Reclaimed Soul
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This playlist is built around soulful, upbeat sounds from the flower power 1960s, which to her sound ‘especially optimistic’
Ayana Contreras presents another program produced from the comfort of her at-home record room.
Ayana shares uplifting Soulful tunes to keep us warm during these times of isolation.
Ayana sent us all a message in a bottle… a hand-curated, soulful Spotify playlist. Piña colada optional.
Back in the day, most record stores had stacks of Radio Station Surveys at their front counter, a list of the top tracks that each station was spinning that week. Leafing through her own stack of old Radio Station Surveys from Soul stations in Chicago (like WJPC, WBMX, and WVON), Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras […]
The MCA show is a reflection of Chicago’s kaleidoscopic lens, trained towards the world …
At Reclaimed Soul Live 2019, performer avery r. young and his band had the house jumping from start to finish…
Ayana Contreras picks her favorite records of 2019 so far…
 Genre-blending singer, songwriter and producer Van Hunt visited Reclaimed Soul with an exclusive in-studio performance of stripped down classics from his 2004 self-titled debut (now released as his latest recording, TRIM). Plus, a conversation about his current work and his classic recordings (including 2004’s Van Hunt and 2006’s On The Jungle Floor). Plus, Ayana […]
For this excerpt of Emily’s visit to Reclaimed Soul, Ayana pulls from her expansive vinyl collection to make music selections tailor-made for soulful singer/songwriter Emily King.