Blending words and sounds, bringing to the airwaves live performances as well as field and studio recordings by writers the host has crossed paths with over the course of a quarter century. As a Radio Magic Pledge Drive offering, Poet Ray'd Yo presents world premiere broadcasts of works by Amiri Baraka, including performances with the band Blue Ark (Pheeroan Aklaff, Herbie Morgan, Wilber Morris, Dwight West). Host Chris Funkhouser plays selections from newly digitized recordings he made of Baraka in Newark in 1999 & 2000.