Eva Nice Sundays will present Shane and Trazand’s Red & Blackout 15 on Christmas Day – December 25th – at Frazer Square in St. Ann (Jamaica).
This is a family event that will have a Kids Corner with bounce-a-bout, merry go round, etc. They will also have a bike show, bingo games and live performances. The two main headliners for the live show are veteran reggae artists Turbulence & Little Hero.
International recording artist Romain Virgo, who specializes in the lovers rock style of reggae music, will be performing at Guinness Artistry’s Kaboom Festival at Victoria Park in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Boxing Day (Monday, December 26).
This is a live band show that will also feature other performers. Passes can be purchased on ticketgateway-dot-com.
For two nights – Thursday, December 22nd and Friday, December 23rd – Cane Juice, an event promoter in St. Kitts and Nevis, will present the Carnival Love Festival at Candy Land. They are promising to deliver several trending dancehall and soca artists over the two day period.
Some of the names that they’ve already announced as being confirmed are: Kes, Problem Child, Asa Banton, Voice, Deejay Puffy, IQ, Byron Messa, IMark, Dejour, Hi Light, and many more. Visit canejuiceevents-dot-com for tickets and additional information.
Veteran reggae singer and composer Don Carlos will perform at The Longboard Margarita Bar – 180 Eureka Square – in Pacifica, California, on Friday, January 20, 2023. The show will also feature San Francisco Bay’s Reggae Angels; with DJ Irie Dole spinning tracks.
Doors will open at 8pm and showtime is at 9. Tickets are available on eventbrite.
NuLinkz Riddim is the latest dancehall compilation from Blakkwuman22 Music. The project, which is being tagged as trap-dancehall, has a total of five tracks, and features new music from Mikey Dangerous – the #1 dancehall artist in Quebec – Double Braine (more popularly known as Keron Williams), emerging Jamaican lyricist M.A.P, and label owner and producer Karamanti. Each artist met the moment as they delivered relatable lyrical content in their respective songs.
Mikey Dangerous – a committed Rastafarian – used the opportunity to salute all black “Freedom Fighters” dating back to the 50s and 60s; a time when Nelson Mandela was actively working to end apartheid in South Africa. As for M.A.P, he aggressively admonishes child molesters and pedophiles on his track “Beast Mode”; while Double Braine, who resides in Toronto, Canada, sang about the ever sliding “Currency.”
Karamanti has two songs on the NuLinkz Riddim. The first – “Kut Di Linkz” – was the inspiration for the entire EP. It was penned and voiced for another producer, but when that project fell through, she contracted beat-maker Miguel Martin to compose something that would fit the already recorded tune. Her second song is “Dawg Collah,” an unworldly track that highlights the fact that global societies have become blasphemous and unapologetically profane.
All songs on the NuLinkz Riddim were mixed and mastered by AudioTraxx Production (Old Harbor, Jamaica) with the exception of “Dawg Collah,” which was mixed by Tandra Jhagroo in Kingston. The NuLinkz Riddim is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and all other streaming platforms.
Roots artist Lutan Fyah will wrap up 2022 with a show at Music Box – 1337 India Street – in San Diego, California on Friday, December 30th. He will be joined by Dizzy Wright, T-Irie Dread, Tony Dee9, Rhymestyletroop and Layne Tadesse.
This is a twenty-one and older event that’s scheduled to start at 7:30pm. Early bird tickets are now going for $20, and can be purchased from Music Box’s website.
Hezron‘s latest album – M.O.A.M (Man On A Mission) – released in August via Tad’s Record Inc., is #1 on Richie B’s Jamaica Music Countdown Album Chart for the week of December 9th through 15th, 2022. The LP is enjoying success on many levels, as individual singles have also rose to the top of various charts throughout the year; to say nothing of the fact that the full album was #1 on both the South Florida and New York Reggae Charts in September.
M.O.A.M (Man On A Mission) was produced by Hezron, and features some of the greatest reggae musicians in the industry: Dean Fraser on saxophone, Kirk ‘Kirkle Dove’ Bennett on drums, Donald ‘Danny Bassie’ Dennis on bass, Mitchum Khan on guitar, and Carol ‘Bowie’ McLaughlin and Robbie Lyn on keyboard.
With only five tracks shared as singles so far: Resilience, Man on a Mission, Tik Tok I’m Coming, Save the Children and Smile Today – each with an official video – Hezron‘s fans have a lot to look forward to from this 17-track masterpiece.
If you have not done so as yet, stream and/or download M.O.A.M (Man On A Mission) on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and all other major music platforms.
MARIA JACKSON 27 MAGAZINE 