The BUZZ cover art

The BUZZ

The BUZZ

By: Gail Nobles
Listen for free

The Buzz is about a story of soul music and characters. It is about a disc jockey who is called the Bumblebee and the podcast is called The BUZZ. Gail Nobles © 2020.Gail Nobles © 2026
Episodes
  • Rosa Lee-From Shadows to Spotlight 6.8.’26 5.55 PM

    Rosa Lee-From Shadows to Spotlight 6.8.’26 5.55 PM
    Jun 8 2026
    Story: Rosa Lee - From Shadows to Spotlight
    Story by: Gail Nobles © 2026
    Photo cover by: Gail Nobles
    Music: AI Assistant
    Horn and Piano music created & played by: Keyboardist Gail Nobles
    Songwriter credit: Gail Nobles
    Lead vocalist and background vocals: AI Assistant
    Speaking vocals (Spoken Word) by: Gail Nobles


    It seemed like everyday, Priscilla heard about a singer named Rosa Lee. She wanted Rita King but she was under Rob Spenser’s label. Priscilla had plans to take her away from Rob. Monty kept telling Priscilla to go to the Brick City Nightclub to see Rosa Lee. He bragged so hard how well she could sing. Priscilla finally decided to go. She wore a wide brim hat and a striped suit and kept a tiny recorder in her pocket under the pocket lining. There was another lining sewed beneath it so the recorder wouldn’t fall through.

    Priscilla loved Rosa’s singing. But she could tell that Rosa was in pain. After her performance, Priscilla went backstage and peeped in Rosa’s dressing room. Her door was cracked open. She saw Rosa trying to cover a bruise on her face with makeup. It didn’t matter anyway if the bruise was seen. Everyone at the club knew that she was being beaten by the club owner. Priscilla kept her distance. She moved away from the dressing room door before Rosa could see her.

    Soon, Priscilla saw the club owner slap a young woman. She then knew who Rosa Lee had been beaten by. The girl ran outside crying. Priscilla walked out of the club to question the girl. The girl stood outdoors crying.

    Priscilla asked: What did he hit you for?

    The young woman replied: He didn’t like the way I responded to him.

    Priscilla: You work for him?

    The woman: Yes

    Priscilla: Good, because you’ll be working for me. He won’t hit you again. Go back into the club.

    Priscilla went back into the club behind the young woman. She threatened the owner of the club secretly showing him a small pistol. She made him promise to never hit the young woman again. But that didn’t stop him from beating other women including Rosa.

    Priscilla decided to blackmail the owner. She didn't just want the money; she wanted the keys. She spent months documenting every broken promise and every bruised jaw, building a file that would turn the club owner’s legacy into ash. When she finally sat across from the club owner in his dimly lit office, she didn't demand a payout. She presented a contract. She leveraged his violence against his own balance sheet, bleeding his accounts dry until he had nothing left to offer but the deed itself. By the time the ink dried, the predator was out, and she was behind the desk, turning his house of horrors into a fortress of her own.

    Then Priscilla began to listen to her secret recordings of Rosa Lee. She called her into the office to talk to her. She asked, “Why do you let him hit you? Why do you keep coming back here?”

    Rosa asked: What are you talking about?

    Priscilla: You know what I’m talking about. And I know what the owner of this club has been doing to you. Why do you keep coming here?

    Rosa: He pays me to sing.

    Priscilla: How much?

    Rosa: $200 a night.

    Priscilla: I can pay you way more than that.

    Then Priscilla told Rosa that she was the owner of the club. and explained how she had been recording her performance. She asked if she would like to be heard live on the radio. Rosa gave a quick yes. Then Priscilla called Monty down to the club to pick up a recording to play Rosa singing. She told Monty to use his original radio name ‘The Buzz’. Monty went down to the station toon to put Rosa on the air.

    Monty: You’re listening to ‘The Buzz’! Here’s Rosa singing: Got What You Want’.

    Music 🎶


    Gail: You're listening to The Buzz. Story by Gail Nobles © 2026.

    The BUZZ

    This episode includes AI-generated content.
    Show More Show Less
    6 mins
  • Priscilla & the Lion Code 2:20:26 8.17 PM

    Priscilla & the Lion Code 2:20:26 8.17 PM
    Feb 21 2026
    Story: Priscilla and the Lion Code
    Story by Gail Nobles © 2026
    Cover image: Gail Nobles

    There was a big lion music barcode on a poster on a wall in an underground studio. A young female producer sat in front of it with a large vinyl record beside her. The music from her groups had important messages and meanings. The Lion code stood for this music, filled with both happiness and sadness. No other artists had music like hers. It was difficult to steal from her artists because their music was coded. Their songs had a unique sound because of that code, which made it special. Sometimes, you could hear a lion's growl in the interludes between songs. But the Lion was more than just a sound on a record; it was like a roar in the horn and drum. When someone scanned the barcode on the records, the music could be traced back to its owner, Priscilla. However, this sound was quiet and not audible to others. Only Priscilla could hear it through a small device in her ear.

    Priscilla was set on keeping her artists and her business safe from criminals like Rob Spencer. He was a strong and aggressive man. Priscilla decided that if he tried to take her business, she would do anything to stop him, even if it meant hurting him.

    Priscilla paced her studio, her mind racing with unsettling scenarios. She couldn’t shake the image of Rob’s imposing figure looming over her, a constant reminder of the threat he posed to her artists and her livelihood. "If it comes down to it," she thought, her heart pounding, "I’ll fight back with everything I have. I may not be as strong as him, but I know how to use my surroundings to my advantage. A swing from a baseball bat. Anything to fend him off.” The idea of physical confrontation was daunting, but the thought of surrendering her passion ignited a fiery determination within her. She would not be a victim; not now, not ever.

    You're listening to The Buzz. Story by Gail Nobles © 2026.

    The BUZZ
    Show More Show Less
    3 mins
  • Songs of Change 8:11:25 1.03 PM

    Songs of Change 8:11:25 1.03 PM
    Aug 11 2025
    Intro by: Gail Nobles
    Story: Songs of Change
    Story by: Gail Nobles © 2025
    Illustration by: Gail Nobles

    There was a singing group called the Attractioners that converted an old building into a makeshift record factory. They pressed their work onto huge discs, stored the unreleased recordings in a secure vault, and filled their songs with hidden messages. Their music was powerful enough to inspire a positive movement, which made them both influential and suspect — they were watched because they were a potential

    Meanwhile, their love songs brought people together at events, in homes, and across communities. The group became indispensable to Priscilla’s business: Monty sent unsigned artists to her, and Priscilla always put her artists first, taking less for herself so everyone else was paid. Because of that generosity, money flowed in and there was plenty to go around.

    In the end Priscilla and Monty had to guard against those who wanted to bring them down. Priscilla’s own producer, Rob Spencer, emerged as the ringleader, scheming to steal her artists and sabotage her company. But Monty and the record-making group, the Attractioners, stood firm behind her, protecting the music and the business they had built.

    You’re listening to the buzz story by Gail Nobles © 2025.

    The BUZZ
    Show More Show Less
    2 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet