On Saturday, September 25th, WK Music will present the Keep Your Dreams Alive Concert at the Ebenezer Holiness Church located at 101 Rossdene Drive in North York, Ontario. Starting time is 5:30PM.
Confirmed artists include: 2nd Chance, Anthony Aigbe, Tesharah, Junior Smith, Tonya King and others. All artists will be backed by the Heavy Unit Band. Limited tickets are available via TicketGateway dot com.
The annual Legends In Concert is set to take place on Sunday, September 19th at Lithonia City Park (2515 Park Drive) in Lithonia, Georgia. Gates are scheduled to open at 2PM, but the actual show will not commence until 5.
This year’s lineup includes: Ghost, Tanya Stephens, Louie Culture and Ray, Goodman & Brown. The MC will be Tommy Cowan, with special guest Dr. Carlene Davis. Click here for tickets.
In 2019, prior to the covid-19 global pandemic that resulted in the partial shut down of the music industry, reggae-gospel artist Derrick Scott released Hello Jesus. The song is an adaptation of a popular old reggae tune titled Hello Carol, performed by The Gladiators.
At the time Derrick remade the song to affirm his reliance on God, as well as his commitment to his faith. However, as persons are now attempting to get back to their lives, albeit in a new normal, Scott and his team thought it prudent to re-share the track, which is undeniably very relevant in these times.
On a bouncy reggae beat Scott sings: “hello Jesus I’m depending on you; you are at the control, I’m depending on you; from my heart & soul, I’m depending on you.”
A few days ago Gramps Morgan shared the official video for Positive Vibration; track number one on his recently released album with the same name. In Jamaica whenever you hear the words ‘positive vibration’ together in a sentence, you immediately think good thoughts. Equally, Gramps‘ new video does something pleasing to the viewer.
If you have not yet seen it, click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
This Friday, September 9th, AZ will release his highly anticipated album Doe or Die 2. In preparation, his team has unveiled a new website: quietmoneydirectdotcom, which gives his fans access to all his music, videos and merchandise.
Summerfest, the festival that hosts over 800 acts and 1,000 performances on 11 stages across 9 days in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is already in full swing. It kicked off on September 2nd and will go on until the 18th.
This Thursday, on September 9th, reggae ambassadors Third World will hit the stage at Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard, located at 200 N Harbor Drive in Milwaukee. Click here for tickets
On August 20th, Trinidadian reggae artist Queen Omega released the first single from her upcoming album Stars Align. The song, which is a hardcore dancehall track, is titled Natural. In order to get a better understanding of what inspired Natural I reached out to Omega, who was very gracious in answering my questions. Please see our conversation below.
1. What inspired the song Natural?
I looked at life and I see balance in everything positive & negative, beings male female. Also had time thinking about it all and I wanted to sing about the natural vibe that there is in love.
2. Why did you decide to release this as the lead single for the album?
We discussed it with our team and we thought that this was a good song for the summer that would uplift people in these hard times. It was a hard decision tho looking at all that is coming next!
3. Natural is extremely hardcore; is this what the rest of the album will be like?
Hard-core is definitely how I would love the album to be described so yes the rest will follow this vibe always about human relationships, the ups and down… This side project reflects all the positive and negative that you can find in relations.
4. What do you want people to take away from the song Natural?
That love is a natural thing and that it can be found everywhere! Life cannot be lived without it. Love is the source of life no meaning without it. I want people to dance on the heavy riddim like the beautiful African dancers in the music video.
5. What sort of feedback have you been getting about Natural since it came out?
People love the song because it’s about love and everyone needs love! Also we had confusing feedbacks about heterosexuality homosexuality and as a singer I don’t want people to think I’m judging their sexuality! I’m here to give a powerful message of love nothing else.
6. What can you tell us about the producer of Natural (the beat maker), as the riddim is really powerful?
Nobletouch is a young gifted black man who is creating waves in the music scene in Trinidad….I love working with him it’s an organic & natural connection we have between the two of us. He is the bridge between me and the new generations of our Island. I wanted to highlight his music to show the world what kind of talented youth we have over here!
7. When exactly will the album be released (month and day)?
The album (EP) will be released in November, I can’t give a date for now! But what is sure is that my next single is coming out September the 17th alongside a big man of the afrobeat industry!!! Can’t wait for you all to discover it.
The pre-order of the EP will be available at the end of October, I can’t wait to share with you, the artwork and the rest of the songs.
8. What if any role is Evidence Music playing in this project?
Evidence music is the label that is doing the distribution of this project in the world apart from Canada, there it’s Nuits D’afrique Disques which was created in 1998 to share African music in this country. My girl Badu (manager) and I produced the project with Nobletouch a young Trinidadian producer.
9. When and how did you start working with Evidence Music?
We started working with Evidence Music for this one project, and hope that we will carry on working with them as they are a professional team, sensitive to the culture we are spreading.
