Spotlight: aja monet +

+ American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets from Thu 10/22 10:30AM through Sat 10/24 11AM. The Grammy Museum is thrilled to welcome rising artist aja monet for an evening discussing the release of her sophomore album, the color of rain, her creative process, growing career, and more with DJ, presenter, voice artist, curator and host of KCRW's flagship music program Morning Becomes Eclectic, Novena Carmel. There will also be a performance from aja to follow in the Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater. aja monet is a Surrealist Blues Poet in the business of goosebumps and heart-gut-telling truths. She follows in the long legacy and tradition of poets organizing in social movements for change. Her collaborative spirit has seen her shape and shift culture alongside internationally renowned artists, scholars, activists, and organizers. Her acclaimed collections, my mother was a freedom fighter (2017) and florida water (2025), were both nominated for NAACP Image Awards for Poetry. Her debut poetry album, when the poems do what they do, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2024. As a poet and bandleader, aja has performed on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim, Newport Jazz Festival, Montréal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and London’s Barbican Centre.