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Yinka Oyewole — “(Sometimes These South London Streets Remind Me Of) Brooklyn”

A song for anyone who has found a home away from home.

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LISTENING POST: Carolina Chocolate Drops — “Country Girl”

New music from the Carolina Chocolate Drops!

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LISTENING POST: Justin Robinson & The Mary Annettes — “Gypsy Death and You”

The former Carolina Chocolate Drops member steps out on his own with an eclectic set

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LISTENING POST: Jean Grae — “U & Me & Everyone We Know”

New music from the great Ms. Jean Grae.

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LISTENING POST: J*Davey — “Turn The Lights Out”

Don’t be surprised if you start dancing around your computer: You’ve been warned.

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LISTENING POST: Honeychild Coleman — “Echelon” (Pariah soundtrack)

A lo-fi rocker from the soundtrack to Focus Features’ “Pariah”

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LISTENING POST: Frank Ocean — “Swim Good”

A peek at what the Odd Future singer was doing before he fell into Jay and Kanye’s court.

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LISTENING POST: Kendra Ross — "Strange Fruit" (for Troy Davis)

Kendra Ross offers her take on a timeless classic, done in the wake of Troy Davis’s execution.

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LISTENING POST: Jean Grae — "Live Up (feat. Talib Kweli)"

Something to tide you over til the next Jean Grae album arrives in the fall

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VIDEO: Novie — "Funk 3 (Get Next To You)"

A black woman and her sword face armed thugs on a roof. ‘Nuff said.

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GOOD READS: #TrayvonMartin Around The Web

So much conversation–and now maybe some justice–for this young man.

GOOD READ: Charles Blow on the Trayvon Martin case

Will an innocent black boy get justice?

What’s Race Got To Do With It?

The antidote to the country’s first black president

Why Is The N.Y.P.D. After Me?

A 23-year-old New Yorker talks about having been stopped and frisked by NYPD at least five times.

The Rise of the New Confederacy: How America-Hating Right-Wingers Took Over The GOP

Those on the extreme right are different. Here’s how and why.

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