The capitalist system of The White Celebrity™ keeps using music awards shows to reward itself for mediocrity at the blatant expense of Black and Asian artists. By Ebony Purks At the 1985 American Music Awards (AMAs), Prince’s critically acclaimed, avant-pop song “When Doves Cry” won the AMA for “Favorite Black Single.” At some point, this...
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Music Monday: Kadhja Bonet
You’re gonna want to check out Kadhja Bonet’s mix of soul, psych and jazz. “Think Joanna Newsom meets Janelle Monae,” says IndieCurrent. We agree. This week we focus on the brilliant Kadhja Bonet. The East Bay-raised songstress has a voice reminiscent of the smoothness of Sarah Vaughn mixed with the velvety soul of Roberta Flack....
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Music Monday, 1/2: Pumarosa, Isaiah Rashad, Hurray For The Riff Raff and Ama Lou
The theme is deep chill for this week’s Music Monday. After the holiday chaos, it’s time for us to take a collective deep breath and simply chill TF out. This week’s playlist includes amazing tracks by Pumarosa, Isaiah Rashad, Hooray for The Riff Raff and Ama Lou, as well as other incredible songs by A...
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Music Monday, 11/28: Chaz Bundick, Low Leaf, K’NAAN and Laura Gibson
This Music Monday is back on the eclectic tip with tons of great new songs. It starts off with the Hamilton mixtape, which everyone has been talking about since the cast of Hamilton told off the Vice President-elect last week. As Slate says of the track “Immigrants (We Get Job Done),” it is the “proud,...
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Music Monday, 10/31: VOTE! Edition
We at Wear Your Voice make no secret of being very politically minded. We beg you to vote in next week’s election. It’s time that we come together and unify to say, “enough is enough.” The artists on this week’s playlist do just that. One of the main albums featured in this mix is the intense,...
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Music Monday: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween, ghouls and goblins! We at Wear Your Voice are so excited to celebrate this weekend that we made not one, but TWO Halloween mixes. The first one is a refined, closely curated Halloween mix for you to get into the Halloween spirit. Classic tunes like “I Put A Spell On You” and “Thriller”...
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Music Monday, 9/12: Nadine Shah, Choklate, Kool A.D., Kehlani and Lady Gaga
This week’s Music Monday playlist features new tunes from Lady Gaga, M.I.A. and Kehlani with throwback tunes from Marlena Shaw, Ronnie Spector and Love. We also touch upon lesser-knowns Jane Weaver, Nadine Shah, Choklate, Bitch’n and many others. Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga has had an incredible impact on the pop music scene...
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Music Monday, 9/5: Mic Capes, Gifted Gab, Banks & Steelz and Emily King.
Music Monday this week features a ton of new stuff, as well as a bunch of fairly recent tracks that simply haven’t gotten the shine that they deserve. This week’s #MusicMonday is predominantly a collection of hip hop, R&B and other chilled-out, jazzy, indie and electronic beats. You can file this one under WTF: Legendary...
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Music Monday, 8/29: Tidus, Angel Haze, Kali Uchis, Shilpa Ray and Grace Jones
This week’s Music Monday is an eclectic mix of chilled-out tunes with a nod to several of the brilliant artists featured at this year’s Afropunk festival in New York City. We start the playlist with Shilpa Ray’s amazing, brand-new single, “When Doves Cry.” The song is an incredible tribute to the irreplaceable music legend, Prince...
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Music Monday: Kendra Morris, Rina Sawayama, Gavin Turek, The Seshen and Tree
This summer has been a great summer for new music. Because of that, this Music Monday’s Spotify playlist is an amazingly eclectic smooth groove. Old-school psychedelic soul jams intermingle with modern bad-asses, chanteuses and emcees, as well as political inspiration from Assata Shakur. New releases include the live Toro y Moi album, Kendra Morris, Wallace,...