Reclaiming My Groovin’ Time with Baqvas

This episode is a giant shoutout to Maxine Waters! Also, I was feeling music that had a bit of a groove to it.

Set features music from: South Africa, Vietnam, Iran by way of Tajikistan, Thai diaspora, South Asian diaspora, Texas, UK, LA, NYC & 95% of the set's musicians of color <3

Dubs for Syria Compilation

Adam Joseph's Music Video for Reclaiming My Time [ft. Maxine Waters] (Starring Aunty Cherry Chan)

HDLSS interviewed by Heems for Brooklyn Vegan

Philia - Artists Rise Against Islamophobia

How a Thai Funk, Surf Soul Trio Named Khruangbin Found Their Groove in a Texas Barn

Music Video for Kiosk's cover of Ay Yarom Bia

Ava Raiin's forthcoming S/T album

Playlist

  1. Say You Love Me by Om Alec Khaoli on S/T (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  2. Tinh Yêu Tuyệt Vời (The Greatest Love) by Bich Loan & the CBC Band on Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 (Sublime Frequencies)
  3. YAROM BIA (KIOSK feat. Mohsen Namjoo cover) by Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev on Global Zoo (Bamahang Productions)
  4. People Everywhere (Still Alive) by Khruangbin on The Universe Smiles Upon You (Night Time Stories)
  5. No more War by SOOM T & JEAN-PAUL DUB on Dubs for Syria Compilation (VATICAEN PROD. - INTERNATIONAL CREATORS UNITED AGAINST WAR)
  6. Treading Water by Syd (Self Released)
  7. Cuffed by Nick Hakim on Green Twins (ATO Records)
  8. The Gold by Ava Raiin on Ava Raiin (The Randall House)
  9. Wonderloss by HDLSS (Self Released)
  10. Blades by Heems on Philia - Artists Rise Against Islamophobia (Floating House Recordings)
  11. Reclaiming My Time [ft. Maxine Waters] by Adam Joseph (Self Released)