Ayana Contreras
Shows - Soulful Strut | Saturday 2pm
Ayana Contreras is Rocky Mountain Public Media’s Assistant General Manager of Radio and Program Director at The DROP 104.7. As a professional DJ, Ayana has shared the stage with a wide variety of artists, from Roy Ayers to Nile Edwards & Chic to Gang of Four. Ayana is also a columnist for DownBeat magazine, and her writings have been published in the New York Times, Chicago Review, Oxford American and Bandcamp Daily among other publications. Her book on Post-Civil Rights Era cultural history, titled Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago, was published December 2021 through University of Illinois Press.
Recent Posts
Soulful Strut — Stax's Deanie Parker Talks History, Legacy
This summer, HBO Max premiered the docuseries Stax: Soulsville U.S.A, which offers an inside glimpse into Stax Records, the iconic record label that produced soul legends such as Otis Redding,…
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