{"id":3897,"date":"2025-02-03T05:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T05:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:35:48","slug":"celebrating-black-history-month-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/celebrating-black-history-month-2025","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black History Month in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Black History Month in the U.S., we\u2019re shining a light on the incredible Black artists in the Sofar community\u2014those making waves today and those whose past performances continue to inspire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First up, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4qcuAfHj8FSA0ahNuN6OWk?si=3ce0f16fb3174b02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Voices playlist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is back, featuring new releases from dynamic Black artists who\u2019ve performed at Sofar. From soulful ballads to genre-bending anthems, it\u2019s a collection that deserves to be on repeat all year long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re also revisiting some of our most unforgettable live performances from Black artists across the years. Throughout the month, we\u2019ll be sharing standout Sofar sets on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/sofarsounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014reminding us why these voices are essential, not just in February, but always.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to experience it all in person? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/lists\/black-history-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Find a Black History Month show near you<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfa7 Listen to the Black Voices playlist below and follow along on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL4_SsHNp9R6ekxTGWG3jwbLT2FMnHdmbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as we relive these incredible moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4qcuAfHj8FSA0ahNuN6OWk?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Black History Month in the U.S., we\u2019re shining a light on the incredible Black artists in the Sofar community\u2014those making waves today and those whose past performances continue to inspire. First up, our Black Voices playlist is back, featuring new releases from dynamic Black artists who\u2019ve performed at Sofar. From soulful ballads to genre-bending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,3,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-history-month","category-artists","category-playlists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}