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Poet Aja Monet’s cure for loneliness
She’s reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and to her shows.
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New Song Sunday! Hear New Tracks from Hozier, Kesha, H.E.R., Graham Nash, and More
American Songwriter wanted to share 23 new works of music to brighten your day and share the good word of composition.
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aja monet Launches Debut Album ‘when the poems do what they do’ | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
aja monet will release her debut album ‘when the poems do what they do’ on June 9th. A poet, social organiser, and all-round champion, aja monet finessed
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‘When The Poems Do What They Do’ by aja monet (Listening Party) | All Of It | WNYC
Poet aja monet is releasing her first album, ‘When The Poems Do What They Do.’
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New Music Monday: H.E.R., Summer Walker And KAYTRAMINÉ Start Your Week With A Fresh Batch Of New Tunes
Tune in every Monday to catch songs you need to add to your rotation.
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Poet Aja Monet on the power of showing up and speaking your truth – The Creative Independent
Poet Aja Monet discusses finding language in what you’ve lived, art as a form of service, the oral tradition as a way to live forever, and being drawn to wordlessness.
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Aja Monet Is Not Here To Entertain You
The poet speaks on the intent behind her new album. + Reviews of Lando Chill, CJ Fly, and Estee Nack. #139
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On The Rise: aja monet
The Brooklyn-based poet and activist aja monet is set to release her debut ahttps://blog.roughtrade.com/us/on-the-rise-aja-monet album when the poems do what they do In when the poems do what they do aja monet appears as a woman of letters and storm, her poems do not roar in pentameter - but rather in
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Aja Monet’s debut album fuses art and advocacy, poet and performer
In Black American folklore, music and poetry share the same soul. The poets of the Black Arts movement, particularly Sonia [...]
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Slam Poetry Meets Jazz in Aja Monet’s ‘When the Poems Do What They Do’
Written by Jenna Love, Photo by Fanny Chu
Aja Monet is a powerful poet and gifted lyricist from Brooklyn. She is beyond successful with her written work, but the weight of her words needs to push beyond paper.
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FEATURE: Spotlight: Aja Monet — Music Musings & Such
FEATURE:     Spotlight
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Aja Monet’s poems are a work of gravity.
Aja Monet’s ‘When The Poems Do What They Do’ is a powerful yet enchanting exploration of the inner psyche.
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Freedom Dreaming with aja monet | NBHAP Interview
Poet, singer and organizer aja monet releases her musical debut album “when the poems do what they do” and talks about the visions behind it.
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Jumoké Fashola - Poetry Corner: Aja Monet - BBC Sounds
American poet and activist Aja Monet joins Jumoke for poetry corner.
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10 new albums for a burning world
Mat Ward looks back at June’s political news and the best new music that related to it.
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Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love
On her debut album, “When the Poems Do What They Do,” the writer and community organizer offers up a fluid mix of jazz and poetry that evokes the spirit of 1990s spoken-word scenes.
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Aja Monet: Tiny Desk Concert
The Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.
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aja monet & Clarissa Bitar, Mohammed el-Kurd, Morgan Bassichis
Please note that advanced tickets are officially sold out. Limited tickets will be available at the door–we encourage you to arrive early.Join us in th…
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Aja Monet, Suzanne Ciani and Dehd Join Noise Pop 2024 Lineup | KQED
The homegrown music festival takes over venues across the Bay Area Feb. 22–March 3, 2024.
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The Beauty Products Poet Aja Monet Uses to the Last Drop
Cetaphil cleanser, Lush masks, and more.
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Artists across the globe stand in solidarity with Palestinian resistance : Peoples Dispatch
Over 100 artists sign on to a letter condemning Israel and “to stand in solidarity with those resisting occupation and fighting for their right to self-determination”
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Read, listen and study everything aja monet does
The surrealist blues poet is a musician of the subversive imagination, a truth-telling magician. Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
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For Aja Monet, there’s power in the poetry
Before discussing her latest album, when the poems do what they do, Aja Monet needs to set something straight: She doesn’t do “spoken word.” Her medium is poetr…
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Watch aja monet’s collagic visualizer for new song “why my love?”
aja monet premieres the official visualizer for her new song, “why my love?,” with The FADER.
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Watch aja monet’s collagic visualizer for new song “why my love?”
aja monet premieres the official visualizer for her new song, “why my love?,” with The FADER.
