Marcus J. Moore

Marcus J. Moore

Writing

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Run the Jewels’ Wake-Up Call

The Nation

June 29, 2020

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Sault’s ‘UNTITLED’ Lights Up The Full Spectrum Of Blackness

NPR

June 19, 2020

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15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks

The New York Times

June 18, 2020

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‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now

The New York Times

June 15, 2020

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Funk For The Future

The Nation

May 27, 2020

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Moses Sumney’s ‘græ’ Is a Sonic Marvel

Entertainment Weekly

May 16, 2020

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The Necessity of Pink Siifu’s Rage

The Fader

April 15, 2020

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Kendrick Lamar Thinks Like A Jazz Musician

NPR

April 8, 2020

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Reinventing the Sound of Protest

The Nation

April 2, 2020

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Thundercat Learns to Let Go

VIBE

March 31, 2020

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Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now

The Nation

March 29, 2020

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Herbie Hancock’s Ahead-Of-Its-Time ‘Mr. Hands’

Vinyl Me, Please

January 24, 2020

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The Buoyant Jazz of Jeff Parker’s “Suite for Max Brown”

Bandcamp Daily

January 24, 2020

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Writer Marcus J. Moore on Breaking Through

The Creative Independent

November 29, 2019

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Jamael Dean’s Spiritual Jazz

Bandcamp Daily

November 29, 2019

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On “Ism,” Junius Paul Distills the Sound of Chicago

Bandcamp Daily

November 29, 2019

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The Voice of Casablanca

The Nation

September 20, 2019

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The Return of Raphael Saadiq

Entertainment Weekly

August 22, 2019

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Bon Iver’s Great Escape

The Nation

August 22, 2019

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Don’t Call Madlib, He’ll Call You

Pitchfork

June 7, 2019

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Re-enter the Wu-Tang: The iconic rap crew on legacy and looking ahead

Entertainment Weekly

May 8, 2019

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Solange Searches for Epiphany

The Nation

March 14, 2019