Released only a few days ago – Loaded, performed by Tiwa Savage and Asake – is already being called a hit by afrobeat lovers. Both song and video went live on music platforms on November 7th; however, the visuals is already sitting at over five million views.
If you have not yet heard the track or seen the video, click here to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
Now in its 9th year, Last Night on the Town is the biggest New Year’s Eve event in Virginia Beach, VA. As the organizers ready themselves for the 2022 staging, they’re inviting everyone to join them at the Countdown Stage on Columbus Street for a night of fun and live throwback music!
All Town Center activities and entertainment are free and open to the public; with food and adult beverages available for purchase. Chicago-born, Grammy Award-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco will be on the main stage to deliver a special New Year’s Eve performance. Get additional information here.
On Friday, December 30, the Arena Theatre – in Houston, Texas – will present the smooth sultry sounds of Lalah Hathaway, who returns by popular demand. She will be joined by the soulful Kenny Lattimore and Avery Sunshine. This is a night of pure soul that’s schedule to begin at 8:30pm.
The Arena Theatre is conveniently located at 7326 Southwest Freeway (Hwy. 59). Tickets and additional information are available on the venue’s website.
On Sunday, December 11th, Rasta Lion Wear will host the Jamhuri Day Celebration – an East-African festival – at Heko Farm (55 Canterbury Road West) in Lara, Victoria, Australia.
The lineup includes multi-award winning Kenyan band Sauti Sol; one of Kenya’s most popular Kikuyu secular musician, Musaimo; and Jamaican roots-reggae singer Turbulence. DJ Double Trouble and DJ Kalonje are also on the program. Get tickets here.
This past Friday, Limoblaze dropped the official video for Pull Up, track #1 on his new album, Sunday In Lagos. The LP was released at the end of October following his signing to the popular gospel-hip-hop label Reach Records.
If you have not yet seen the visuals, click here to check it out, and remember to like, comment and share.
One of the coolest hip-hop ensemble, the trio Digable Planets, will be having a New Year’s Eve Party and everyone is invited!
It’s an all ages event that will be held at the Crystal Ballroom – 1332 W Burnside Street – in Portland, Oregon. Doors will open at 7:30PM, but the show will not start until 9PM.
Digable Planets will be joined by Karma Rivera with DJ Spare Key on the 1s and 2s. Get tickets here.
For one night (Saturday, November 19), NJPAC’s City Verses program will unite the leading voices in jazz, hip-hop and poetry at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.
The legendary lineup includes rap stars Rakim (Paid in Full), Speech (Arrested Development), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Black Thought (The Roots) and Dupré ‘DoItAll’ Kelly (Lords of The Underground); award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni, Jessica Care Moore, Sean Battle, Mayor Ras Baraka and The Last Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, Babadon Babatunde).
The program also includes jazz greats Ravi Coltrane and Javon Jackson; as well as musical director (and NJPAC jazz advisor) Christian McBride and A Christian McBride Situation. Get tickets here.
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