ColaJazz Presents: Charlton Singleton

By Sean Birch

Published May 2, 2021 at 12:00 AM EDT

This week on ColaJazz Presents, we welcome trumpeter, singer, and songwriter Charlton Singleton to the show.

A native of Awendaw, SC, Singleton is a member of the Grammy Award-winning group Ranky Tanky as well as a solo artist. He's also the newly minted recipient of the SC Governor's Award for the Arts for Individual Artist.

In this clip from 2011, Charlton Singleton performs his original tune "The New Deal."

You can watch more performances from some of the artists featured on ColaJazz Presents on the ColaJazz Foundation's YouTube page here.

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Sean Birch brings his passion for engaging with listeners and delivering high-quality radio and podcasts to his role as Director of South Carolina Public Radio. Working with his team, he guides the creation of news and programming which informs, entertains and reflects the diverse population of the Palmetto State. He also chooses the national programming heard on stations and oversees the day-to-day operations of the radio network.

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