Celebrating Black History 365 Days a Year, 24 Hours a Day!
Welcome to Afrocentric Sounds Radio information page!
This is the website for Afrocentric Sounds Radio, the free, online radio station featuring classical music written and/or performed by the African diaspora.
Afrocentric Sounds Radio has a pretty eclectic program of music, reflecting the influence of other music styles–Spirituals, Ragtime, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, and other popular and folk music–on the creation and interpretation of classical music. The station also reflects the presence of Afrocentricity in Europe and the Americas. This is a place where the performance of Beethoven or Bach resides comfortably with compositions by Joplin, Ellington, Bonds, etc.
In other words, Afrocentric Sounds Radio is a fusion of the influences of Black musicians–composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists–on the world of music.
The goal? To provide a broadcast venue for recordings that are currently underrepresented on mainstream classical radio in the hope that those hearing this glorious music for the first time will want to make it a part of that mainstream. Here, Black History is celebrated 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
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Scheduled Programming
Daily programming on Afrocentric Sounds Radio:
- Sundays – 8 a.m. – noon Eastern Time: Sacred Sounds: Sacred music from masses to spirituals
- Sundays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Spirituals Sounds: Negro spirituals for solo voice or chorus
- Mondays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Secular Sounds: Art songs and other secular vocal music
- Tuesdays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Piano Sounds: Piano music from yesterday and today
- Wednesdays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Orchestral Sounds: Orchestral music from yesterday and today
- Thursdays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Opera Sounds: Opera arias and excerpts across the centuries
- Fridays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Chamber Sounds: From duets to ensembles, celebrates the instrumental ensemble
- Saturdays – 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time: Randye’s Favorite Sounds: My favorite music from Afrocentric Sounds Radio
Celebrating…. Special Programming
Each month at noon Eastern Time, Afrocentric Sounds Radio offers special broadcasts to celebrate individual composers, vocalists, instrumentalists, and other Classical musicians of the African diaspora with an hour-plus of their music.
March honorees are below (along with links to biographical pages):
- March 2 – Simon Estes (bass) – https://afrovoices.com/simon-estes-biography/
- March 3 – Margaret Bonds (composer, pianist) – https://afrovoices.com/margaret-bonds-biography/
- March 12 – Hall Johnson (composer, conductor) – https://afrovoices.com/hall-johnson-biography/
- March 19 – Robert McFerrin (baritone) – https://afrovoices.com/robert-mcferrin-biography/
Additional special programming will be announced on this page.
About Afrocentric Sounds Radio
Afrocentric Sounds Radio originally launched on November 1, 2009, and relaunched on January 30, 2026. The station has restarted with a limited playlist. Still, with so many resources in my personal digital and physical recordings collections to draw from, there is hopefully much for you to look forward to hearing on the station soon.
I would appreciate your comments. And–I admit–I would appreciate your support to keep Afrocentric Sounds Radio up and growing. The station is paid for out of my pocket, which I assure you isn’t even close to deep. You can send recordings for me to consider for play on the station and/or any financial support you wish to donate.
For more information about Afrocentric Sounds Radio, please email me at radio@afrocentricsounds.net. More information about fundraising will be available soon.
In the meantime, please enjoy the wonderful music played on Afrocentric Sounds Radio!
Randye Jones, Owner and Station Manager