A playlist dedicated to Queer Sapphics of Color, featuring Queer Sapphics of Color ✨        The playlist has also been featured in “Bad Queers” podcast. I hope that this music can be a reminder that sapphics of color and their music is vital and necessary

Queer Sapphics of Color ✨

Album Title: Barefoot Socrates
Genre: Smoky Jazz-Blues / Bohemian Noir / Retro Soul
Vibe: Sultry, Intimate, Late-Night, Cinematic
Description:
Barefoot Socrates strips away the marble and robes of antiquity to reveal the original bohemian wanderer in a dimly lit, smoky atmosphere. This album is a masterclass in mood, transforming the probing questions of the Agora into a sultry, late-night confession.
The soundscape is steeped in nostalgia and noir textures. Anchored by the warm, walking rhythm of an upright bass and the organic pulse of congas and bongos, the groove swings with a subtle gypsy-jazz influence that feels both timeless and raw. Over this rhythmic foundation, smooth retro guitar lines weave intricate melodies, echoing the Socratic method of endless questioning.
The defining element is the vocal delivery—deep, husky, and female. She delivers ancient wisdom not as lectures, but as soulful, emotional revelations. Tracks like "The Dreamless Sleep" and "The Gadfly" are reimagined as torch songs, where the search for truth burns with a slow, cinematic intensity.
Barefoot Socrates is a record for the midnight hour, capturing the essence of a man who owned nothing but possessed the ultimate wealth of the mind. It is philosophy felt in the gut, delivered with the heart of the blues.


Beautiful Within

The Electric Lady

Look into My Eyes

Can't Live without Your Love

Dorothy Dandridge Eyes (feat. Esperanza Spalding)

The ArchAndroid

Sir Greendown

Written by: Jamila Woods 
Produced by:  Ayanna Woods 
Additional Production ​& ​Arrangement By​: Dee Lilly
Mixed by: Mike Kolar c/o Closed Sessions 
Mastered by: Mike Kolar c/o Closed Sessions 
Distributed by: Closed Sessions

HEAVN

Bubbles

Can't Explain It (feat. Charlie Wilson)

Shade

Swervvvvv.5

Urban Jazz

Her Light

Dive

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Look into My Eyes

Janelle Monáe

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