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Clara Kent's Christmas and Kwanzaa holiday song picks!

I curated these playlists not only to share my personal favorite holiday songs, but to show the beauty of soul music throughout the African Diaspora. Soul shines so brightly through the Christmas genre, something about it lingers in the heart and carries you into the next year with ease.

More Bounce Kwanzaa is a beautiful ode to the experience of African American culture, unveils vastness of the Diaspora, and is a great way to educate anyone who wants to learn more about the holiday and it’s purpose!

Enjoy, and have a soulful and loving holiday season, Much love!

Clara Kent joined WYEP in the Fall of 2022. She is an Afro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artist, a community liaison from Homewood, Pa, and the host of More Bounce on WYEP. Whether the medium is music, canvas, or curation, Clara will work to uplift the creative community, especially for Black artists and youth, as a whole through her actions in mentorship, her raw & vulnerable artistry, and her motivational words and posts. The self-proclaimed “Multidimensional Artistic Individual” was named Pittsburgh City Paper’s “Person of the Year” for Music in 2019 and has performed across many stages, opening for Wyclef Jean at SXSW, Cautious Clay at WYEP Summer Music Festival, Thundercat at Stage AE, Oshun, Jon Wayne, and OHMME. Clara also embarked on a summer mini-tour in 2019 with London-based music events company Sofar Sounds the same year, becoming one of their cohort performance artists.