Distiller Release Party — Old Know Bev Co
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Nestled in the heart of downtown Clayton, OldKnow Bev Co. is a small-batch distillery and bar offering a special selection of house-made spirits and artisanal drinks. Partners, artists and drink makers Ryan Warner Wood and Mary Catherine Matheny (MC) founded the distillery in 2021. They introduced the U.S. to the first ever Absinthe based seltzer in 2022, and have been blowing our minds with their botanical sodas and spirits ever since. If you haven’t been up there, check it out!
This evening, we’ll celebrate the wide release of their Winfield Gin, Wister Amaro and Montanari Amaro with cocktail collaborations and mountain music. Come hang.
The South American Way — Helcio
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Bossa nova, tropicalia, samba and Afro-brazilian
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Jorge Ben, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Azymuth and Seu Jorge
Bird — Austin “The Judge” Wheeler
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"Women of Jazz" - Austin Wheeler has been working for months to prepare a set of women in jazz for Women's History Month! Not just singers, but the jazz players that often get left out of the history books.
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Mary Lou Williams, Dorthy Ashby, Alice Coltrane, Melba Liston and more!
All proceeds for the set go to Wild Nest Bird Rehab.
LUNA — Chef Li Pop Up
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Chef Li explores Chinese classics through French technique. Always a fun and delicious evening with this guy!
Slow Drift — Andrew Lowell & Cody P.
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Hypnotic dance selections drifting between ambient, early electronica, deep house, and downtempo.
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Larry Heard, Shinichi Atobe, DJ Aakmael, Global Communication, Patrice Scott
Tatsuro Yamashita — Randy Mansour
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Randy Mansour plays the discography of Tatsuro Yamashita. Yamashita is a legendary Japanese singer-songwriter and producer widely regarded as the "King of City Pop," known for his technical production and velvet high tenor voice. His work defined the genre's sophisticated, "summer" sound. Famously protective of his catalog, he resisted streaming for decades, making his meticulously crafted albums highly prized cultural artifacts.
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Tatsuro Yamashita!
The Golden Sound — Chris Devoe & Rob Wonder
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The hip hop golden era of the late 80s through mid 90s defined by socially conscious, sample-based production and lyricism.
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A Tribe Called Quest, BDP, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim
A Touch of Earth— November Rose
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DJ set by November Rose, inviting audiences to rediscover romance and the leisure of the old world. The set moves between stillness and movement.
Stillness through jazz classics and nu-jazz — artists like Sonny Rollins and Yussef Dayes. Movement through global house — including Dublon, Louie Vega, and Black Coffee.
Moments in Love — Bryan Collins
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Romantic blissed-out electronic Pop Ambient tracks that blend the boundaries between melody, minimalism, beats and textures.
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Pop Ambient, Brian Eno, GAS, Donacha Costello, The Field, Kara lis Coverdale, Marsen Jules
Live Show — NTHNL, Kaitlin Simotics, Sunbeam
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Having produced electronic and acoustic music in a variety of contexts since 2012, NTHNL’s work currently straddles both healing and contemporary creative spheres, leading regular sound baths as well as collaborative concerts. NTHNL first joined Youngbloods in 2023 by recording Movement in The Tunnel on the tracks of the NYC subway system. Since then NTHNL has been steadily expanding his unique style. In 2024 he released Ontogenesis , the third album in his Tranquility Studies series, combining electronic binaural frequencies with performances on a variety of instruments to create soundscapes that are at once calming, poetic and healing. Most recently NTHNL released Awareness of the Wind Within with acclaimed percussionist Sphente , combining gongs and winds into immersive long-form improvisations. His mastery of the flute, piano, and woodwind instruments has been featured in projects by Pons, Cola Boyy , Laura Wolf , and Liturgy , and met with wide critical acclaim that describes his productions as “genre-defying” and transportive.
Kaitlin Simotics and Sunbeam open.
Mother Tongue — Allie Bashuk
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Effortlessly cool and ethereal girly vocals gliding over a lush mix of post-punk, international electro-pop, lo-fi pop-rap and disco – a bold and charming set for Mothers.
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Pylon, Yaeji, Sneaks, Habibi, Diana Ross
Ryan Rasheed – Theme from the Planets
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Balearic Beat, Leftfield Disco, Trip Hop, IDM, Dream Pop, Art Rock
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YMO, Actress, Boards of Canada, Loose Joints, Broadcast, Grace Jones
Living In Oblivion —Troy Wolf
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Spinning deep cuts of new wave, post-punk, & synth-pop. Playing all the rarities you haven't heard/forgot you knew.
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Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys & Yazoo
Mahogany After Dark— DJ Mahogany
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Grooves from around the world from the mainstream to the fringe, going out to all the lovers in the back.
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Kraftwerk, Eddie Kendricks, Teena Marie, Tindersticks
Art Opening and DJ Set— Monica Campana
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Come celebrate the art opening party for new work by Monica Campana, along with a DJ set of some of her favorite records.
