax 1 & 2, Godfathers & Sons, Malcolm X, Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth in "Cover Girl", Dead Presidents, anything Kurasawa, Spaghetti Westerns, Set it Off, Blaxploitation flicks (if only for the soundtracks), Charly, The Landlord, The Inkwell, Love Jones, Enter the Dragon, Killer of Sheep, Bonnie & Clyde, Black Girl
Favorite Books
"The Book of Disquiet"--Fernando Pessoa, "Divided Soul"--David Ritz, "Right On: From Blues to Soul in Black America"- Michael Halalambos, "Sweet Flypaper of Life"--Roy DeCarava & Langston Hughes, "The Bluest Eye"--Toni Morrison, "The Wretched of the Earth"--Franz Fanon, "Nervous Conditions"--Tsitsi Dangarembga, "The God of Small Things"--Arundhati Roy
favorite Websites (other than vocalo.org!!)
"Everyone
as an Artist"
--Joseph Beuys, 1979
My Interests
Featured in playlists
- Highs and Lows
- Pranks, People and the voices of our city
- Highs and Lows
- Pranks, People and the voices of our city
- Public Displays of ...
- Places Spaces Visions and Names
- Places Spaces Visions and Names
- SizeMatters-- Food, BuzzCuts, & Art
- Size Matters-- Food, BuzzCuts, & Art
- Join us for
- Keeping It Real ...
- Keeping It Real ...
- If I Ruled the World ...
- If I Ruled The World ...
- Home Grown Art--
- Building Character ...
- Nature / Nurturing ...
- Airing it Out!
- Airing it Out!
- The Sweetest Thing
- Holla!
- _______________ to the rescue...
- Return of The Circus: Thrills, Chills, Sounds, and Freaky Indiana
- Speak Your Peace!
- iPods, sneakers, and activism
- There's No Place Like America Today
- Deconstructing Love and War
- The Sound Commodity....
- The Revolution will Be Broadcast... And We'll Hear it First Hand
- Citizens of Tomorrow
- On the Street Where You Live....
- What time is it?
- The Leader in News....
- Vocalo January 7
- RADIO OF THE FUTURE
- All Ears!
- Almost Famous...
- What it Comes Down to...
- Ayana and Dan
- Ayana and Dan: Getting Involved
- Ayana and Dan: You called it
- Ayana and Dan: Just a Phone Call Away...
- Danyana
- Danyana: easier said than done
- Brian and Ayana
- Ayana and Dan: Back in Action!
- Danyana
- Steve and Dan
- Bibiana and Ayana
- Diversity For ALL?
- Vocalo.org Filter
- Vocalo Magazine
- Ayana and Bibiana : Spring is upon us, and....
- Darlene and Navraaz
- Noon Team
- Noon team
- Mid Day May 8
- Mid-Day Dreaming?
- Wed Mid-Day
- The AMp at the :V
- Mid-Day the Right Way
- Miss Rap Supreme and More
- Bursting with AMp
- Mid-Day Air
- Vocaloverdrive
- Mid-day Delight
- VocalOverdrive: Getting Pumped
- Boiling Over Mid-day and Forever
- Vocalo.org Evening Team
- All Things Springer and More Reality Tales…
- VocalOverdrive
- AMp-ing on what could be a Holiday. Or the day after a holiday. Wowowow.
- Moo, Moo, Moo...Moo & Oink
- Vocalo Overdrive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Doin' The Hump!
- Englewood talks of jazz, hip hop, and the best food to eat after dancing.
- :V is for Viernes? (Viernes = Friday and looking forward!)
- VocalEvening: Revving up
- FRIDAY FOCUS: ACTION PACKED
- More of the mole...and West Side vs. South Side
- Vocalo.org: Night Time is the Right Time
- AMp kick-off
- Blues, Blood, and Pride
- Vo Remembers Bo... and is this Obama's moment?
- Mid-Day Rising (we got the Blues way down deep inside)
- Starting/over. Plus: VocalOverdrive adds Erik's picks
- What do Vegetarians eat at BBQ's?
- Mid-Day Rising (on the hunt, on the road, Outside, and in the game)
- Nighttime is the Righttime (No Shirt No Shoes No Radio)
- Bubblin', Boilin', Bizzwow with AMp
- Vocalo Overdrive
- The NiGHT TeaM!
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash (2)
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Midday
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- The Midday Mash Up
- AMp hump
- Midday Mash-Up
- VocalOverdrive
- AMp climax
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- VocalOverdrive: Getting there
- Midday Mash-Up
- VocalOverdrive: All the Way
- The Midday Mash-Up
- American Summer
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Night Flight 4 Thursday
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- AMp starts ya weekend
- Midday Mash-Up
- Night Light on Tuesday
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Midday Mash-Up
- super AMp
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- I Am So Happy Today From 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm!
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Midday Mash-Up
- AMp over the hill
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Midday Mash-Up
- Vocalo Overdrive
- Mid-Day Mash
- AMp on the mound
- Midday Mashup
- Back in the Groove with the Midday Mash
- VocalOverdrive: Does school just suck?
- AMp over the hill
- Midday Mash-Up
- super AMp
- When the poo hits the fan....
- Mid-Day Mash
- Black or not Black?
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- Getting it all out there
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- The Music of Meaning..wait the Meaning of Music
- AMp jump
- Mid-Day Mash
- Performance!
- Mid-Day Mash
- Mid-Day Mash
- AMp over the hill
- Sis's and Bro's
- Dating
- Mid-Day Mash Wednesday
- The Fight Club
- The Young Vote
- WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
- Mid-Day Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
- Dance the Mid-day Mash-up Potato
- Preserving our past
- Pie Fight!
- Lies we tell ourselves and other fairy tales.
- Saturday Vocalo Fever
- Mid-Day Mash
- What's in a Name?
- East Meet West?
- Mid-Day Mash: Punks and Police
- Is the Internet Full of Fakes?
- Crazy to Stay or Crazy to Go?
- Mid-Day Mash: COLORS!
- Learning, Pains, and Addiction
- What happens in Grant Park if Obama loses (or wins)?
- Red Crystal Palace & Spooky You
- Forgiveness and Anger
- Mid-Day Mash: Fail Better
- Grooming 101
- You get what you pay for... or do you?
- Fear
- Nov 4: Choose!
- Whether the Weather
- Winning, Losing, and the After-Party
- Break ups
- Midday -- Only Natural
- Vocalo @ The Barbershop
- Midday--Hair!
- Celebrities
- Food fight!
- Local Roundup
- School Daze
- LGBTQHS? And the Order of Odd Fish
- Money, Money, Money
- Almost Famous...
- VocalOverdrive
- Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!
- How to protect the president-elect?
- traffic jam
- Friends and Frenimies
- VocalOverdrive
- Anniversaries and Birthdays
- Left Out in the Cold
