Matana Roberts archive
Listen Matana Roberts: An Ancestral History In Music
July 27, 2011 – The saxophonist's new album draws from the history of 18th-century Louisiana "free people of color."
Listen Matana Roberts' COIN COIN: Live In Concert WBGO
June 24, 2010 – For the alto saxophonist, music tells the complicated story of her family. Hear the performance. WBGO
Listen Matana Roberts Blows in from 'Chicago' WNYC
May 14, 2008 – The saxophonist and composer's new album salutes her Midwestern roots and her "daddy's crazy music." WNYC