KBCS DJ Appreciation: Oneda Harris

Oneda Harris has been a long time volunteer to KBCS and hosts THE VAULT on Mondays at 9pm and alternating co-host with Winona Hollins-Hauge for Living the Blues Wednesdays 7pm and Gospel Highway Saturdays at 7am.   Take time to listen in and hear a prolific program producer, audio enthusiast with an aficionado of music.  Oneda has been a long time support and stalwart of producing for KBCS Broadcast.  KBCS appreciates so much of the volunteer time spent to produce programs for broadcast.  

KBCS thanks Oneda Harris for her dedication, skill and audio support to KBCS.  Tune in TONIGHT for the latest episode of THE VAULT!   Oneda hosts next Wednesday’s Living the Blues at 7pm for the holiday day, and next weekend, Saturday’s Gospel Highway at 7am.  You can also take a listen to the last 2 weeks of archive audio on the program pages.   And learn more about Oneda from responses to the KBCS DJ Appreciation Questionnaire:  

How long have you been hosting your show?

3 years for the Vault; 20 years for both Gospel Highway and 13 years for Living the Blues

What song or album do you most identify with, which inspired your energy to be a DJ?

Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder because the content, poetry, production, and lyrics.

Your most recent concert:

Seattle Opera’s masterful production of Jubilee, which highlighted the fundraising efforts of the first university dedicated to the education of African Americans post civil war.

Recent Feature film or a Favorite film:

The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Written by one of the true mystery writers of the twentieth century. Dashiell Hammett who also wrote the Thin Man series and the Maltese Falcon.

Favorite recommended song or album for the evening:

Miles Davis’s recording of So What. It is a rapture of improvisational jazz. 

Favorite recommended song or album for sunset:

The Essential Recordings of Lead Belly. It has his gut wrenching, heart pounding, blues guitar which he plays like a percussion instrument.

Favorite recommended song or album for the morning:

My favorite morning song is James Brown’s Think. It is recorded Live with the Fabulous Flames. It is R and B funk perfection.

Favorite recommended song or album for dawn:

The music soundtrack for the movie Diva, which borrows heavily from classical music and modern opera.

What album do you love or really enjoy that might surprise your listeners?

Led Zepplin’s Houses of the Holey. It imitates the music inspired by Robert Johnson and Lead Belly and honors both of these African American blues pioneers. 

What album do you feel changed your life?

Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man. It introduced me to jazz as an original American art form.

Pen, typewriter, computer, device: -please elaborate why-

Pen, because as a part time playwright, a handwritten document is instantly verifiable as an original no plagiarized document. And a pen is easier to carry.

Favorite 21st Century read (book, poem, essay, writing):

Population by Elizabeth Stephens. Because of its dystopian and gothic horror landscapes.

Favorite piece of art:

The first lady portrait of Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald. It uses vibrant colors that accent the first lady’s skin tone by an artist that shares that same skin tone. 

A favorite quote or song that keeps you going:

Ain’t No Stopping Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead. It’s both motivating and inspiring.  

THANK YOU ONEDA! for all your support and time producing for KBCS! Thank you!

Oneda Harris