Groove Theory: Disc Course with Kotic Couture

⁠Stream the Playlist - Jess Klein is a singer-songwriter and activist, two roles that are so intertwined for her that they're impossible to separate. Join us as we explore advocacy through musical voices and the issues they illuminate. Read the Liner Notes

⁠Stream the Playlist - Mo County is a Los Angeles-based R&B singer-songwriter whose love affair with music has been the most consistent driving force in his life. Join us as we explore some amorous tracks and the vulnerability required by love. Read the Liner Notes

Stream the Playlist - Maria G. Valdez is PR professional working with emerging artists in the US Hispanic music market. Join us as we explore the stages of grief through a break-up playlist. Read the Liner Notes

⁠Stream the Playlist - Roger del Pino is the man behind Monterrey, releasing cerebral pop tracks with a dreamy aesthetic. Join us as we collaborate on our own dreamy soundtrack and explore the possibilities of a better world. Read the Liner Notes

⁠Stream the Playlist - Kris Alvarez is a Miami-born indie electronic musician and producer better known as Firstworld. Join us as we explore the cleansing power of music through songs that channel some of our stronger emotions. Read the Liner Notes

⁠Stream the Playlist - Ann Davis-Rowe is librarian by training and semi-pro musical performer by dumb luck. Join us as we revel in the drama of musical theater through some of our favorite numbers. Track #6: 'Cards Never Lie' from 'MTV's hip-hopera: Carmen' Read the Liner Notes

Kotic Couture is a rapper, DJ, and multidisciplinary artist based in Baltimore, where she is known as the "Queen of the Underground." Join us in a virtual dance party as we share songs that make us move. Stream the Playlist

⁠Stream the Playlist - Michael Murray is an actor and filmmaker with a penchant for undermining traditional gender roles. Join us as we explore common fallacies and the dogged expansiveness of gender through song.

⁠Stream the Playlist - Adria Stembridge is the lead singer for Tears for the Dying, a goth band from Athens, Georgia. Join us as we explore feminine strength, rage, and resilience through music. Read the Liner Notes

⁠Stream the Playlist - Elijah B. Moore is a Chapel-Hill-based actor best known for his portrayal of Wade in CW's Legacies. He also found the most insane holiday song in existence. Join us for a holiday special that combines the idyllic, the cynical, and the batshit. Track #5: 'An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy's Home)' by Linda Bennet Track #12: 'When Christmas Comes to Our House' by Dottie Evans w/ The Brigadiers Quartet Read the Liner Notes