Cali P’s “Healing Of The Nation” E.P (@therealcalip)

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“Healing of the Nation” is the title of Reggae artist CALI P’s long awaited new release. As an artist who enjoys having the time to breathe and mature between musical projects, his fans will be delighted to know that he has just released an explosive 9 track reggae EP.

From the moment the Rastafarian artist CALI P introduced his first album “Lyrical Faya” 7 years ago, people were aware that the message and culture is essential to his music, so naturally he decided that is was time for more “Word Sound and Power”.

The idea, alongside his label HEMP HIGHER was to round up some of the best reggae producers / composers and to compile these tracks into one defined project which will definitely keep his fans more than satisfied until the release of his third full Studio Album “musiCALI sPeaking” on which he has been working in Jamaica over the past 3 Years alongside legendary producer BOBBY “DIGITAL B” DIXON, SHELDON “CALIBUD” STEWART and CRAIGY “GIARK” DIXON. Top reggae producers who collaborated on the EP are JR BLENDER (Mad decent / So Shifty), JUGGLERZ (Germany’s top sound system), RIGA & JAHNATON (Hemp Higher), PHAR PHAR & JAHDIL(Ice Drop Rec.) just to mention a few…

In contrast with his last release “Unstoppable” (2011) CALI P chose to keep this EP 100% reggae. Over the past few years CALI P has really immerged into Jamaican culture by living in Kingston, and he wishes to contribute to the movement and to remind people what the essence of reggae music is: ROOTS AND CULTURE.

CALI P has been on his first leg of the “Healing of the Nation” tour since September until about December, passing through EUROPE, THE CARIBBEAN, CANADA and CENTRAL AMERICA.

Make sure you don’t miss out on this exciting new release which will have you rejoicing and feeling full of good vibes over the next few months and years to come!

Order Your Copy Now: http://bit.ly/HealingOfTheNation

“HEALING OF THE NATION” TRACKLIST

1. My Home (Produced by Evidence Music)
2. Wha Gwaan (Produced by Don Chandler / Seani B)
3. Bed Of Roses (Produced by Teka / Rootdown Music)
4. Solution (Produced by Jugglerz / Junior Blender)
5. I am Bless (Produced by Hemp Higher)
6. One Step (Produced by Kaprisson)
7. Carry The Load (Produced by Kheilstone)
8. United We Stand (Produced by Teka / Rootdown Music)
9. Healing of The Nation (Produced by Pharfar)

Richie Flo releases brand new track “CHOP DEM OFF” (@Richieflo)

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Inspirational singer and songwriter Richie Flo, hails from the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. He started singing at an early age and joined the family band, quickly finding his niche as recording reggae/dancehall artist. Throughout is musical career in Jamaica
Richie Flo Worked with Wayne Lonesome of Runthings Productions, Earth Foundations and World Flavas producing original and relevant materials. Richie migrated to Canada and continued his passion in writing and recording music.

From the start of his career, Richie Flo was performing on community events in Jamaica and Canada, which include Jambana Festival 2014, Jamaica Day 2014 & Humber College Black History Month Celebration to name a few. These opportunities have contributed to the development of interacting with the audience and introducing his unique sound.
Humble, focused and dedicated to his craft is truly reflective in the music he produces and presents publicly.
Richie is currently signed to Adyktve Entertainment, and works closely with Break Through Records and he has recently released his dynamic EP titled “Richie Flo”.

Click the link to get your copy of “CHOP DEM OFF” https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/chop-dem-off/id930740181?i=930740207

Chux Starr Teams Up With SoUnique Records (@ChuxStarr)

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Although quiet over the last year, Torontonian Singjay, Chux Starr, has managed to create a buzz throughout the Dancehall scene with his recent single “Loving Non Stop” produced by SoUnique Records. The pop/dancehall fusion record was voiced during his successful studio tour which he completed in Jamaica this past summer.

During his trip and studio tour, Starr was able to record most of his singles for his upcoming E.P. with features on beats composed by popular labels such as Payday Music and Zack Ariyah. The E.P is set to release early next year.

Chux Starr is most popularly known for his single “Mama”, with the video garnering over 20, 000 views to date. He is known also for his features on various Canadian compilations released by producers such as YuhSeeYou Productions, Smokeshop Records, Constantine Productions and Puddy Suspects. Chux Starr was also featured on Black Spyda Records “Good Memories” riddim with the song “Better Life”, which was a milestone in the upcoming artist’s career as the riddim featured many established artists such as I-Octane, Jah Vinci, Aidonia and Demarco.

