P R E S S
“B. Alexis raps movingly about watching her son grow up from prison on the song ‘I Can’t Lie,’ but her approach is usually more oblique... I hear in [her] lyrics remorse but also a challenge: Who are you to judge me?.”
— Maurice Chammah, THE MARSHALL PROJECT
“The howling need for redemption at its core makes it less a mere musical experience and more a profound leap of faith.”
— Michael Patrick F. Smith, WASHINGTON POST
“Toppling Stereotypes.”
— Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
“A population that is often talked about but not talked to.”
— Tanzina Vega, WNYC
“The songs are a collection of personal stories… [of] regret, forgiveness and faith. ”
— Amy Ta, KCRW
“The [Die Jim Crow] EP mixes melancholy soul, torrid rock guitar solos and solemn hip-hop.”
— Elias Leight, Rolling Stone
Press Archive
2026
Black Enterprise re: B. Alexis - LINK
Chesnut Hill Local re: BL Shirelle & B. Alexis - Link
WHYY re: BL Shirelle - April 30 - LINK
NPR Morning Edition re: B. Alexis - April 24 - Link
The Marshall Project: Redemption Songs featuring B. Alexis - April - LINK
2025
Service95 re: Bending The Bars (distributed by FREER World) - September 16 - Link
WLRN re: Bending The Bars- July 9 - LINK
Miami New Times re: Bending The Bars - June 27 - LINK
NPR All Things Considered re: Bending The Bars - June 19 - LINK
Autostraddle re: Bending The Bars - June 19 - LINK
The Guardian re: Bending The Bars - June 4 - Link
Truthout re: Bending The Bars - May 24 - LINK
Project Censored re: Bending The Bars - May 12 - LINK
Westside Gazette re: Bending The Bars - March 26 - LINK
Hell Gate re: Picto Art Show - January 27 - LINK
2024
Murzik Radio Russia - November 29 - link / pdf
Westword - October 15 - link / pdf
Popular Music and Society Journal interview with Fury Young - October 2 - pdf
Popular Music and Society Journal - Tlaxihuiqui Review - September 20 - PDF
Popular Music and Society Journal - Groove Therapy Review - September 10 - pdf
Popular Music and Society Journal - Die Jim Crow EP Review - September 9 - PDF
Free Minds Connect Magazine August/September Issue featuring FREER Records - September - pdf
KBOO Radio features Spoon Jackson and Nicolas Snyder - June 3 - link / pdf
The Indypendent features Spoon Jackson’s No Moon - May 16 - link / pdf
The Norwood News features SIGS On Seeley St. - May 3 - link / pdf
The Ongoing History of Protest Music Spoon Jackson’s No Moon - April 30 - link / pdf
RTR 92.1 FM Australia Spoon Jackson’s No Moon - April 28 - link / pdf
EL BENTLY 448 on Race to Social Justice Podcast - April 24 - link / pdf
Tea with Dweez: Spoon Jackson’s No Moon - April 23 - link / pdf
The Ongoing History of Protest Music Spoon Jackson’s Computer Lady - February 29 - link / pdf
2023
Mission Magazine’s November Music Issue features DJC/FREER Records - pdf
The Marshall Project features Lifers Groove - November 4 - link / pdf
Leon Benson NZZ am Sonntag Magazine - November 11 - link / pdf
Leon Benson on Swiss Public Radio SRF - November 1 - link / pdf
Amnesty International Journal - September 29 - link / pdf
Leon Benson on By Little Media Podcast - Aug 17 - link / pdf
NPR’s Fresh Air with Tonya Mosley and Maurice Chammah feature Die Jim Crow Records - Aug 17 - link / pdf
The Marshall Project - Aug 3 - link / pdf
The New York Times - Aug 3 - link / pdf
Dublab - July 29 - link / pdf
The Progressive - July 24 - link / pdf
