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Roots Culture Redefined
Black Voices
Valerie June is Weaving Spells AgainValerie June’s new album – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (released on April 11 by Concord Records) – begins with a snare and a hi-hat. A simple, straight-forward rhythm. Something to wrest you from your chair and get you moving your body. After a few bars, her distinct, earnest, energetic vocals…
Black VoicesFeb 14, 2025

To celebrate Black History Month – and the vital contributions of Black, Afro-, and African American artists and musicians to American roots music – BGS,Ā Good Country, and our friends at Real Roots Radio in southwestern Ohio have partnered once again. This time, we'll be bringing you weekly collections of a variety of Black roots musicians…

Black VoicesFeb 7, 2025

To celebrate Black History Month – and the vital contributions of Black, Afro-, and African American artists and musicians to American roots music – BGS,Ā Good Country, and our friends at Real Roots Radio in southwestern Ohio have partnered once again. This time, we'll be bringing you weekly collections of a variety of Black roots musicians…

Black VoicesFeb 5, 2025

 Two of the world's preeminent experts on folk, old-time, and string band traditions (and on Black folks' seminal contributions to these art forms), Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson have announced they are reuniting on a brand new album, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (set for release April 18 on Nonesuch Records).…

Black VoicesFeb 4, 2025

 Exuberance is the exact right mood on a day when the transcendental Valerie June announces a new album, and exuberant is certainly the vibe of her new track, "Joy, Joy!" and its brand new accompanying music video. (Watch above.) The song was dropped this morning in tandem with an announcement of the Memphis native's…

Black VoicesJan 13, 2025

When one really digs below the surface of Mon RovĆ®a, there’s this intricate kaleidoscope of self, this winding path where the road to the here and now for the singer-songwriter has truly been one of restless resilience, dogged passion, and spiritual curiosity. The rising artist has already lived this whirlwind existence of trials and tribulations,…