Aja Monet Plays Her Favorite Records | Discogs Listening Room @ FORM 2024

"Now you see why I'm so emo," said artist/poet/activist Aja Monet after listening to two of her favorite records at the Discogs Listening Room at FORM Arcosanti 2024. In 2023, Monet released her debut studio album, 'When the Poems Do What They Do,' on drink sum wtr records. A collection of Monet's poetry and spoken word art set to jazz, the album was ranked the 17th best album of 2023 by influential Los Angeles radio station KCRW. The album was later nominated for a 2024 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. These are the albums Aja Monet chose to play in the Discogs Listening Room: Bettye Swann ‘Bettye Swann’: https://www.discogs.com/release/30877980-Bettye-Swann-Bettye-Swann Camille Yarbrough ‘The Iron Pot Cooker’: https://www.discogs.com/release/15955437-Camille-Yarbrough-The-Iron-Pot-Cooker Aja Monet on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4327533-Aja-Monet For this edition of the Discogs Listening Room, the Technics SL-1210GR2 turntable was used. -- Unlock the ultimate record collecting experience: https://www.discogs.com/about/get-started/ SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/discogs Check us on Social @Discogs: Follow Discogs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discogs Follow Discogs on X: https://twitter.com/discogs Follow Discogs on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discogs Follow Discogs on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@discogs Follow Discogs on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discogsofficial.bsky.social Thanks for watching! #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection