June is Black Music Month – circa Jimmy Carter in 1979 – the intention is to honor the legacy of Black musical expression as an essential conduit for Black strife, melancholy, joy, and celebration. Few articulate the cultural symbiosis of music and Blackness like Hanif Abdurraqib (Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest) and Stephanie Phillips (Why Solange Matters) – two of  the  spotlight authors for the day. In the spirit of the best musical collabs, they will  partnering with Vinyl Index to offer some irresistible vinyl + book bundles because it’s Juneteenth.