GRAMMY®-nominated poet aja monet has a way of putting words to feelings we don't always know how to express. On her second album, the color of rain, released on drink sum wtr, she brings poetry and music together in a way that feels both deeply personal and connected to the world around us.

Songs of Remembering asks listeners to do exactly what its title suggests: remember—not passively, but with purpose. At its center is “Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery,” an eight-movement work created by Tonality founder and conductor Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake and Ogi Ifediora in partnership with Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones.