Everybody’s favorite holiday music begins and ends with Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas but do you know his other music? It’s exquisite, his piano brings so much joy and so much light. In these final weeks of the year, let this music accompany your studio wind-down or your dinner prep, holiday gatherings or rest-filled evenings.
Read MoreSometimes we want to hear just one voice: this week, it’s the incomparable Al Jarreau.
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Lisa Fischer is an extraordinary singer. Period. Her nearly 40 year career has seen her as an uber successful background singer with decades of performances supporting Luther Vandross and The Rolling Stones.
Read MoreThis week — because we’re Dope Chicks — we’re listening to the Official Playlist from Dear Dope Chick!
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The Merrueshi Women Co-operative was established by a small group of Maasai women who are dedicated to actively participate in the business, social and cultural activities in Merrueshi village.
Read MoreThe essential tracks of Sweet Honey In The Rock, all in one playlist.
Read MoreSchaun Champion is an international photographer, filmmaker, and instructor who specializes in natural light, portraiture, fine art, and cultural documentary-work.
Read MoreGet to know folk legend, Odetta, this week.
Read MoreRhiannon Giddens is one of the most vibrant musicians of our time.
Read MoreBreathe in the spirit of Africa with this warm and inviting Pan-African sound.
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The women of Hurumzi Henna Art Gallery transform traditional henna body arts into paintings and prints.
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James Baldwin. He was brilliant, passionate and a race man in every sense of the word. He loved a good time especially when it included music.
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For African American women, becoming a Rosie was not only an opportunity to aid in the war effort, but also a chance for economic empowerment.
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This week’s playlist is Michelle Obama's Musiaqualogy Vol 1 1964-1979 by none other than Questlove because now is always a good time for a Michelle Obama appreciation post.
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Joana Choumali is a freelance photographer based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, who investigates the concept of beauty and bodily perfection. What is it to be considered to have a perfect body?
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It has been a heavy week, and for that matter a heavy 400 years. Here’s a mix of our favorite protest music through the ages to empower and soothe our souls. Rest in power, George Floyd and the many lives lost too soon to state violence.
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How are YOU coping with the assaults on Black lives today? Whenever I think I can’t take anymore, I remember to breathe. And listen.
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Nigerian-born Sokari Douglas Camp belongs to the first generation of African women artists to have attracted the attention of the international market.
Read MoreThis week’s favorite playlist was lovingly curated by Adisa Ajamu, scholar, poet, activist and all around lover of all things black and beautiful. What could be more perfect?
Read MoreAlice Kayibanda calls herself a street photographer and indeed her captures of everyday life in Rwanda are shocking in their everyday beauty.
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