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Watch aja monet’s collagic visualizer for new song “why my love?”
aja monet premieres the official visualizer for her new song, “why my love?,” with The FADER.
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The Comet Is Coming, Ibeyi & Aja Monet played SummerStage in Central Park (pics)
Shabaka Hutchings’ electronic-leaning trio The Comet Is Coming have been out on tour this summer before they “return to near earth orbit to allow Betamax, Danalogue and Shabaka to concentrate on other pathways of artistic exploration.”
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aja monet Debuts “The Devil You Know” – Northern Transmissions
Multi-artist and cultural worker aja monet has shared a single and new short film “The Devil You Know.” The song is out via drink sum wtr
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Watch: Surrealist blues poet & cultural worker, Aja Monet, debuts new single and short Film, ‘The Devil You Know’
Surrealist blues poet and cultural worker aja monet has released a new powerful single and mesmerizing short film “The Devil You Know” via the drink sum wtr label, a new imprint of Secretly Canadian.
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Poet aja monet Shares New Single & Short Film “The Devil You Know”
BROOKLYN-BORN POET AND ACTIVIST AJA MONET HAS RELEASED NEW SINGLE AND SHORT FILM “THE DEVIL YOU KNOW” VIA INDIE LABEL DRINKSUMWTR.
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aja monet: “the devil you know”
Spacious and honed, truthfully timeless and white hot, “the devil you know” is the wild, wise, brutally-honest and ultimately-uplifting new track from aja monet — a poet, critic a…
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Essential Tracks This Week: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, Noble Rot, and more – Treble
Plus Militarie Gun and aja monet
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Bop Shop: Songs From Kelela, PinkPantheress And Ice Spice, The Boyz, And More
The boy might be a liar, but the memes simply don’t lie
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India.Arie, Mereba, And More Lead Into Women’s History Month With AFROPUNK’s Black HERstory
The Martell Cognac partnered event was held over two days with the theme of “agony and ecstasy.”
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Diasporic Reflections: Four Black Creatives Making Art Tinged With Legacy
Joshua Renfroe, Kuukua Eshun, Aja Monet, and Mike Abrantie tell MTV News about purpose and perspective in Black communities worldwide
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Shamel Pitts Challenges The Idea Of Black Masculinity
Black masculinity in focus. Shamel Pitts challenges the idea with the touch of red. Read full details here. Afropunk music blog 2023 is live. Join Afropunk community.
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aja monet – “The Devil You Know” [Single & Short Film Review]
The beauty and the pain that shares the space of aja monet’s new track, “The Devil You Know,” and its accompanying short film is breathtaking.
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On the power of showing up and speaking your truth
Poet Aja Monet discusses finding language in what you’ve lived, art as a form of service, the oral tradition as a way to live forever, and being drawn to wordlessness.
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aja monet – “The Devil You Know” [Single & Short Film Review]
The beauty and the pain that shares the space of aja monet’s new track, “The Devil You Know,” and its accompanying short film is breathtaking.
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World Poetry Day: 9 Black Poets Whose Work Make Us Feel Seen
For World Poetry Day, check out these Black poets who have contributed to the landscape of this special written word form.
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“Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?“- aja monet understands, listen “for sonia” Sanchez – East Portland Blog
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Aja Monet announces debut album and shares “Castaway” video
Surrealist blues poet and community organizer aja monet has announced her debut album when the poems do what they do is set for release…
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aja monet Launches Debut Album ‘when the poems do what they do’ | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
aja monet will release her debut album ‘when the poems do what they do’ on June 9th. A poet, social organiser, and all-round champion, aja monet finessed
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Jez Recs: What We Loved Watching, Reading, and Listening to This Week
Including a serotonin-boosting TikTok, boygenius’ latest batch of love songs, and a book of dystopian short stories that’ll mess you up.
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We’re Black Women Who Want Social Change — We’re Voting for Bernie
These activists say there’s an “erasure” of Sanders’s Black supporters.
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The Pain is Not the Entirety of the Story: A Conversation with Aja Monet
Aja Monet wants to tell the truth in her poetry.
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Five Female Poets on Protest and Resistance – Ms. Magazine
These poets cover North Korean missile taunts, the water crisis in Flint, the inadequacy of the U.S. government’s apology to Native Americans, children affected by school shootings and economic divides. Their poems radiate defiance and vision.
