Chris Campbell is a broadcast personality/nationally-renowned tastemaker and host of the multi-genre electronic music program The Progressive Underground. He is also a correspondent for NPR (National Public Radio) curating global underground music for national segments such as "Heavy Rotation" and "Songs We Love."  Campbell is the host of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s “Paradise Jazz Series,” “Concerts at the Cube,” and is co-host of the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre’s “Jazzy Wednesdays Summer Concert Series.”   

He has also hosted events including the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Charivari Detroit Electronic Music Fest and has curated/hosted Detroit Performs LIVE on WTVS-Channel 56 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), along with hosting/moderating a variety of concerts, industry showcases, artist album releases, panel discussions, movie screenings, and press unveilings.

Campbell is also an author and music journalist who has written for national and international publications such as Smooth Jazz News, Upscale, and Examiner.  He is a published author as his books “The Essential Neo-Soul” and “Essential Neo-Soul 2.0” spotlight the modern-day progressive soul music movement and are the only publications of their kind to cover the history of the modern/alternative soul community.

The Progressive Underground Show 279 feat. TREY SIMON

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The Progressive Underground Show 277: ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIBUTE

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The Progressive Underground Show 276 feat. JEAN LUC-PONTY, CEDRIC MCDOUGLE (SUMMER OASIS FEST) & TEAM CHARIVARI

Progressive Productions This installment of The Progressive Underground features exclusive interviews with legendary jazz/fusion violinist JEAN LUC-PONTY (in advance of...

The Progressive Underground Show 275 feat. BETH

Beth Griffith Music Tonight's episode of The Progressive Underground profiles soul songstress BETH and samplings of her music discography including...

The Progressive Underground Show 274

Yazmin Lacey Music On tonight's The Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell samples tracks from The Internet, Kamaal Wiliams, Isis Damil,...

The Progressive Underground Show 273 feat. ISIS DAMIL/TZI’ON YISRAEL/JOEL FLUENT GREENE

Isis Damil Music Tonight's episode of The Progressive Underground features interviews with ISIS DAMIL, TZI'ON YISRAEL & JOEL FLUENT GREENE,...

The Progressive Underground Show 272 feat. BONEY JAMES

Boney James Music On this weekend's installment of The Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell interviews jazz/soul saxophonist BONEY JAMES (in...

On this weekend’s The Progressive Underground: BONEY JAMES

Boney James Music On this weekend's installment of The Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell interviews jazz/soul saxophonist BONEY JAMES (in...

The Progressive Underground Show 271 feat. DRUMMER B

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The Progressive Underground Show 270 feat. ANDY COMPTON & LeXus

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The Progressive Underground 268

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The Progressive Underground Show 267: Acid Jazz Edition

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