Today, Alabaster DePlume — the acclaimed London-based saxophonist, singer, songwriter, activist, orator, and poet-philosopher — shares "Invincibility," the latest single from A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole, his daring new album out March 7, 2025.

When the Distance is Blue is the International Anthem debut of Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, and improviser Macie Stewart, and will be out on LP, CD and DD, March 21st.

This Friday January 31st, Damon Locks – the Chicago-based visual artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist who is known as the voice of Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, former frontman of legendary punk band Trenchmouth, and leader of latter day liberation music collective Black Monument Ensemble – releases his debut solo album, List of Demands.

Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes is the debut album from a new trio by LA based musicians Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, and Sam Wilkes.

Today, Alabaster DePlume — the acclaimed London-based saxophonist, singer, songwriter, activist, orator, and poet-philosopher — announces A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole, a daring new album out March 7th. In it, DePlume shares eleven songs of agency and survival and presence; of confronting life’s pains rather than trying to avoid them; of banishing escapism.

Today Damon Locks – the Chicago-based visual artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist who is known as the voice of Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, former frontman of legendary punk band Trenchmouth and The Eternals, and leader of latter day liberation music collective Black Monument Ensemble (BME) – releases a new single titled “Holding the Dawn in Place (Beyond pt. 2).”

Makaya McCraven is Artist-in-Residence for the upcoming 2025 NYC Winter Jazz Festival. Between January 9th and 14th, Makaya will do five shows at five venues in five unique combinations, including multiple performances commemorating the 10-year anniversary of his breakout IARC debut album In The Moment.