Musician and singer Seanloui is making sure Arizona will be well-represented this Black History Month by expanding his Black Renaissance project with a podcast and compilation album highlighting local creatives that will release throughout February.
Seanloui started Black Renaissance in May 2019 as an event series "spotlighting black creatives' influence on mainstream culture," whether that be music, film or dance. Since forming, Black Renaissance events have taken place in multiple locations throughout Tucson, such as Hotel McCoy and The Screening Room, as well as Phoenix.
Now, the first episode of the podcast and compilation album have been released and are exploring "the Black Artist community who reside in the Grand Canyon state." In the first podcast episode, Seanloui spoke with Marquez Johnson, a dancer and teacher at the University of Arizona (who was previously featured in the Tucson Weekly).