WE ARE BACK NOW AT 1121 THIS WEEKEND, RADIO IS HOSTING A WINE PAIRING THAT MATCHES WINE WITH MUSIC. I’M JOINED HERE IN STUDIO WITH TARIQ MOODY FROM RADIO MILWAUKEE AND HYPHENS MUSICAL DIRECTOR ELEMENT EVERS BLANC. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. I’M SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENT. IT’S CALLED SAMPLES FOR SAMPLES AND SAMPLES. BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT HYPHEN RADIO IS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HYPHEN RADIO. YOU GUYS ARE STILL FAIRLY NEW. YEAH, I LOVE ELEMENT. WELL, HYPHEN IS A RADIO STATION. RADIO MILWAUKEE STATION THAT IS DESIGNED TO AMPLIFY AND CENTER BLACK MUSIC. NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES OUT THERE, BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE ORIGINS ARE IN BLACK SPIRITUAL OR THEY’RE FROM BLACK CULTURE, AND THAT’S WHAT WE AIM TO AMPLIFY. AND NOT JUST MUSIC. WE TALK ABOUT TECH, WE GET INTO FOOD, WE GET INTO OBVIOUSLY MUSIC AND FOOD AND PAIRINGS. SO AND FOR THE BLACKITY BLACK MARKET THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING, WE LIKE TO AMPLIFY ALL THINGS BLACK, INCLUDING ENTREPRENEURS. YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE CULTURE. AND IT’S POWERED BY RADIO MILWAUKEE 8889 FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA. SO TALK ABOUT SAMPLES AND SAMPLES. YEAH, SAMPLES AND SAMPLES IS AN EVENT THAT WAS CREATED BY DERRICK WESTBROOK, A BLACK SOMMELIER BASED IN CHICAGO. NOT A LOT OF BLACK SOMMELIERS IN THE COUNTRY. HE DOES THIS AROUND THE COUNTRY. I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HIM ABOUT A LITTLE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WE WERE WORKING ON AN IDEA FOR A MUSIC AND WINE PODCAST AND THEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE BRING THE EVENT HERE TO MILWAUKEE. SO IT’S BASICALLY HIM BASED. IT’S A LIVELY CONVERSATION ABOUT WINE AND MUSIC AND HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AND TALKS ABOUT HIS JOURNEY AS A BLACK SOMMELIER. AND IF YOU LIKE, LOOK AT SOME OF THE VIDEOS WE SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S A LIVELY, LIVELY EVENT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE AIR ABOUT BEYONCE, PEOPLE PARTYING HIS EVENTS JUST LIKE THAT. OKAY. I KNOW. I KNOW A LOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE WINE AND THEY LOVE MUSIC. WHAT A BETTER WAY TO PAIR IT TOGETHER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WINE SAMPLES AND SAMPLES OF MUSIC. I, I WENT TO A WINE TASTING RECENTLY AND I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST OFFICIAL WINE TASTING BECAUSE WHEN I SAY WINE TASTING, I’M LIKE, YEAH, SURE, GIVE ME SOME WINE. I’LL TASTE IT. BUT NO, LIKE THERE ARE ACTUALLY THERE’S A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT GOES BEHIND THIS. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT AT LEAST I WAS WAS, WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT BEFOREHAND. YEAH. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE DOING TOO. THAT IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO IS A CELEBRATION OF GATHERING. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE’VE ALL SEEN THOSE MOVIES WHERE EVERYBODY’S GATHERED TOGETHER, THEY’RE DRINKING THEIR WINE, THEY TURN THE MUSIC UP AND IT TURNS INTO A DANCE PARTY. WELL, WE’RE GOING TO ADD THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THAT BECAUSE WHEN THE SPEAKER IS SPEAKING, HE’S GOING TO BRING OUT CERTAIN THINGS IN THE WINE THAT YOU NORMALLY MIGHT MISS BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T HAVE THAT EDUCATION. BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A PARTY, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO YOU GET ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. I LOVE THAT. YEAH. I WAS LIKE WHEN I WAS ASKED HOW HOW FULL DOES IT FEEL? I’M LIKE, I DON’T KNOW. AND I DIDN’T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A A FULLNESS TO IT. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH EDUCATION WITH THAT. SO THAT’S PRETTY COOL. TAKE US THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF THIS WEEKEND’S EVENT. YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, IT’S A FUNDRAISER FOR HYPHEN. YOU KNOW, WE’RE A NONPROFIT BASICALLY. PEOPLE COME OUT, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE NETWORKING AND A LITTLE BEFOREHAND PEOPLE TO CHAT AND TALK. SO BASICALLY WHEN IT STARTS THERE, WESTBROOKS HAS A DJ ODD COUPLE WHO’S FROM MILWAUKEE. HE’S ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OPRAH, SO HE’S GOING TO BE ON STAGE WITH WITH DEREK WESTBROOK. AND SO BASICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT I THINK IT’S ABOUT FIVE WINES THAT WILL GO THROUGH AN EVENT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME STARCHY FOODS, AS THEY SAY. THEY RECOMMEND BRING SOME STARCHY FOODS. YOU’LL BE DRINKING A LOT OF WINE. YOU GOT TO SOAK UP THE ALCOHOL BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO GET TOO CRAZY. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. SO AND THEN TICKETS, ARE THEY AVAILABLE OR ARE THEY HOW SHOULD FOLKS GET TICKETS AVAILABLE? THEY CAN GET IT VIA EVENTBRITE OR DIRECTLY ON HYPHEN DOT ORG. ORG. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ON SATURDAY. HYPHEN SAMPLES AND SAMPLES. MUSIC, WINE PAIRING EVENT TAKES PLACE SATURDAY FROM 630 UNTIL 9:00. WINE EXPERT DEREK WESTBROOK IS HOSTING THE EXPERIENCE AND IT’S HAPPENING AT THE HOME OF RADIO MILWAUKEE RIGHT AT BERKELEY. AND PITTSBURGH RIGHT THERE IN THE THIRD WARD, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE THIRD WARD, RIGHT OUT OF THE THIRD WARD, ACTUALLY. SO SAMPLES AND SAMPLES. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. HERE. WE APPRECIATE I