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New Music Friday: 12 essential albums from Joy Crookes, Atmosphere, Ebi Soda & more
09/19/2025

Joy CrookesNew Music Friday delivers 12 essential albums this week, featuring standout releases from Joy Crookes and Cécile McLorin Salvant alongside notable projects from Toro y Moi, Atmosphere, and Kojey Radical. This week’s new music releases span hip-hop, R&B/soul, jazz, and experimental electro

Telling stories of gun violence deaths almost cost this reporter his life
09/19/2025

Trymaine Lee spent years reporting on the deaths of men who look just like him. His new memoir, A Thousand Ways to Die, chronicles the impact of gun violence in Black communities.The post Telling stories of gun violence deaths almost cost this reporter his life appeared first on HYFIN.Trymaine Lee a

New Music Friday: 8 essential albums from Ty Dolla $ign, George Riley, Kassa Overall & more
09/12/2025

Kassa Overall – credit: Erik BardinNew Music Friday delivers 8 essential albums this week, featuring standouts from Ty Dolla $ign, George Riley and Kassa Overall alongside fresh projects from Ho99o9, Peyton, 4batz, Ayoni and El Cousteau. This week’s new music releases span hip-hop, R&B/soul, club-in

New Music Friday: 6 new albums from El Michels Affair, Curtis Harding, Venna and more
09/05/2025

Curtis HardingNew Music Friday delivers six essential albums this week, featuring standout releases from El Michels Affair, Curtis Harding and Elmiene alongside notable projects from Venna and Steven Bamidele. This week’s new music releases span soul, R&B, and jazz offering a focused look at classi

How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel
09/04/2025

The Trump administration is using decades-old laws, meant to prevent discrimination, to threaten school districts and states with cuts to vital federal funding.The post How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel appeared first on HYFIN.The entrance of the U.S. D

Nourished By Time’s blue-collar blues
09/02/2025

Marcus Brown toiled for 10 years before stumbling into indie stardom. On his thrilling new album, he hears music in every hour worked — day jobs included.The post Nourished By Time’s blue-collar blues appeared first on HYFIN.On the The Passionate Ones, his second album as Nourished by Time, Baltimor

Hyfinated Conversations

HYFINated Conversations: SLUG from Atmosphere
Atmosphere's Slug is on the road for the "Dank Days of Summer" tour, a traveling festival that he feels embodies the spirit of 1990s hip-hop. The tour, which also features Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, and The Pharcyde, feels special to him because it brings together artists from different "branches" o
HYFINated Converstions: Slug from Atmosphere
Atmosphere's Slug is on the road for the "Dank Days of Summer" tour, a traveling festival that he feels embodies the spirit of 1990s hip-hop. The tour, which also features Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, and The Pharcyde, feels special to him because it brings together artists from different "branches" o
HYFINated Conversation with The Kentucky Gentlemen
This HYFINated Conversations with the Kentucky Gentlemen is very insightful and we are so excited to be chatting with these truly trailblazing artists. We're here with Brandon and Derek Campbell, better known as the dynamic duo, The Kentucky Gentlemen.They'll take the stage in Milwaukee ahead for a
Afua Richardson's journey: From Parliament-Funkadelic tours to illustrating Marvel's Black Panther comics
Join host Tarik Moody for an inspiring episode of HYFINated Conversations featuring the remarkable Afua Richardson, a Juilliard-trained flutist who transformed from performing at Carnegie Hall by age 11 to becoming one of the first African and Indigenous American women to work as a penciler, inker,
From Hamilton to Now: Renée Goldsberry on Her Journey
Five years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, Hamilton streamed into our living rooms and shook the world, and me.I didn’t expect to fall for it like I did, but Renée Elise Goldsberry’s performance as Angelica Schuyler stopped me in my tracks. The tension between love and loyalty in her storyline h
Bilal talks legacy, family, and soul before free Milwaukee concert
Now in its second year, Summer of Soul is produced by Culture X Design kicks off with none other than Bilal as the opening night headliner. I sat down with the Grammy award winning soul artist ahead of his performance taking place just outside of the Marcus Performing Arts Center. Known for his genr