This week’s HOT SPOT belongs to the song “AFANDE” ( sung in Swahili) by Skinshape featuring Idd Aziz.  The track is about falling in love: “Please come catch me /So that you can try me, officer/ I want you to pass me a sentence/A life sentence/ Put me in handcuffs officer/ Try me with your love”

This week’s HOT SPOT belongs to Karen O and Danger Mouse with the song “Woman.”

This song is off their collaborative album called LUX PRIMA, which Pitchfork called “lush” & Q said was “an expertly fashioned LP.” We liked it too!

This week’s HOT SPOT belongs to Loshh and his song “Faji.”

Loshh is spired by Juju and Gospel sounds, Nigerian style, and London’s artistic sound. His EP, ÍFARADÁ, is about perseverance, a message to the most marginalized. The song”Faji” celebrates the innate power of Black women.

American musician, bandleader, & television personality – appearing nightly as bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert –  Jon Batiste also serves as the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The Hot Spot belongs to his song, “Freedom.”