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The sound-spigot seems to be a mite clogged. I’m just happy for reissues and Africa right now. If I could advise y’all to do anything, it would be to check out Strut’s ongoing reissue of Black Fire’s catalog. See ya next month!

1. Julius Hemphill: The Boyé Multinational Crusade for Harmony
2. JuJu: Live at 131 Prince Street
3. Peter Stampfel: Peter Stampfel’s 20th Century in 100 Songs
4. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Down in the Rust Bucket
5. R.A.P. Ferreira: Bob’s Son
6. Dax Pierson: Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Satisfaction)
7. Julien Baker: Little Oblivions
8. Various Artists: Allen Ginsberg’s The Fall of America–A 50th Anniversary Musical Tribute
9. Yvette Janine Jackson: Freedom
10. Nermin Niazi: Disco Se Aagay
11. Various Artists: Indaba Is
12. Paris: Safe Space Invader
13. Wau Wau Collectif: Yaral Sa Doom
14. Madlib: Sound Ancestors
15. Byard Lancaster: My Pure Joy
16. Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales
17. Hamiet Blueitt: Bearer of the Holy Flame
18. Omar Sosa: East African Journey
19. Archie Shepp and Jason Moran: Let My People Go
20. Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, and Carmen Castaldi: Garden of Expression
21. Yasmin Williams: Urban Driftwood
22. Robert Miranda’s Home Music Ensemble: Live at The Bing
23. Corey Ledet: Corey Ledet Zydeco
24. Ensemble 0: Performs Julius Eastman’s Femenine
25. Shem Tube, Justo Osala, Enos Okola: Guitar Music of Western Kenya
26. Steve Earle: JT
27. Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders: Promises
28. Alton Gün: Yol
29. Lukah: When the Black Hand Touches You
30. Various Artists: Edo Funk Explosion, Volume 1