Moor Mother
camae ayewa channels radical poetry and quantum futurism through jazz collectives that sound like liberation itself
Camae Ayewa, (born November 19, 1981) better known by her stage name Moor Mother, is an American poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is one half of the collective Black Quantum Futurism, along with Rasheedah Phillips, and co-leads the groups Irreversible Entanglements and 700 Bliss. wikipedia →
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the film album
- SUMAC & Moor Mother - The Film - The Needle Drop
- Sumac and Moor Mother : The Film | Album review - treblezine.com
- Sumac and Moor Mother - “The Film” | Album Review - POST-TRASH
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the great bailout album
- Moor Mother – “The Great Bailout” - Everything Is Noise
- Moor Mother – The Great Bailout (Anti-, 2024) - The Free Jazz Collective
- Moor Mother: The Great Bailout Album Review - Pitchfork
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jazz codes album
- Moor Mother –Jazz Codes (Anti, 2022) - The Free Jazz Collective
- Moor Mother: Jazz Codes Album Review - Pitchfork
- Moor Mother: Jazz Codes review – a stunning continuum of Black music - The Guardian
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black encyclopedia of the air
- Moor Mother: Black Encyclopedia of the Air Album Review - Pitchfork
- Album Review: Moor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air - beatsperminute.com
- Up, Up, And Away: Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air - The Quietus
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analog fluids of sonic black holes
- Moor Mother — Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes - The Quietus
- Moor Mother – Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes - treblezine.com
- Moor Mother: Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes Album Review - Pitchfork
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brass collaboration
other albums and songs
- 4847, Moor Mother: 6 Movements From New Sounds Live | New Sounds - WNYC Studios | Podcasts
- Sumac and Moor Mother Announce Album, Share New Song “Scene 1”: Listen - Pitchfork
- Moor Mother addresses both reckoning and relief on “Guilty” - Beats Per Minute
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interviews and features
- Terri Lyne Carrington and Moor Mother Want Jazz Liberation - Talkhouse
- Only connect: Poetic visionary Moor Mother returns to SF Electronic Music Fest - 48 Hills
- Saul Williams Connects with LA’s Unbound Jazz Community and Moor Mother on Leap Life - JazzTimes
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