aja monet
Poet and vocalist with a jazz-forward new album
Based in New York City, United States
aja monet works with voice first: spoken cadence, sung lines, and jazz-leaning phrasing over arrangements that move between blues, soul, and hip-hop touchpoints. The new material is presented as a record-length cycle, so this set should feel composed and sequence-minded rather than like a loose poetry reading.
More about aja monet
She comes out of New York’s poetry and jazz-adjacent performance world, where the line between spoken word set and record project stays porous. Her official site presents her as a contemporary poet, lyricist, and activist, and the new album sits squarely in that lane.
Playing
- 2026-11-05 2026-11-05T23:30:00 · aja monet · TivoliVredenburg
Start here
- the color of rain (2026) · aja monet
Newest record and festival focus - when the poems do what they do (2023) · Blue Note
Earlier full-length with the same voice-led approach
For fans of
Nubya Garcia, Saul Williams, Nikki GiovanniOfficial links
Le Guess Who?BandcampSpotifyWebsite
Plan Le Guess Who? 2026 with Songpot · Ask about aja monet in ChatGPT or Claude