Byron Bay Bluesfest is Australia’s premier contemporary Blues & Roots music festival. It showcases music from around the world annually on the Easter long weekend on 120 hectares at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, just north of Byron Bay, NSW.
Confirmed acts for the 2018 staging includes: Lionel Richie, Ms Lauryn Hill, Seal, Jimmy Cliff, Youssou N’Dour and several other well established artists. Click here for the complete lineup.
Hip-hop royalty Yasiin Bey and 3 time Grammy Award winning producer Robert Glasper will be performing at Troxy (490 Commercial Road, E1 0HX) in London, UK on March 8th. For additional information about this event, persons are encouraged to visit www.soundcrashmusic.com.
On February 15th, Hip-hop giant Talib Kweli will head out on the road to promote his latest album, “Radio Silence.” So far there are 24 confirmed dates for the tour, which will be making stops in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Omaha, Madison, Boulder, Aspen, Dallas, and that is just to name a few.
Talib Kweli will be supported by Niko Is and DJ Spintelect. Click here for all dates and locations.
The brand new EP by Florida based reggae/dancehall artist, Zally, is now on iTunes, Amazon and all other digital platform where music is sold.
The project, which is titled “Call on Jah” has seven tacks, no collaborative feature and is jam packed with positive, uplifting music. Released on the C-Hawk Productions label, “Call on Jah” was produced by Grab Dem Records, with executive production credits going to C. Taylor Hawkins. All songs were written and performed by Zally.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-on-jah/1329589837
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Call-Jah-Zally/dp/B078MSJWYC
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/us/album/54119982
At the end of January, international recording artist Konshens released the official video for his latest single, “Beautiful.” The song is on the popular rhythm driven project, Art of Love Riddim, produced by 21st Hapilos.
“Leave us alone and let us live, We are fed up with society, With violence you ruled the world, Killing little boys and girls, But I can tell you there will be a fire, For all the wickedness that you desire..” sings reggae star Queen Ifrica on her latest single, Cease All War, produced by top billboard charting Troyton Music.
Cease All War can be streamed via YouTube and is available on iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay and other major online digital music stores. It is distributed by 21st Hapilos Digital and can be purchase here: http://smarturl.it/ceaseallwar
Professional musician, recording artist and now promoter, Wormbass, has revealed the official poster and lineup for the 2018 staging of his annual event, Wormbass and Friends.
Confirmed acts for this year are: Winston Mcanuff, Cedric Myton, Kiddus I (Inna Di Yard), Stephen Newland, Savbo Khani, Ch4se, Pentatuech, Tbush, Earth Tremma, Tasha Tee, Karamanti, Queen Kamala, Brandon The Messenger, Sabrina Diva, Ikal, Uprising Roots, Derajah and of course Wormbass himself.
Wormbass and Friends takes place on Friday, February 16th at D’amor Hot Spot (formerly known as Weekendz) – 80 Constant Spring Road – in Kingston, Jamaica. Entrance fee is $500 JMD. This is a strictly roots experience.
