Stereogum — Three bright lights of the Bandcamp hip-hop underground have joined forces to support one of their own. The new single "Sound Of Horns" finds Nashville-based R.A.P. Ferreira teaming up with Los Angeles voices nahhphet and Rhys Langston over a dreamy ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Pianist, composer, and bandleader Vijay Iyer joins us on Transmissions. He joins host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss his new ECM release, Compassion, his collaborations with Shahzad Ismaily and Arooj Aftab, reflect on the post-pandemic nebulousness in ... more info

Guardian Music — As the founder of the Last Poets, Nuriddin, who has died aged 73, was a hero to everyone from Tupac Shakur to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis Jalal Mansur Nuriddin – sometimes known as “the grandfather of rap” – who has died ag... more info

Cross Rhythms — Sho Baraka releases 'The Narrative, Vol 2: Pianos & Politics' more info

AllHipHop — SHO BARAKA RESPONDS TO CHRISTIAN BAN! more info

Impose Magazine — Experimental funk outfit Persona La Ave X Baraka releases their new video for “The Goddess” today, and we’ve got the premiere. While shimmery, silver items are a constant in every frame of this video (silver glitter, what looks like foil every... more info

Chicago Tribune — Amiri Baraka died in 2014 at the age of 79; his best known drama, "Dutchman" remains one of the great plays of the 20th century. Just how formidable this play is courses through my mind as I recall my Friday night at the Greenhouse Theater Center, wh... more info

CNN Showbiz — Poet Amiri Baraka, who lost his post as New Jersey's poet laureate because of a controversial poem about the 9/11 terror attacks, died Thursday, his agent said. Baraka was 79. more info

Cross Rhythms — Andy Mineo, MC Jin, Sho Baraka on anti-human trafficking album more info

Cross Rhythms — Third studio album for emcee Sho Baraka more info