Today’s Top Tune: aja monet ‘elsewhere’ (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello & Georgia Anne Muldrow)

Surrealist blues poet aja monet announces her new album the color of rain, out May 22, and shares the standout track “elsewhere.” Featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow, Meshell Ndegeocello, and your friend in frequency Novena Carmel, the song is a luminous homage to Sly Stone, blending poetry, soul, and jazz into a deeply spiritual groove. Across the album, monet dissolves the boundaries between genres, crafting a powerful, dreamlike meditation on love, resistance, and the urgency of the present moment.

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