Feature: Black Lives Matter and African American History Dialogue: What is Black Lives Matter? (Motoko Oshino x Keiko Tsukada) Protest Songs Born from the George Floyd Murder (Shiho Watanabe) African American History and Music (1) The Era of Slavery - (Keiko Wells) (2) The 1920s - (Kazunori Harada) (3) The 1950s - (Hitoshi Koide) (4) The 1970s - (Kei Deta) (5) The 1980s - (Tsuyoshi Hayashi) (6) The 1990s - (Minako Ikeshiro) (7) The 2010s - (Machizo Hasegawa) Everyday People - Voices of the Common People (Keiko Tsukada) Book Guide (Keiko Nitta) Movie Guide (Rerato Anzu, Minako Ikeshiro, Takeshi Kizu, Machizo Hasegawa, Toru Watanabe) Bob Dylan - Examining His First Original Album in 8 Years (Yoshiki Sakurai) Arca - Declaring a Transition to the Next Phase (Tsunao Kadowaki) Laraaji - A Piano Solo Album Returning to His Roots (Yuji Shibasaki) Takuya Kuroda - A Trumpeter Who Has Opened Up a New Realm (Koichi Shima) No Lie-Sense - A New Work with "Dadaism" as the Keyword (Yasuro Murao) Stardust☆Review - Announcing Their 40th Anniversary Album (Eiji Ogura) New Standard 2020s - 7th Japanese Latin Music (Yukihiro Yamamoto, Jun Takemura, Masataka Ishida, Masahiko Ebihara, Miyuki Maho) Bing & Ruth (Tetsuya Sakamoto) Gerald Clayton (Koji Murai) Miho Asahi (Hajime Oishi) Yui Kohinata (Go Yoshida) Love Wonderland (Shino Okamura) Front Line Maaya Sakamoto DAOKO Kota Nishidera the perfect me Sparks Mr. President Kamasi Washington Skinshape REGULAR CONTENTS Album Pick Up... In-depth reviews of noteworthy new releases. Arca / Bob Dylan / Fontaines D.C. / Run The Jewels / Teyana Taylor / Mahmundi / No Lie-Sense / Hakushi Hasegawa and others Cross Review... Four reviewers battle it out with scores! John Legend / Jessie Ware / Sarah Jarosz / Watkins Family Hour / The Soft Pink Truth / Radio Slave / Al Bilali Soudan / Chudahye Chagis and others