Karamanti now taking bookings for 2015 (@Karamanti)

2015 booking poster- Karamanti

Though the Reggae/Dancehall industry is dominated by men, Karamanti stands as a strong black woman, (in her home town of Kingston, Jamaica) raining showers of conscious lyrics to a generation far from reality.

Karamanti have been creating music since she was eight years old. Falling in love first with rap (or hip-hop), then embracing Dancehall and now passionate about Reggae. Although she has been making music for most of her life, she only began to pursue it as a career in 2011. This commitment came through encouragement from others who heard her music and convinced her to take the necessary steps to ensure that others hear it as well.

Though she is regarded as a reality artist, Karamanti has no problems stepping outside her box from time to time and engaging listeners in what she refers to as pure entertaining rhetoric. This is what she did on her single “don’t it” which was produced by Red Boom from Hard at Work Music, a Jamaica based record label. The track exposed her to a different audience who overwhelmingly insisted on a video, which was produced and released to TV in May 2012. Karamanti spent the month of July/2012 engaged in a nationwide media tour which had her performing and/or being interviewed on all the major entertainment radio and TV programs in Jamaica. That media tour was followed up with a Canadian tour which saw her hitting the stage on major events such as the Montreal Reggae Festival and the Toronto Rasta Festival.

After returning to Jamaica, Karamanti learnt that another single she had recorded for Food Palace Music (owned by Pharfar in Denmark) months earlier, was now released and had gained traction. The song, which is called “read”, began to get heavy radio rotation and had even entered a few charts. One of which was  the Top Ten Conscious Chart which airs on Jamaica’s Roots FM. “Read” was the number one song for the week of November 2nd2012. The song also captured the attention of one of the biggest promoters in Sweden who eventually booked Karamanti for her first European tour which occurred from April to June 2013. Karamanti had shows in Gothenburg and Stockholm as well as Aarhus and Copenhagen in Denmark. Prior to leaving Jamaica, Karamanti worked ceaselessly on her first studio album which was digitally released on April 25th, 2013.The album is called Dancehall Retaliates and it addresses some of the negative stereotypes about Dancehall music, culture and lifestyle. The project features production from two of Jamaica’s most sought after young producers; Ricardo “Red Boom” Reid and Shamarie “Digital Sham” Bogle. Dancehall Retaliates is available on all major online music stores and has been getting good reviews from both the public and the media.

karamanti_144At the beginning of 2014 Karamanti found out that she was nominated as best female solo artist for 2013 by the Dancehall Industry Awards. Additionally, one of her videos for the song “rise” (which is on the album Dancehall Retaliates) was nominated as best dancehall video for 2013. Also, Reggae France included Karamanti’s album Dancehall Retaliates in the WINS REGGAE © (formerly WEB REGGAE AWARDS ©) in the category for Dancehall Album of the year for 2013. In this category, Karamanti went up against two other Jamaican heavy weights, Vybz Kartel and Mr. Vegas. Even though she did not win an award, Karamanti was determined not to slow down as she began to collaborate with a lot of local and international artists and producers on various projects. She connected with Ghanaian producer Infectious (aka Riddim Boss), and did a song entitled “Letter 2 Ghana” which immediately created a buzz in that country. The success of “Letter 2 Ghana” attracted quite a few emerging and established African artists and producers to Karamanti. She has collaborated with Iwan, Sonniballi, Blasto and several other African acts. From Jamaica Karamanti has collaborated with 3 Starr (from Mavado’s Gully Squad), veteran Mikey General, Asante Amen and many others.

Persons interested in working with Karamanti may contact her marketing team, via the following correspondence;

For bookings, media & music features email: karamantimusic@gmail.com or karamantimgt@gmail.com or Phone: (876) 402-9301 / Text: (876) 313-6319

Karamanti on twitter: @karamanti

Karamanti’s official website: www.karamantimusic.com

Karamanti on you-tube: www.youtube.com/KaramantiTV

Karamanti on FB: www.facebook.com/pages/Karamanti/106344336092282

Nigeria & Jamaica Connected in a big way in Europe (@Karamanti @teddyziggy247)

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This past weekend Jamaican artist Karamanti connected with Nigerian artist Teddy Ziggy in Prague City (Czech Republic) to shoot the video for their single “Stand United”. Both parties regard the shoot as a major success and looks forward to the final edit.

On Saturday night they also performed the song live at Solidini Jistota night club for the very first time and the audiences loved it! DJs, Radio, Bloggers etc. can download a copy of the single “Stand United” here http://www.hulkshare.com/karamanti/karamanti-mks-master3

For more pictures from the shoot visit Karamanti’s facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.937130339680340.1073741859.106344336092282

Jamaicansk Dancehall I Aalborg (@jam_yard)

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Det er bestemt ikke hverdagskost med jamaicansk dancehall i Aalborg, men ikke desto mindre er det tilfældet, når Karamanti nu på lørdag d. 22. november giver koncert i Trekanten Bibliotek & Kulturhus på Sebbersundvej 2a, 9220 Aalborg Ø.

