Hey Sensibles,
Two things for you this week — one for the ears, one for the eyes.
First, the new episode is live. We sat down with Jon Onabowu — British-Nigerian drummer, composer, and bandleader — whose music sits at the intersection of jazz, funk, hip-hop, and gospel. Jon founded the Cosmic Fusion residency at Ronnie Scott’s, has performed at Montreux and the EFG London Jazz Festival, and has just dropped his debut single “The Bounce” ahead of his first album Now’s The Time, out in May. It’s a genuinely brilliant conversation about creativity, craft, and what it takes to build something from the ground up. Go listen — and then go find the music too.
Second, we wrote something this weekend about the Together Alliance march in London. Organisers said half a million people showed up. The Met said 50,000. That ten-fold gap tells you almost everything you need to know about how political events get weaponised before the crowds have even gone home. But beyond the numbers dispute, there’s a more honest question worth sitting with — does a march through Whitehall actually speak to the parts of the country where these political tensions are sharpest? I don’t think the answer is as simple as either side wants it to be.
Read: The March That Couldn’t Agree On Its Own Size → tcsnetwork
As always, share both if something lands with you. That’s how we grow.
Common Sense Community Team.
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