Walking in and hearing young voices sing “Put Your Records On” filled my heart. Thank you for this beautiful gift 💜 xx #putyourrecordson

I absolutely loved filming the “New York Transit Queen” video in the city that helped to inspire it, just up the block from CBGB’s at The Bowery Electric. The energy of the video reflects how I felt while learning about #AudreySmaltz’s story and reminded me so much of my rock roots with my first band Helen, playing hole-in-the-wall gigs in England in the late ‘90s ✨ 📸: Gregory Berg

Empowerment and Emotion in 'Put Your Records On'

Hobi's Love Songs Playlist: A Musical Journey

I could not be more thrilled and grateful to receive this Mercury Prize for Black Rainbows! After a whirlwind morning talking to press, I’m reflecting on the desire I had to share these important stories with the world, sparked by the objects in The Stony Island Arts Bank. Thank you Theaster Gates and @Rebuild Foundation for preserving this Black archive, thank you Ebony Magazine and Johnson Publishing Library for meticulously and beautifully documenting Black lives since the 1940s. Thank you @M