The Hemphill Stringtet creative-music forcing us to understand them—and

forcing us to understand them—and even empathize—despite our wish to simply label them monsters

X-TRA cultivates a deep understanding of contemporary art

To take it a few steps further

the sixth album from cult UK soul artist Lewis Taylor—a multi-instrumentalist and genre-blurring icon of British neo-soul

The Hemphill Stringtet creative-music forcing us to understand them—andThis coming May the 28th, LOOVE Annex is delighted to welcome THE HEMPHILL STRINGTET a collective string quartet devoted to performing the music of African American composer and saxophonist Julius Hemphill (1938 1995). The quartet aims to bring greater attention to Hemphills compositions and highlight his role as a major Black American composer of the late twentieth century. In his obituary, The New York Times called him one of the most important