Kindred the Family Soul

The lineup also includes Black Thought's Live Mixtape ft. Eve & Busta Rhymes, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Syd, GloRilla, a Soulquarians icons set with Roy Ayers and The Isley Brothers, and more...

The 2016 Summer Spirit Festival happens August 6 & 7 at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Maryland with Erykah Badu and Janelle Monae headlining day one; and Jill Scott and The Roots headlining day two. Erykah Badu and Jill Scott are also both playing the soon-to-be-open Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk (separately).

Pitchfork: As the daughter of a diplomat, you must have traveled a lot. How does that experience inform your music? Rokia Traoré: My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me...