Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie

09/13/2026

Great conversation with Cassandra Wilson and her childhood friend and teacher in Jackson, Dr. Elayne Anthony. It's a real history lesson about the Georgetown neighborhood, where they both grew up. Link to more info in comments.

JANUARY 2025 - Dr Elayne Anthony sits down with Grammy-winning, wor...

09/04/2026

This week we mark the passing of NEA Jazz Master and multiple Grammy awardee Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026). We'll hear songs from Belly of the Sun, Anatomy of a Groove, Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Traveling Miles, Loverly, Silver Pony, and more. Tune into Trinity University's KRTU 91.7 FM Saturday morning, Sept 5 at 10 Central, worldwide on the app and at krtu.org. Playlist, playback, album and artist information are on the blog thereafter at caminhosdojazz.blogspot.com. Até lá, see you there.
Photo credit: Stew Milne (AP)

09/03/2026

We will remember you, Cassandra Wilson. RIP.

http://wfuv.org. Cassandra Wilson performs "Lembra de Mim" live in ...

08/28/2026

This week's show focuses on Dolly Parton, the late great Queen of Country. We'll hear her sing her own songs and those of others. And we'll hear her music interpreted by Beyoncé, Congo Cowboys, Ndlovu Choir, and Matt White's jazz ensemble. That's Saturday morning, August 29 at 10 Central on Trinity University's KRTU 91.7 FM, worldwide on the app and at krtu.org. Playlist, playback, artist and album information is on the blog thereafter at https://caminhosdojazz.blogspot.com. Até lá, see you there.

08/27/2026

Lines like “They just use your mind, and they never give you credit. / It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it,” from her smash hit “9 to 5” are true to the working-class politics of folk music but tell a story through women instead of men. Critics have always struggled to appreciate that kind of poetry. They make exceptions for Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen. Brevity is wit when men do it. When women do it, we’re supposed to think of it as luck. But for Dolly, it wasn’t luck; it was simply the truest expression of the homeland she never, not once, not even after she became a millionaire, spurned.

She knew what I know: Appalachia’s food, its literature and its music are universal. That’s why anywhere in the world where people have been pushed from their homeland or trapped in its cycle of exploitation, you will find a Dolly Parton fan.

Gift article. By Tressie McMillan Cottom.

She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.

08/21/2026

On this week's edition of Caminhos do Jazz, we have the pleasure of welcoming two Brazilian musicians who have just moved to San Antonio. Lívia Helena de Moraes, Ph.D. is a flutist and assistant professor of music education at Trinity University and Thito Camargo is a jazz pianist, composer-arranger, and producer. Music and conversation. Don't miss it.

No programa desta semana, tenho o prazer de apresentar dois músicos brasileiros que acabaram de se mudar para San Antonio. Liívia Helena de Moraes, Ph.D. é professora assistente de educação musical na Trinity University e Thito Camargo é pianista de jazz e arranjador-compositor. Vamos tocar algumas músicas deles e conversar com eles. Até lá, see you there.

That's this Saturday morning, August 22 at 10 Central on Trinity University's KRTU 91.7 FM, worldwide on the app and at krtu.org. Playlist, playback, album and artist information are available thereafter on the blog (LINK below).

https://caminhosdojazz.blogspot.com/2026/08/introducing-thito-camargo-and-liva.html

Listen to this week's show On this week's program, we have the pleasure of welcoming two Brazilian musicians who have just moved to S...

08/14/2026

August 14, 2026 playlist for Caminhos do Jazz revisits Riacho Seco (Dry Creek), a show we did back on July 1, 2022. Four years later, the weather in South Central Texas is just as hot and sandy as ever (and then some). The creek is dry as a bone, though we did have a verdant spring (photo courtesy of Tripadvisor). The songs still resonate.

Caminhos do Jazz airs live on Trinity University's KRTU 91.7 FM, Saturday morning August 15 at 10 Central, worldwide at krtu.org. Playlist, playback, album and artist information are available thereafter on the blog (LINK in bio or COPY-PASTE below). Até lá, see you there.

https://caminhosdojazz.blogspot.com/2026/08/riacho-seco-dry-creek-revisited-2026.html

08/08/2026

On this week's program, we begin a celebration of the 100th birthday of the great singer-songwriter, poet, playwright and civil rights activist Oscar Brown, Jr. (October 10, 1926 - May 29, 2005) with an impassioned new release from LA-based jazz singer and recording artist Amber Weekes.

The show airs live Saturday morning, August 8, 2026 on Trinity University's KRTU 91.7 FM. Playlist, playback, artist and album information are available thereafter on the blog (LINK below). https://caminhosdojazz.blogspot.com/2026/08/to-oscar-with-love-amber-weekes.html

08/06/2026

Here's a lovely album from north of the US border...

Read the All About Jazz review of L'Abîme II by L'Abîme (2026). Expert analysis, ratings, and insight into one of jazz's finest recordings.