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Music for Life

More than another music stream, Carbon Sound celebrates the depth, breadth, and influence of Black musical expression and honors the foundational role of Black music throughout all genres of music. Learn more

Events Enter for a chance to see Hurricane Wisdom at Fine Line

November 10, 2025

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Events The Gig List, Nov. 10-16: Hurricane Wisdom; Lewiee Blaze; BYZARRA

Rapper Hurricane Wisdom performing onstage

November 10, 2025

The hottest shows in the Twin Cities this week. Read more

DJ Mixes DJ Mixes available online and in-app

Polaroids of DJs featured on Carbon Sound.

April 24, 2024

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DJ Mixes Sophia Eris (11/7/25)

November 7, 2025

Time-bending R&B, Pop, and Hip-Hop from Twin Cities star Sophia Eris. Read more

Events What You Missed at the Carbon Sound Career & Collab Workshop: Securing Legacy Through Music

November 3, 2025

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New Music Minnesota Music Releases to check out from October 2025

Carbon Sound's Best Minnesota Music from October graphic

November 1, 2025

Highlighting Carbon Sound’s Favorite Minnesota made tracks, projects, and music videos released over the month of October, 2025. Read more

DJ Mixes Kwey (10/31/25)

October 31, 2025

House, Kuduro, R&B, and more from the King of Samambo World. Read more

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Carbon Sound D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

October 14, 2025

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51. Read more

On-Air Interviews Interview: XINA

October 10, 2025

XINA stopped by to talk to Carbon Sound’s host Sanni about her IRON X EP, opening up for Duckwrth in Chicago, XINAVERSE, and more. Read more

New Music Minnesota Music Releases to check out from September 2025

Carbon Sound's Best Minnesota Music from September graphic

October 1, 2025

Highlighting Carbon Sound’s Favorite Minnesota made tracks, projects, and music videos released over the month of September, 2025. Read more

Features PinkPantheress: Tiny Desk Concert

September 5, 2025

For the chronically online, PinkPantheress has become a soundtrack, vision board and guide. Backed by a band (and sans autotune), the pop star swaps out glitched-out samples for guitar riffs and softer, jazzier moments. Read more

DJ Mixes Angel Beloved (9/3/25)

man poses for polaroid with face in his hand

September 3, 2025

A Global Broken Beat mix from a South Minneapolis veteran. Read more

Features Mustafa: Tiny Desk Concert

September 3, 2025

For the Sudanese Canadian artist, tenderness is a radical act. Mustafa, along with a choir of Sudanese women, performs heart-wrenchingly beautiful songs about his community. Read more

New Music Minnesota Music Releases to check out from August 2025

Carbon Sound's Best Minnesota Music from August 2025 graphic

September 1, 2025

Highlighting Carbon Sound’s Favorite Minnesota made tracks, projects, and music videos released over the month of August, 2025. Read more

Features Nourished By Time's blue-collar blues

On the The Passionate Ones, his second album as Nourished by Time, Baltimore native Marcus Brown plumbs the ways that class and labor become inseparable from creativity.

September 1, 2025

Marcus Brown toiled for 10 years before stumbling into indie stardom. On his thrilling new album, he hears music in every hour worked — day jobs included. Read more