Trinidadian soca artist, Nailah Blackman, is now sharing the official dance video for her single, “melancholy.” The song, which is on the Fox Fuse imprint, was released in mid February and has been getting favorable rotation on soca platforms.
On Saturday, March 27th King Jammy’s & Crew will present a virtual tribute to King Tubby, with special dubplates and mixes in honor of Daddy U-Roy. This is a pay-per-view event that will be streaming live from King Jammy’s Studio in Waterhouse, Kingston, Jamaica, starting at 6 PM EST.
Penthouse Records is celebrating the relaunch of their updated website and digital store with the release of several new singles. The label is announcing brand new music from Romain Virgo (One Last Try), Maxi Priest (Fight For Love), Lukie D (All I Need Is Your Love) and Slashe (Dream Killers).
Producer Donovan Germain is also hinting about an upcoming collaboration between Agent Sasco and Shuga. Visit penthousereggae dot com to stream and download all their productions – past and present.
Samuel Suh kicked off the month of March with the release of the visuals for “One Word,” track number-two (2) on his Victory EP. If I can describe both the song and the new video in one word (no pun intended), it would be beautiful.
Last year California producer Josh Harris worked with guitarist, Dave Saxon (USA) and fellow producer Umberto Echo (Germany), to create a catchy reggae-ska beat. After carefully contemplating the melody, he then reached out to long-time reggae singer Cornell Campbell – known for his trademark falsetto voice and his recordings at Studio One in the late 60s – to lay some vocals.
Campbell penned, and eventually recorded some very inspirational words, with an undeniable spiritual undertone. Once he was done, the song would head back to Novato, California where Josh Harris would add backing vocals and get the final mix and mastering done.
The finished product is “Breakdown Any Walls”! A record created to inspire people to look beyond their current realities, with a vision of hope for the future.
Rocky Dawuni, Ghana’s GRAMMY nominated musician, songwriter, producer and activistjust released a brand-new video for his track “Beautiful People” from his new EP “Voice of Bunbon, Vol. 1” (pronounced “boon-bon”) which explores the diversity of Rocky’s signature “Afro Roots” sound fusing modern and traditional musical trends in Ghana and across the continent. The EP is a diverse sonic experience with songs ranging from acoustic to beat driven anthems to cultural explorations utilizing aspects of Afrobeats, Highlife, Reggae, Soul, Pop and traditional African music.
The inspirational words to the songs focus on love, resilience, faith, joy and hope. Running through the EP is a theme of empowerment, urging the listeners to think critically on current issues. In line with the album’s theme of highlighting indigenous culture, Rocky launched the EP with Uborr Wumbe Dawuni, Chief of Bunbon, Northern Ghana in December 2020 in conjunction with their annual Linujil (harvest) festival.
Rocky utilized this opportunity to shoot a new video with director / cinematographer Slingshot with co-producing help from Elorm Beenie and producer / photographer Cary Sullivan for the super upbeat track “Beautiful People” during the launch celebration to showcase the beauty of the North and its people. “The video is intended to showcase indigenous ways and traditional culture in a time when our world needs reconnection with an identity that anchors us in our real nature. This is also a statement to focus on solutions that are nature based and magnifies the opportunity for life to keep thriving on our planet.” Slingshot also shot Rocky’s super vibey “Wickedest Sound” video featuring Ghanaian dancehall star, Stonebwoy.
“Beautiful People was conceived as a meditation on beauty that lies in every aspect of our daily existence and hidden in the subtleties of our everyday experience. It explores how a deep sense of appreciation and gratitude can shift our gaze to recognizing our personal and communal power. The song celebrates the sacrifices that have to be made to manifest our hopes and dreams. If those intentions are driven by a mission of service for the communal good, it will ultimately create ripples of positive energy that could resonate through generations” Dawuni added.
Of late sing-jay Bugle has been all about making money, praising God and living good; and he is making that clear on his new single “Brighter Days.” the record, produced by Sponge Music, comes with an official video which shows the artist doing all the aforementioned.