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
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
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
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
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
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
It's been 70 years since Emmett Till, a Black teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, was killed by white men because he whistled at a white woman. Now the gun used in his death is in a museum.The post 70 years after Emmett Till’s murder, Mississippi museum acquires gun used to kill him appeared
"Not everything powerful is loud," Brittany Howard says when asked what the reunited band members wanted to explore with their new music. "Not everything quiet is vulnerable."The post After a decade away, Alabama Shakes return with a new song, ‘Another Life’ appeared first on HYFIN.After making two
Photo credit: Nick HarwoodNew Music Friday delivers seven essential albums this week, led by Blood Orange’s long-awaited “Essex Honey,” Westside Gunn’s “Heels Have Eyes 2,” and a star-studded big-band set from Christian McBride. This week’s new music releases span hip-hop, Afrobeats, jazz, and alter
New Music Friday delivers 13 essential releases this week, headlined by Ghostface Killah’s long-awaited “Supreme Clientele 2,” Kid Cudi’s pop-leaning “Free,” and Earl Sweatshirt’s “Live Laugh Love,” with notable projects from Khamari, Mariah the Scientist, Jon Batiste, and a hometown EP from Milwauk
