Kristi Lomax, a native New Yorker, now calls Los Angeles home, but the richness of the Big Apple's musical landscape is kept alive through her music programming as host of the weekly radio show Restless Soul, which can be heard on LA’s progressive radio station, 90.7FM KPFK.

San Francisco-based club music label Om Records stood at the crossroads of its first funky decade in 2005. After careful deliberation, Om took the next logical step with Om: Hip-Hop, a dedicated imprint committed to discovering and releasing the dopest forward-thinking hip-hop around. Since the sublabel’s inception, they've enlisted an all-star roster of artists that includes the jazzy hip-hop juggernaut Colossus, the ever soulful Strange Fruit Project (who collaborated with Erykah Badu and Little Brother), Bay Area heavyweights Zion I & The Grouch, Zeph and Azeem, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Grammy award-winning Ladybug Mecca of Digable Planets and DJ/producer E Da Boss.

The weekly club, Afro Funke', was the brainchild of African Afro Roots Reggae star, Rocky Dawuni, who realized LA's need for a night dedicated to African music, culture and art and it's far reaching legacy around the world. Dawuni, who's based in LA and his native Ghana, together with producer and photographer Cary Sullivan created Afro Funke', bringing on board resident DJ and partner Jeremy Sole's Musaics. Each week Afro Funke' presents guest DJs, live performances, dancers, record release parties, fundraisers, art installations, crafts and more while Sole spins his unique Musaics, or sound collage-blends of hip hop, jazz/funk, dub reggae, afro beat, and remixed world beats; pieced together with tribal breaks, and uplifted by dubbed-out turntable manipulation and live instrumentation.