IG: @bsa.gold Woman in music who inspires me: When I think of Sade, I think of a feeling, and this feeling has left a deep impression on me. The lyrics are honest, sweet poems, and the melodies are mesmerizing and lush. When I am making a tune, I like to believe the sound flows from me naturally and organically but I also believe the influence of Sade is there and something I carry with me.

This project is a collaboration between longtime friends who, although separated by continents, found the distance an opportunity to create together again. The poem, "Origami Whispers", was written and recorded by poet G. Pe Benito. The music and composition was produced by LA-based engineer and musician, Evan Reid Wood. You can find more of his music at https://soundcloud.com/evan-reid-wood# G. does not make music full time, but works as a creative and editor in spirits & hospitality marketing. You can view her work at https://gpebenito.com/about or follow on IG:@gtheleo

Joe Downard - double bass - IG: @jdownardbass Jason Brown - drums - IG: @jasonbrowndrums Rachael Cohen - saxophone - IG: @rhcohen Composed by Rachael Cohen

IG: @fine_writing_and_breathing Produced by Liberty Styles

@therealtrillmah www.trillmah.bandcamp.com/album/tha-real-weirdo Produced by June Apollo

cover of Little Dragon. IG: @djnebraska www.jessiedavismusic.com

Adrian Terrazas- sax Roger Nuncio- drums Gracias infinitas a todas aquellas mujeres que me inspiran cada día. En la música: Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane, Erykah Badu, Nubya Garcia y muchas más. IG: @melialmaguer

written & produced by chloé matthews "much has changed for very many of this past year. in the midst of so much difference, so much uncertainty, i've taken to exploring these shifts in my music. taking my productions more seriously, i've been looking to my instrumental compositions to really set the mood. 'undivided', still in its earliest stages, feels like a very desperate call to action -- like marching into battle with the last-remaining platoon. then, the lyrics just add to that. there's the lead voice: eerily calm and matter-of-fact. that's the voice that everyone else gets to hear. then, there's the voice that i hear in my head: weary, anxious, screaming into somebody's void. it's rough still, but i just hope you feel it." kidd AM puts on for the 225. This Baton-Rouge-born, Clinton-raised artist is creating her very own window to the Soul of the South, and you can't help but to have a look. See you on da playground. follow me on ig: @kidd_am listen to my music: https://linktr.ee/kidd_am lyrics: can't even get into my poems cus i'm workin' on portfolios bank account on triple digits -- u know how dat story goes missin' all my younger days, wish i had some more of those dis life shit is a trip, n i ain't even got no foreign clothes mornin' lows, nighttime highs double dose, might i fly far away from here not bom-barded by my fear need no demons in my ear leave da pain of da last year be re-plenished by my tears dream a dream, n it appears but u gotta get down on da way up how u say u outchea, but u stay tucked? how u overcome a fear of whatchu safe from? it's some real raw shit u can't save for got us prayin' on a bill -- dat won't save us got us prayin' to a bill -- dat won't save us gotchu waitin' on a deal -- dat won't save ya nigga, tell me whatchu feel -- won't u say sumn? know u shook, but u know u can't shiver big kidd, but it's always one bigger wadin' five feet deep in da river er' single word u speak, they'on hear of always seem like ain't nobody near 'nuff always seem like can't nobody feel ya always seem like they run when it get real, huh so, how u tryna come when it get real, huh? is u gon' be u or is u gon be some-body else? n is it gon' be u or is it gon be some-body else? are u followin' yo own mind or, lil nigga, is u just followin' mine? n is u on yo own line? is u on yo own time? fuck (can't tell u who u are but i could tell u who u look like all dese niggas wanna be in here; what they cook like? ion give a fuck, nigga, whatchu really shook by i ain't got time for dese niggas- i ain't got time for dese niggas i ain't got time for dese niggas i ain't got time for dese niggas got time for dese niggas)

www.dumamamusic.com IG: @duma_ma IG: @dylangreene_hunterchee

John Lander - keys Dylan Kaminkow - bass Vicente Hansen - drums Record at Williamsburg Music Center. Mixed by Dylan Kaminkow, IG: @libertystyles IG: @xtina_nucci Ode to Miles......

Featuring Elsa Nilsson on flute IG: @elsanilssonmusic Elya Osmanova is an Azerbaijani dancer, model, story teller and a creative director based in New York. IG: @elyaos

Rosie Yadid is a musician from NYC. She is also an actor, writer, yogi, bitch, lover, child, mother, sinner, saint, I do not feel ashamed. She is deeply inspired by the likes of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn…jazz ladies who sing from their kishkas. You can check out her album, Cute As A Glutton, on all major streaming platforms. IG: @rosieyadid Lyrics: Didn’t come to me No easy dream Who chose the other You and your dreary ironies You just exhaust me And honest I just been Waiting for you to pounce Take the weight off my shoulder Weight off my shoulder Knocked flat by the lack of action Take the weight off my shoulder Weight off my shoulder I’m humbled by my attraction I would hate to get stuck here Interrupt Your dire musings You’ve got lots to do And I do too Let’s get to moving And perhaps I was hasty to make the leap About our silent understanding You didn’t sign nothing I been through tough loving Enough to know what I want I take the weight off my shoulder Weight off my shoulder If I grab I know you’ll be grabbing back Weight off my shoulder Weight off my shoulder Now that I’m older I can take no holding back His love is lazy at best Mister what’d I expect From a man who’s born handsome And crap at romancing But ever so clever And kind to endeavor With a lost soul like me He is sad but he’s sweet And in spite of myself And ignoring my health I reach forward and take what I want I took the weight my shoulder Weight off my shoulder I sigh, don’t know if I lost or won Weight off my shoulder Weight off my shoulder The good part has begun