#Black Lives Matter

Inspired by #BlackLivesMatter and LGBTQ Marches, Autumn Nicholas Premieres Video for "Side by Side"

When soul-pop singer-songwriter Autumn Nicholas witnessed #BlackLivesMatter protests out on the street near her home in Raleigh, NC, she didn't feel comfortable jumping into the fray. "I had fear because of what the TV and news blasted - they lacked the good, it was all focused on the bad,"...

Annie White

GRAMN. Snaps Performative Allies Out of Complacency on "Mini Milk" and Delivers Potent Debut EP

Listening to MEDIUMN, the debut EP by UK trio GRAMN., it's hard to imagine a time when 27 year-old vocalist Evan Williams, who goes by Aux, didn't think of herself as a singer. After auditioning for the British Academy of New Music on a whim, she began working with soul duo Equals as an "honorary...

Eleanor Forrest

PLAYING CINCYGrandAce Urges Fans To "Bus Back" Against Systemic Racism In New Single

" The self-produced track lays down a vibey minimalistic base, while the Cincinnati MC gets straight to work. "These last few weeks have had me spinning, so I had to...

Victoria Moorwood

Mickey Guyton Releases Powerful Single "Black Like Me" as Country Musicians Take Stand Against Racism

Some of those voices are coming out of Nashville,...

Cillea Houghton

Devin Burgess Releases 'SayTheirNames' Beat Tape To Benefit Families of Police Brutality Victims

Much like the rest of the world, protesters in Cincinnati continue to rally against the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the countless other Black men and women who have fallen victim to racially unjust and violent policing practices. Amid week-long protests, petitions, and...

Victoria Moorwood

PLAYING SEATTLECellist and Activist Ebony Miranda Talks Resistance and Allyship Through Music

According to a 2014 study by the League of American Orchestras, less than 2% of musicians in American orchestras are African American, only 4.3% of conductors are black, and composers remain predominantly white as well. Hence, as a classically-trained cellist and person of color (POC), Ebony...

Alexa Peters

The Bay, Black Lives Matter, and BandcampLocal Resources and Ways to Help

Hey Bay Area, It's been a rough week. It's also been, hopefully, a first step in a greater reckoning regarding racial justice, discrimination, and police brutality in America. Black people are suffering even as they are mobilizing, speaking out despite years of attempted silencing, and working...

Sophia Vaccaro