Veteran female dancehall deejay, Sister Nancy, will perform at the Superior Ingredients Lounge (Main Room) – 74 Wythe Avenue – in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday, April 20.
Presented by Mean Red Productions, in association with Largeup, the event will also feature DJ Gravy, Divine RBG, Statik Select and DJ Auntie Spice. Showtime is 10pm sharp!
Lifestyle Credit Genius presents Memorial Gospel Fest on Sunday, May 28th at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center – 151 Civic Center Way – in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
The extensive lineup includes some very noteworthy Caribbean gospel performers: Bridget Blucher, Keesa Peart, Kukudoo, Prodigal, Petra Kaye, Second Chance, Pastor Jabez, and that is just to name a few. Click here for tickets.
On Saturday, April 29th, gospel heavy weight Yolanda Adams will headline the Middle Georgia Night Of Praise Concert at the Macon City Auditorium – 415 1st Street – in Macon, Georgia. She will be joined by Bishop William Murphy, Le’Andria Johnson and Roy & Revelation. Passes can be purchased via ticketmaster.
Clarendon based deejay Jah Lama is among the latest set of up-and-coming artists in Jamaica’s bursting music industry. Although he has been working on his craft for many years, he did not have any of his recordings officially released until 2021.
Fast-forward to 2023 and an eager Jah Lama is not only announcing his arrival, but he is also making it clear that he intends to fight to get, and maintain his space in this crowded music business. He said as much on his latest single, Fighter, which is featured on the Things & Time Riddim produced by Pandemic Records.
“Fight di fight caa me born rough,
fight di fight caa me born tough,
struggles inna life nuff nuff,
still a buy di car dem weh well buff.”
Jah Lama‘s track is one of several, on the aforementioned compilation, that has gotten considerable rotation since the project was first shared in January. And in an effort to ensure that it gets maximum exposure, Lama in collaboration with the team at Pandemic Records, have just published the official video for Fighter.
Last month, Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development dropped a new project called On The Cutting Room Floor (A Mixtape). It has a total of ten tracks, one of which is a De La Soul interlude. Although they have added the words ‘a mixtape’ in the title, this is in fact a studio album; and an amazing one to boot.
As they’ve always done, the group blessed us with well produced and timely music, filled with conscious messages on banging beats. And in May, they will head out on the road to perform songs from this, and earlier LPs. The tour will begin on the 20th at the Q-Factory in Amsterdam, before making its way to the UK, which is where all the other shows will be. Click here for dates, locations and links to tickets.
Now that their new record – Liberation 2 – is out and getting great reviews, Talib Kweli and Madlib are engaged in a rigorous promotional campaign. Next month, on Friday, May 19, they will be at The Novo – 800 W Olympic Blvd- in Los Angeles, California, for a show that’s schedule to start at 8pm.
Kweli and Madlib describe Liberation 2 as a global call for unity through time and space. The album features African artists Cassper Nyovest and Seun Kuti; as well as collaborations with Q-Tip, Wildchild, Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn and the late Mac Miller. Talib also has songs with his children Amani and Diani. Liberation 2 is only available on Luminary.
On Friday, May 12th, two of R&B’s biggest boy-bands, Jagged Edge and Dru Hill, will be live in concert at the Arena Theatre – 7326 South West Freeway – in Houston, Texas. They will have as their special guests another incredible male ensemble, Shai, as well as singer, songwriter, and record producer Case.
This pre-Mother’s Day show will begin at 8:30pm local time, and passes are available via ticketmaster.
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