Dawn Richard Creole Culture Vinyl

Creole Culture is the new album by multidisciplinary artist Dawn Richard, out October 9, 2026 on Merge Records. Steeped in history but with its flag planted firmly in the future, Creole Culture pulls elements from Richard’s heritage as a Black and Native American woman who has spent a lifetime making and engaging with music. Following New Breed (2019) and Second Line (2021), Creole Culture is akin to a panel of a triptych: a fully-realized sonic and narrative universe in which Richard, as King Creole, rebuilds her hometown of New Orleans in her image. She not only honors her city for what it was or what it gave her, but stakes a claim for it as a cradle of global culture now and for all time.Creole Culture is triumphant and tragic, sexy and mournful, braggadocious and contemplative. The album represents Richard's New Orleans as a utopian soundscape--an intoxicating blend of R&B, soul, hip-hop, and jazz--that's survived and thrived despite the dystopian circumstances visited upon it.