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.
Organizers of the 2022 Caribbean Culture Fest are busy making their final preparations for the big event this weekend. The two-day festival, centered around Afro-Caribbean culture, will take place on October 15th and 16th at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, Florida.
This is an all ages, family affair, that will have several performing artists of Caribbean and African descent. Featured artists include: Destra Garcia, Mr. Killa, Pheelz, Kenny Haiti, Nu Look and many more. Get tickets here.
Nitty Kutchie, one of reggae’s strongest vocalists, has been active in Jamaica’s music industry for approximately thirty years. Many people may know him from the early 90s collaboration he did with Bounty Killer and Angel Doolas: Go Away. However, Kutchie has a slew of songs that have achieved notable success, but because he keeps a low profile, music lovers may not know that he is the voice behind some of their favorite tracks.
Kutchie, with assistance from his long time friend and colleague, Richie Stephens, is hoping to change that. The two men recently worked together on the 2022 Jamaica Festival Song Competition; Stephens wrote the tune – Defend Jamaica – and Nitty Kutchie sang it. Although the song did not win, many people, at home and abroad, felt that it should have been the winner.
To that end, Richie Stephens followed up by writing another song, this one called Happy Life, and again invited Nitty Kutchie to sing it. Happy Life, which is produced by BoomRich Productions, Essential Musik and Richie Stephens‘ own Pot of Gold Production, also features The Gambian producer/artist Goodboy Elliot. It is appropriately being called a club banger because of its heavy rotation in night clubs and street dances.
An official video, which shows Nitty Kutchi living a Happy Life, was also shared.
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Two weeks ago Nigerian singer Joeboy shared the music video for his latest single, Contour. The clip, shot in Ghana by director Awudu “Babs Direction” Musa, finds the singer in character as a jilted lover driven to desperate measures after discovering his partner’s infidelity.
Contour, which was released on August 19 , reunites Joeboy with Tempoe, the producer of his runaway hit Sip (Alcohol) as well as CKay’s Love Nwantiti, which featured Joeboy on its official remix.
Click here or on the image above to check out the official video for Contour, and remember to like, comment and share.
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Richie Stephens has just shared another single from the new album Reverse the Curse, which was released at the end of August (26). The song is titled Born Blessed and it features super producer and vocalist Goodboy Elliot, who hails from The Gambia, and fast-rising U.S.A based Jamaican artist Mario Cheef, who is also a producer.
Together the three men, along with BoomRich Productions,Essential Musik and Pot of Gold Production – the imprints responsible for the creation of the song – are making waves across continents. The way in which people are gravitating to this new single is truly mind blowing; and with the official video now out, it is anticipated that it will expand to an even wider audience.
That said, Born Blessed – the inspirational afrobeat tune – is on track to join other successful songs from the album: Valley (the lead single released in January) and Reverse the Curse (the title track released in June). The video for Valley currently has approximately 1.2 million views on YouTube; while Reverse the Curse – the song – has over 2 million. This latest video, Born Blessed, which was uploaded only a few days ago is already sitting at over 200 thousand views.
The African music giant Burna Boy will join soca kings Skinny Fabulous, Hypasounds and Voice, as well as dancehall artist Teejay at Tipsy Music Festival in Miami on Friday, October 7th. The aforementioned performers will be supported by DJ Puffy, Tony Mix, Travis World and Jus Jay.
The Tipsy Music Festival will run from 3 to 11pm, at Bayfront Park (301 N Biscayne Blvd, downtown Miami). Get tickets here.
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