Flavours of Christian Expression (FORCE) will present Part 2 of Express Worship on Sunday, September 29th, starting at 6:00 p.m. It will be presented at Church of God Sabbath Keeping Ministries (6 Westwyn Court) in Brampton, Ontario.
Ordained evangelist, author, motivational speaker, and international recording artist Kevin Downswell will perform. John Mark Wiggan, Pastor Peter Johnson, and others are also confirmed. The entrance fee is CA$60.
The South Africa-based Digital Satellite Television (DStv) will present the 11th Delicious International Food & Music Festival on September 21st and 22nd at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg.
This event is all about uniting people through food, music, arts and fashion. International pop stars Janet Jackson and Jill Scott will join local legends Thandiswa Mazwai, Sjava, and others on the main stage. Click here for tickets.
Multi-genre recording artist Dollarman is busy working on a new tune that he plans to release at the end of the month. The excitement surrounding this new song is growing, especially as he continues to promote his current single, “We Belong.”
“We Belong,” released earlier this year, has played an important role in helping Dollarman reach a wider audience, especially within the international reggae community. It climbed to the top of various reggae charts and was added to several playlists. It was even featured on a number of reggae-dancehall mixtapes.
The official video for “We Belong” also contributed to its success. As soon as it came out, more fans tuned in. Now, the visuals are getting heavy rotation on quite a few platforms. For instance, U.S.-based Tempo Networks is playing the music video multiple times a day and will continue to do so throughout the month of August.
Dollarman and his team are grateful for the success of “We Belong.” They are hopeful that the same will happen with the upcoming single “So Tired.”
Singer, songwriter, producer, and deejay Rory Pike, who is publicly known as Mr. Pike, is advocating for the return of 90s and early 2000s dancehall. The Jamaica-born Atlanta-based recording artist said as much in his single “Old School Vibes,” shared on Digital One Music’s “Trichotomy the Album.”
On the Baijing Riddim, which is one of three instrumentals on the forenamed LP, Mr. Pike questions the creativity, or lack thereof, of the reggae-dancehall songs being published today. He made a clarion call to the new school performers, suggesting they take pride in their craft by raising their standards. Pike also touched on the dark, dirty, derogatory nature of the tunes that are now flooding the zone, and he gave a concise history lesson on the culture surrounding Jamaican music.
Mr. Pike‘s “Old School Vibes” was well written and delivered. Most importantly, it’s a timely track that should be heard by everyone who sincerely loves and appreciates authentic reggae and dancehall music.
The upcoming Reggae & Food Festival, which is to take place on Sunday, September 1st, at Space Coast Harley-Davidson (1440 Sportsman Lane Northeast) in Palm Bay, Florida, will be headlined by reggae sensation Iba Mahr.
The Rastafarian singer is in the midst of his 2024 summer tour, which began in early June and will go on until late September. Tickets for the Reggae & Food Festival can be purchased on Eventbrite.
Jamaica’s most beloved comedian, Oliver Samuels, has been cast in a role that, by all accounts, seems very different from what we’ve seen from him over the years. The new film, Sugar Dumplin, is about a young woman’s desire to reconnect with her estranged father, who struggles with dementia, by creating food from his Caribbean childhood.
Other cast members include actress, singer, and songwriter Chantel Riley; Canadian actor Nancy Kenny; Jamaican-Canadian actor Crystal C. Rose; and Canadian actress and award-winning author Jacqueline Greer Graham. To learn more about this movie, visit its official website at sugardumplinfilm.com.
The upcoming Gigantic Gospel Concerts will be staged in Dallas, Texas at Friendship West Baptist Church (2020 W. Wheatland Rd.), and Houston, Texas, at The Kingdom Builders Center (6011 W. Orem Drive) on September 7th and 8th, respectively.
Presented by J. Spivey Productions, which is owned and operated by Jimmie E. Spivey, these events will see the likes of Pastor Shirley Caesar, Kathy Taylor, Anita Wilson, The Williams Brothers, Jessica Reedy, Christian Anderson, Glorified, and Lisa Knowles-Smith performing live. Pastor Kim Burrell will host on both days, and tickets are available on Eventbrite.
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