Monica Campana’s work emerges from the layered experiences of migration, displacement, and resilience. Born in Peru, she moved to the United States as a teenager, carrying with her the memory of assimilation as survival and the deep longing for belonging. Street art became her first tool for making sense of this new landscape. She later founded Living Walls, The City Speaks, a nonprofit public art organization that uses art as a catalyst for social change.
Her practice now spans illustration and ceramics, where she returns to art-making as an act of grounding and reconnection, with herself, the universe, and with her Ancestors. She holds on to memory as a form of resistance in a world that continues to erase and attack her people’s right to exist. Through her work, she explores identity, colonization, and depression, not only as personal reckonings but also as collective wounds that demand healing.
For Campana, art is medicine: a practice of remembering where we come from, resisting, and creating new possibilities for belonging.
Nina Simone Birthday Tribute —
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Nina Simone was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century, an icon of American music. She was the consummate musical storyteller, a griot as she would come to learn, who used her remarkable talent to create a legacy of liberation, empowerment, passion, and love through a magnificent body of works. She earned the moniker ‘High Priestess of Soul’ for she could weave a spell so seductive and hypnotic that the listener lost track of time and space as they became absorbed in the moment.
Join us as we explore her discography from the debut album Little Girl Blue (1959) to her final release A Single Woman (1993).
Nyumbani Listening Experience: A Decade of DJ Maphorisa
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Nyumbani means home. This is where we come to truly listen. Nyumbani is an immersive music series celebrating the sounds of the African continent and diaspora - from Rhumba and Lingala in Central Africa to Afrobeats and Highlife in the West, from Bongo Flava in the East to Amapiano in the South. Deep listening with room to move. Artist stories. Creative journeys. Community. The feeling of home.
Vol. 2: A Decade of DJ Maphorisa
For our inaugural Nyumbani Listening Experience, we're tracing ten years of DJ Maphorisa's sonic evolution - from the early Uhuru days through Gqom's global explosion to the Amapiano revolution he helped birth.
Bird — Austin “The Judge” Wheeler
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This edition of Bird is called “Love Birds.” Austin is pairing up with WRFG jazz broadcaster (and new father) Uncle Evan to cultivate a set of jazz love songs for all the love birds, and Evan’s new love & daughter, Sunny.
All proceeds for the set go to Wild Nest Bird Rehab.
Rhythm Noir — DJ Euts
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Deep electronic R&B rhythms with a touch of Afro-inspired sounds
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Kaytranada, Solange, Frank Ocean, SZA, Xavier Oma, Tems
Martini Night! — Murrell’s Row
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Lee Mayfield of Murrell’s Row joins us for Martini Night! We’ll be slinging three martinis featuring Murrell’s Row spirits: Classic with GinGin, Umami with Kumo Mignonette and Espresso with Eno Amaro. Julie Hines and Zopi Kristjanson will DJ a set of Martini music that’s not lame. This’ll be a fun one, come out.
Footprints — Chris Devoe
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International Funk, Disco, Rare Groove, Afrobeat, Highlife
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The Funkees, Fela Kuti, Djavan, Arthur Verocai
Brownsville — Jeff Brown
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A mix of soul, jazz and world music with an eclectic, feel-good vibe. Warm grooves, deep rhythms and sounds that move people without forcing the party.
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Ahmad Jamal, Madeline Bell, Black Radio, Maleet
Decatur Grooves — Ysheso
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Disco, indie, electronic and dance music
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Khruangbin, Kai Alce, Earth Wind and Fire, Hermanos Guitterez
Motion Pictures— November Rose (
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Motion Pictures is a music-and-film series that pairs classic international new-wave films with a live DJ set by November Rose, inviting audiences to rediscover romance and the leisure of the old world. Each evening blends music and cinema that embody timeless elegance and a touch of nostalgic mischief. Scored by jazz, jazz-house,and soulful vaporwave, the experience transforms the room into a living film—its guests the cast, dressed in sharp leisurely style inspired by 1950s–60s jazz clubs.
Dillafied — Chris Devoe & Bruce Phillips
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Hallmarks of the legendary producer and DJ’s career. J Dilla’s mark on the music world is undeniable, having produced seminal tracks for and with some of the most respected names in hip-hop and R&B including Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, Bilal, The Pharcyde, Common, D'Angelo, De La Soul, the Roots and Madlib.
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J Dilla!!
Left Handed — Matt Lambert & Randall Cartwright
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Jazz and instrumental grooves played by two very stylish gentlemen.
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David Axelrod, Art Blakely, Jackie McLean, Bobby Timmons
Dedicated Listening – Susumu Yokota
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Susumu Yokota (April 11, 1960 – March 27 2015) was a Japanese record producer and composer of ambient and electronic music.
We’ll be doing dedicated listen of Laputa in partnership with Lo Recordings. The mystical world of Laputa is perhaps Yokota's most challenging work but immeasurably rewarding. Beguiling and bewitching in equal measure.
.“There is a building up and breaking down of the elements within the mix, in a careful and spacious construction. Something that appears to be far in the distance can gradually, or suddenly, break through front and centre. There are many styles of music that have been called deep listening - the term is even applied to a way of listening itelf. Laputa is a fine example of depth in music. It can also be heard as a ceremony, and as a trip…” - Richard Norris
Ambient fans, come out!