The 2024 St. Kitts Music Festival will take place over a three-day period (June 27-29) at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. This multi-genre event will feature live afrobeat, soca, hip-hop, r&b, reggae, dancehall, and world music acts.
Among the performers are Third World, Mary J. Blige, Eazi, Kabaka Pyramid, Freddie Jackson, Nadia Batson, Busy Signal, Tony Rebel, Kerwin Du Bois, Capleton, Mical Teja, and others. Click here to buy tickets.
Sizzla Kalonji, Bugle, Jigsy King, and Tony Curtis will all perform at the Fyah Reggae concert at Stadium Event Center – 421 Maiden Lane – in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Saturday, June 22nd. They will be supported by three sounds: Jungle Hawk, Vibestar, and Techniques Disco.
This is an early event that will start at 5:00 p.m. local time. General admission is US$70, while VIP is US$100. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
On May 17, the official video for Fire Burnin’, the debut single from Josh Harris‘ all-star band, The Spiral Mixers, premiered on YouTube. Consistent with the lyrics, the visuals, which were shot in both Jamaica and the United States, were captured on railway lines and trains. It was directed by the creative team at Big Feet Records, the label owned and operated by Harris.
Fire Burnin‘ is an inspirational reggae tune that encourages listeners to stay focus on what’s ahead, regardless of what they’ve gone through in the past. Though penned by Harris, the lead and harmony were sung by 60s breakout vocalist Glen Ricks, formerly of The Fabulous Flames.
Another musician that contributed to the one-drop reggae rhythm is Greg Douglass, one of the members of The Spiral Mixers. He played an outstanding guitar riff on top of Carlton “Santa” Davis‘ drumming. Bass and keyboards were done by Josh Harris, and it was mixed by Tommi Tikkenen and mastered by Earle Holder.
Fire Burnin’ is the lead single from The Spiral Mixers album, Crossing Bridges, that’s scheduled to be released on May 31st.
Smirnoff and District 5 have confirmed songwriter, producer, and recording artist Bugle for the next staging of the Smirnoff Serenades series happening on Sunday, May 26th.
The D5 acoustic nights, as it’s being called, is presented on the last Sunday of each month at District 5 Sky Lounge (R Hotel), located at 2 Renfrew Road in Kingston, Jamaica. Click here to buy tickets.
On Saturday, May 18th, reggae music, culture, and lifestyle will be on full display at The RasState (9117 Jack Underwood Road) in Clermont, Florida. This is the date and location of the 2024 Clermont Reggae Festival, being presented by Red Gold Green Productions.
From 12 noon to 9:00 p.m. (local time), those in attendance will be informed, educated, and entertained by Winston Irie, Good Vibes Band, JahVerse, Heritage Band, and others. Moreover, the live performances are in addition to the nonstop juggling that will be done by DJ Gervis and the other selectors on the program. This year’s host is business woman and public figure I-Shine.
Some of the vendors that will be on the ground are: Trees Edge Farm, Renewal by Andersen, Legends Urban Wear, Caribbean Moonshine, Mr G Caribbean Flavor, Yardies, Florida Blue, Deity Jewelry, The Good Sugar Crumb, and that is just to name a few.
Next month, on June 13, British-Jamaican reggae musician, songwriter, producer, and humanitarian Julian Marley will do a set at Espace Republic Corner (Republic Corner Space), located at 6 rue des Bonnetiers in Poitiers, France.
This is a two and a half-hour concert that will run from 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. local time. Click here for tickets.
After entering New York’s Reggae Chart nineteen weeks ago and making it all the way to the #2 spot, Winston Irie‘s song, Orthodoxy, is unfortunately now descending. It sat at #2 behind YG Marley‘s Praise Jah in the Moonlight for a couple of weeks before it began going down.
Notwithstanding its position on the chart, Orthodoxy continues to do well on radio and is even featured on quite a few reggae mixtapes. What’s more, the song is literally trending in parts of Africa.
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