Busy Being Black Podcast with Leon Benson - July 16 - link / pdf
Deutschlandfunk Kultur Radio - July 11 - link / pdf
The Flint Courier - June 30 - link / pdf
Detroit Metro Times - June 28 - link / pdf
Shadowproof EL BENTLY 448 - May 8 - link / pdf
Race To Social Justice Podcast with Keva White and John Kempner - May 3 - link / pdf
Stories From Nowhere Podcast with Andrew Rice - April 3 - link / pdf
2022
What’s On Your Mind Podcast with Jani Rad - November 15 - link / pdf
As It Should Be with Thamarrah Jones Podcast - October 21 - link / pdf
The Creative Process Podcast - October 21 - Link / pdf
PEN America - September 16 - link / pdf
Penned Podcast - September 9 - LINK / pdf
Voyage Denver - February 15 - link / pdf
The Science Survey - February 1 - link / pdf
Oxygen - January 4 - link / pdf
Undrcurrents - January 1 - link / pdf
2021
The Ongoing History of Protest Music - December 31 - link / pdf
The Nürnberger Nachrichten - December 28 - link / pdf
Shadowproof - December 20 - link / pdf
FLOOD Magazine - December 6 - link / pdf
Prison: The Hidden Sentence - December 1 - link / pdf
Deustchland Kultur - November 30 - link / pdf
KCRW - October 11 - link / pdf
Westword - October 4 - link / pdf
Washington Post - September 29 - link / pdf
5280 Magazine - September 13 - link / pdf
303 Magazine - August 17 - link / pdf
Undrcurrents - August 13 - link / pdf
Colorado Public Radio - August 12 - link / pdf
Busy Being Black - August 11 - link / pdf
The Wire - May Issue - pdf
Society of Sound - March 24 - link / pdf
WXPN The Key - March 22 - link / pdf
2020
StockX - November 4 - link / pdf
San Francisco Bay View - September 27 - link / pdf
Los Angeles Review of Books - September 15 - link / pdf
Grammys.com - September 9 - link / pdf
Philadelphia Weekly - September 3 - link / pdf
The Atlantic - September 1 - link / pdf
At Night I Fly - August - link / pdf
Blog Talk Radio - August - link / pdf
Pitchfork - August 26 - link / pdf
BBC - August 24 - link / pdf
Arte TV France - August 24 - link / pdf
The Philadelphia Inquirer - July 15 - link / pdf
Brightest Young Things - July 14 - link / pdf
Busy Being Black - July 4 - link / pdf
The Los Angeles Times - June 26 - link / pdf
Passion of the Weiss - June 26 - link / pdf
Shadowproof - June 22 - link / pdf
Bandcamp Daily - June 19 - link / pdf
Vinyl Factory - June 19 - link / pdf
Interview Magazine - June 17 - link / pdf
WNYC’s The Takeaway - June 16 - link / pdf
Columbus Alive - June 2 - link / pdf
Mississippi Free Press - May 29 - link / pdf
Oxygen - May 28 - link / pdf
Cleve Scene - May 26 - link / pdf
Decarceration Nation - May 25 - link / pdf
PEN America - April 29 - link / pdf
Radio Kingston - April 5 - link / pdf
New York Post - April 4 - link / pdf
2019
Flowertown - November 2 - pdf
Redacted Tonight With Lee Camp - October 31 - link / pdf
Shadowproof - October 25 - link / pdf
Shadowproof - October 22 - link / pdf
The Indypendent - October 17 - link / pdf
Bushwick Daily - January 17 - link / pdf
News 12 Brooklyn - January 3 - link / pdf
2018
Ms. Magazine - December 20 - link / pdf
Blavity - June 21 - link / pdf
Rolling Stone - June 19 - link / pdf
2016
Give A Beat - April 6 - link / pdf
Lunch With Legs - March 31 - link / pdf
The Oz Mix - March 31 - link / pdf
Rhino Horn Group - March 22 - link / pdf
2014
More Art - August 7 - link / pdf
Bedford + Bowery - August 1 - link / pdf