More than 6 years after her first EP, Madison McFerrin has made her full-length debut with the album, I Hope You Can Forgive Me. The vocalist and producer joins us live in studio five to perform. She will be at Zone One in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 29.Bisa Butler is a local artist who makes life sized quilts inspired by portraits of Black figures, including those taken by her favorite photographers such as Gordon Parks and Jamel Shabazz. Her new solo exhibition, The World Is Yours, inspired by the lyrics of Nas, is on view now, and combines textiles, paint, Nigerian hand-dyed batiks and African wax-resist cotton. Butler joins us in studio to discuss her process and the show, which is on view at Jeffery Deitch through June 30.To round out our month of spotlighting banned and challenged books for Pride Month, we speak with Juno Dawson, author of This Book Is Gay, which was the tenth most challenged book of 2022 according to the American Library Association. She joins us to discuss the book and her new picture book, You Need to Chill!:A Story of Love and Family.Verso Records: Volume One is the debut album from the Westport Library, which is not an obscure indie band name, but an actual library in Westport, Connecticut. The album was recorded and produced in the library’s own studios and released on its independent label. It features songs by local musicians, including the New Haven-based trio Daniprobably, led by singer Danielle Capalbo. For a Listening Party, Capalbo joins us along with the album’s engineer and the library’s studio manager, Travis Bell.
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