Hey!

Each week, we add new music, older tracks, which are known as “Gold adds”, and tracks that might not fit our general format, but still deserve a place in rotation because they serve our mission of showing the depth, breadth, and influence of Black musical expression - These are known as “Variety adds.”

If you want to request a song, you can use this link at any time. If you make music and want it considered for rotation, fill out this form. If you want to give feedback directly, reach out to me at jgreen@mpr.org.

Tune in to hear our host Sanni B. live on The Message from 10 AM to 1 PM Monday through Thursday!

Keep all these tracks in one place with the "New on Carbon Sound" Spotify playlist. This playlist is updated weekly with all the new adds. When that playlist is cycled with new tracks, the tracks live forever on the "Old on Carbon Sound" playlist. That playlist contains all of the music that we've added since the week of July 11, 2022 in chronological order of when it was added. All of the tracks available on Spotify, at least.

Happy listening!

Julian - Carbon Sound Content Director

New Music

Ari Lennox - “Soft Girl Era” 

BigXthaPlug - “Life of a Boss” 

Duckwrth - “Toxic Romantic” 

Ken Carson - “Kryptonite” 

Madison McFerrin - “I Don't” 

Rema - “Bout U” 

Rob49 - “WTHELLY” 

Room3 - “Don't Forget 2 Breathe” (Local!) 

Saba & No ID - “Reciprocity” feat. Ibeyi 

SPELLING - “Portrait of My Heart”  

SoulFlower - “by my side” (Local!) 

Gold Adds

Aaron Neville - “Everybody Plays the Fool” / “Use Me” 

Brandy - “Best Friend” 

Debbie Deb - “Funky Little Beat”