Sonic Cycle – Episode February 6, 2026

Program: Sonic Cycle

Length: 60 minutes

SONIC CYCLE EP. 116: Black History Month Pt. 1 - Resources for Learning.

On this week's Cycle, I play some new Hip hop, a little bit of Alt R&B, and discuss some of the books, films, tv shows, events and other resources I'll be exploring and diving into during Black History Month.

The full list of the resources is below, I hope you're able to get your hands, ears and eyes on these to learn alongside me!

BOOKS:

  • Execution Poems by George Elliott Clarke (2001)

  • Blues and Bliss by George Elliott Clarke (2008)

  • Traverse by George Elliott Clarke (2014)

  • Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard (2019)

  • Soundin' Canaan by Paul db Watkins (2017)

  • North of the Color Line: Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 by Sarah-Jane Mathieu (2010)

  • Black Writers Matter (Edited by Whitney French) (2010)

  • The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole (2020)

  • They Said This Would Be Fun by Eternity Martis (2020)

  • We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel (Edited by Charity Marsh and Mark V. Campbell) (2020)


    • FILMS & TV SHOWS (available on CBC Gem):
  • Hollywood Black

  • Black Life: Untold Stories

  • For the Culture with Amanda Parris

  • Black Table

  • Summer of Soul

  • skategoat

  • We Want The Funk!


    • EVENTS IN CALGARY:
  • NMC's Free Event on February 7th: 30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations – From Nation Builders to Tomorrow's Visionaries.

  • Calgary Public Library - Black History Month Events


    • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
  • UCalgary's Black History Month Resource Site

    • Tracklist

    • Writers
      Nas, DJ Premier • Light-Years
    • Quiet Miles
      Harrison • Quiet Miles
    • The Fall-Off is Inevitable
      J. Cole • The Fall-Off
    • MiSOGYNISTICAL
      IDK • e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk.
    • Boyfriend In Yo Brain (Notice Me)
      Foggieraw • With No Due Respect
    • 1-800-MAN-DOWN
      Skip Waiters • INSECURE
    • Blueberry
      Harrison • Quiet Miles
    • crown
      Sean Leon, God's ALGORITHM • Single
    • LOOK!!!!!!!
      Kevin Holliday • LADYBUG
    • WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
      Kevin Holliday • LADYBUG
    • I Did This To Myself
      Thundercat, featuring Lil Yachty & Flying Lotus • Distracted
    • THEMSELVES
      Jordan Ward • BACKWARD
    • Don't U Know?
      Kai Banks • The Kaible
    • 4TH GRADE
      Malik Elijah • AN AFTERIMAGE OF HUMAN FREQUENCY
    • Real Tears
      Kamm Carson • Off My Chest Deluxe
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