Brandon Deener: the hip-hop producer turned Afrofuturist artist | Art

Brandon Deener artwork from A Hug From the Art World

Brandon Deener, former producer for hip-hop and R&B royalty such as Timbaland, Missy Elliot and Lil Wayne, wears the multi-hyphenate badge well. He’s now known more as a visual artist and musician among other titles, […]

Nok Cultural Ensemble: Njhyi review – a relentlessly Afrofuturist percussive voyage | Music

Nok Cultural Ensemble’s Njhyi.

You might have encountered Edward Wakili-Hick in various guises over the years. As Eddie Hick, he has been a key figure on London’s jazz scene, drumming with the likes of Nubya Garcia, Gilad Atzmon and […]

Jake Blount on his Afrofuturist folk climate eulogy: ‘What would music sound like when we’re dead?’ | Folk music

‘If we carry on as we are, denying individual and institutional responsibility for the environment, this dystopia will be our reality.’

When Florida security guard George Zimmerman was acquitted over his shooting of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, 18-year-old Jake Blount turned to the past to cope with his despair. “I wanted to know […]