Arrangementet er en del af Shakka Mi Makka konceptet, der hostes af Jam Yard og Touch of Africa og som tidligere med stor succes har stået bag lignende events i Aarhus.

Derfor vil aftenens program også på lørdag byde på live show med efterfølgende after party.
På koncertsiden optræder flere lokale reggae- og dancehallartister heriblandt Mwakenya, Lise Ranks og Shabani inden aftenens hovednavn går på scenen.

På DJ-siden er der nice vibes for alle lyddrenge- og piger, når jamaicanske Shack Dem Sound spiller reggae, dancehall og afro rytmer til den lyse morgen sammen med DJ Riddim Fex.

Om aftenens hovednavn, Karamanti:
Med rødder i Kingston, Jamaica er Karamanti en af de få kvinder indenfor dancehallmusikken, som har opnået succes indenfor en genre, der normalt er meget mandsdomineret. Hun begyndte at rappe som kun otte årig og har siden taget dancehall og reggaebeatet til sig.

På trods for at hun har lavet musik det meste af hendes liv, begyndte Karamanti først målrettet at gøre det til en levevej i 2011. Beslutningen tog hun gennem opmuntring fra andre, som havde hørt hendes musik og som overbeviste hende til at forfølge en musikalsk karriere.

I 2013 udgav hun albummet Dancehall Retaliates, der omhandler nogle af de negative stereotyper om dancehallmusikken, dens kultur og livsstil. Albummet indeholder produktioner fra to af Jamaicas mest eftertragtede unge producerer Ricardo “Red Boom” Reid og Shamarie “Digital Sham” Bogle. Ligesom Pharfar har produceret nummeret Read, hvor nummeret opnåede en imponerende flot førsteplads på Jamaicas Roots FM Top Ten Conscious Chart.

Det er anden gang Karamanti er på turne i Europa og hendes første stop var Operaen på Christiania, hvor hun d. 8. november gav en glimrende koncert backet af Roots Harmonics Band. Nu venter Aalborg inden hun d. 27. december runder turneen af i Aarhus. shabaniTouch of africa

Du kan læse mere om eventet d. 2. november her
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STORY BY: Henrik Baek

Chardavid to tour with Stichie and Judy Mowatt (@Chardavid1)

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Conscious Rastafarian singer, Chardavid, aka Iley Dread, is eagerly anticipating his upcoming tour of Canada which will see him breaking new and exciting ground as the baptized singer teams up with internationally-acclaimed gospel favourites, Lt. Stitchie and Judy Mowatt.

The tour, which kicks off on New Year’s Eve in Toronto, Canada, is entitled ‘Songs of Praise’ and takes its name from the singer’s soon-to-be-released, full length album, a project which has been in the works since 2014. Among the offerings on the album, entitled ‘Chardavid Songs of Praise’ are ‘Closer To You’ and ‘Mama Prayer’, two songs which have been generating great response from critics and fans alike.

Chardavid, while refusing to label this new album as “gospel”, admits that it is in fact chockfull of praises to the Most High and is a reaffirmation of his own personal conviction which led him to be baptized over two years ago and took a pledge to faithfully attend church every Sunday, “as long as it is humanly possible”.

According to Chardavid, “This tour with Lt. Stitchie, Sister Judy and others who will be added to the lineup is really a fulfillment of a desire that has been part of me for a very long time. We have a synergy that is unmatched and a common goal of ministering through music. This is another defining moment in my career and I am embracing it.”

With regards to his Christian baptism, he stated, “As a true Rastafarian, I accept the teachings of His Imperial Majesty, who also owns the title ‘Defender of the Christian Faith’, so this clearly shows the eternal harmony and compatibility between Christianity and Rastafari.”

Chardavid, whose real name is Colin Levy, is known for his quiet humility and burning passion for the true core values embraced by Rastafarianism, and he emphasized that nothing has changed. “As Rastafarians, it is important that we make that connection with God. It was Emperor Haile Selassie who said in a speech, ‘There are many instances in my life where the belief in The Almighty and the Christian Faith have sustained me, times of troubles and difficulties. No matter what may befall a human being he can always succeed in overcoming it in time if he has the strength of faith and praise to God, for inevitably He comes to the assistance of those that believe in him and those that through their work live an exemplary life’,” Chardavid quoted.

The tour will wend its way throughout the major cities of Canada, including Toronto, Montreal, Ontario and some coastal cities.