Sweet Honey in the Rock

Veteran a cappella combo Sweet Honey in the Rock entwines female and black empowerment into folk-bitten sing-alongs that can be thoroughly transcendent in concert, and has lately spent much time celebrating recently departed women icons Nina Simone, Aster Aweke and Odetta. Clearly, the group realizes that in order to envision a future, you have to know your past—as ever a timely message.