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Aja Monet Uses Poetry as a Tool to Protest Violence and Racial Injustice – The Village Voice
Last month, during a rally in Union Square, poet Aja Monet took the podium dressed entirely in black, looking somber and resolute like a woman…
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How A Brooklyn Poet Set Up Miami’s Most Exciting New Music Studio
Afro-Cuban poet Aja Monet and her partner Umi Selah of Dream Defenders will launch Smoke Signals studio in Miami this February.
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This Women’s March Speaker and Poet Isn’t Here for Your Apathy
Aja Monet has been political since long before Trump’s election.
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Your South Florida | Your Story: Poet | Season 1 | PBS
Meet Aja Monet, a poet who’s using her voice to bear witness to the injustices she sees.
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When the people meant to protect us become our enemy
Aja Monet’s poem examines the “reckoning of power” in an interaction between her brother and the police.
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In a Florida prison, a poet grapples with power and oppression
In poet Eduardo Martinez’s work, power is a trap; being ruled by it is a trap, and wielding it is, too, a dynamic that he said he confronts every day in prison.
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Miami poet Aja Monet makes us cry — and wants to help
Aja Monet: The Miami poet performed her work, “My Mother was a Freedom Fighter,” at the Perez Art Museum Miami’s Ambassadors for Africa American
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“This is Black Joy,” by Miami poet Aja Monet at the PAMM
“This is Black Joy,” by Miami poet Aja Monet at the Perez Art Museum Miami Ambassadors for African American Art event, February 21, 2017.
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Smoke Signals Studio Hopes to Be a Voice for Miami’s Voiceless
When Aja Monet and Umi Selah were first tossing around the idea of building their own recording studio, a lot of decisions needed to be made. First, a name. It was Aja who came up with Smoke Signals. Umi Selah (formely known as Phillip Agnew) explains its significance like this: “A…
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Where Poetry Fights for Justice, Flowers Bloom
Where the Land is Free, an exhibition presented by Poetry for the People and on view at Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood, Miami, utilizes poetry and art as a starting point for community activism and social justice. Watch an exclusive video of the show’s opening night here, created by FXRBES and sha…
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An Activist And A Poet Open Up Their Miami Home To Local Musicians
Musician and social activist umi selah has always wanted a studio in house. With the help of his partner, educator and poet Aja Monet, selah’s dream to live together as innovative artists has bloss…
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Five Miami creatives speak candidly on their visions for the city’s future
We meet a group of artists and creatives who know Miami inside out
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Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love
aja monet premieres the official visualizer for her new song, “why my love?,” with The FADER.
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aja monet’s ‘when the poems do what they do’ Is a Roadmap to Somewhere Greater │ Exclaim!
Your daily dose of the best music, film and comedy news, reviews, streams, concert listings, interviews and other exclusives on Exclaim!
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Aja Monet
Aja Monet is a chronicler, a Brooklyn…
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Aja Monet: When the Poems Do What They Do
Read Mary Retta’s review of the album.
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Aja Monet’s debut album fuses art and advocacy, poet and performer
The poet’s first recording with a band, when the poems do what they do, lends an emphatic new authority to her words, which she delivers with a hypnotist’s composure.
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Poet and Musician Aja Monet Wants to Decolonise Your Imagination
As she releases her debut album when the poems do what they do, aja monet talks about poetry, the expressive power of music, and legacy
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Aja Monet et son album : when the peoms fo what they do - Ça C’est Culte
Les poèmes d’Aja Monet sont une œuvre de gravité. Ils sont un élément fondamental par lequel toutes les choses sont attirées, considérées et mises en
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7 likes, 0 comments - ondesentimentale on August 20, 2023: ”🎙Embarqués dans ROADS, notre rubrique en forme d’article de presse express, pour découvrir encore et encore. Nouveau design mais même identité. Cette semaine nous vous emmener à Brooklin sur les traces de la poétesse et slameuse Aja Monet. Pour les amoureux des mots et des voyages intérieurs. @ajamonet #poetryclub #poetrylife #poesiecontemporaine #slampoetry #jazzpiano #articlewriter #musicpress #musicnews”.
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When aja monet does what she does - Sélection Sorties
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a ja monet est une poétesse de blues surréaliste, une conteuse et une organisatrice ayant grandi à New York, dans le quartier de Brooklyn. Elle a commencé à écrire des poèmes à l’âge de 8 ans parce qu’elle était ” fascinée par les machines à…
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