A Listening Party with Brooklyn-born poet aja monet Ahead of Carnegie Hall

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 20

Brooklyn-born surrealist blues poet, vocalist, and composer aja monet’s sophomore album nods to the Black Arts Movement’s legacy and lineage. She joins us for a Listening Party for her album, the color of rain, ahead of her Carnegie Hall concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Illustration by tokio aoyama/ courtesy of drink sum wtr

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