Black Excellence will be on full display from Friday, June 17th, through Sunday, June 19th at the BEFEST (Black Excellence Festival). The event showcases and highlights the best in African American culture.
Showboat – 801 Boardwalk – in Atlantic City, New Jersey will be on fire with comedy, music and so much more. Among the performers is the legendary CL Smooth; the vocal half of the hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Get tickets here.
West Friendship’s 13th annual Jamaica Day Reggae Festival is set for Saturday, June 25th, 2022. It will take place at Howard County Fair on Fairgrounds Road from 1 to 8pm local time.
This year’s festival will give patrons an opportunity to taste reggae wines, Jamaica white rum, ginger wine and rum punch. They will always experience top-tier live reggae music from several artists including headliners Johnny Osbourne and Glen Washington. Buy tickets here.
On Sunday, June 26th, Chicago’s City Winery – 1200 W. Randolph Street – will present rapper and lyricist Sa-Roc live in concert. The Washington native made the announcement on her social media platforms today.
Early bird tickets will go on sale this Friday, May 20. Get more info here.
80s RnB group Silk and 90s ensemble Dru Hill will both perform at the Saban Theatre, located at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, California, on Friday, May 27th. This concert is a part of Dru Hill‘s 25th Anniversary Tour that is currently under way.
Patrons should know that anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a paying adult. As for ticket price, it starts at $58 USD and goes up to $150 USD. Buy here.
Las Vegas’ largest reggae festival will be back in full swing on June 11th at the Clark County Amphitheatre (500 S Grand Central Pkwy). Like most other in-person events, Reggae In The Desert went on a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic.
The organizers are excited to welcome patrons back to see this year’s headliners: Ky-Mani Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Don Carlos, Mr. Vegas, The Wailing Souls, Vana Liya, E.N. Young and local breakout act The Steppadelics.
Tickets and additional information are available on the festival’s official website.
The brand new single from Trench Town recording artist Hugh English is official out today: Friday, May 13th. Produced by Big Feet Records and distributed by VPal Music, Evil Con Evil is a steady one-drop reggae tune that laments on the wrongful and immoral actions taken by some.
English wrote the song while the pandemic was at its peak in 2020. He said he felt led to pen the words after seeing so many wicked things happening in the world. Persons who are familiar with Hugh English will know that he likes to create songs that are based in reality; as is the case with Evil Con Evil.
For this one, producer Josh Harris (the CEO of Big Feet Records) reached out to Claude Richards for keys (keyboard), JoWayne Campbell for guitar, Santa Davis for drums and Torch – another roots reggae artist – for harmonies.
This is the second collaboration between Big Feet Records and Hugh English. The first was Youth Inna Street, published in July, 2021. Based on the success of that record, both Harris and English are anticipating great things from this new release.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “EVIL CON EVIL”
Jamaica’s dancehall king Beenie Man just shared a new song and video titled Blessings Pon Blessings. The record was produced by MD Music Group while the video was done by Cinema Gods.
If you have not yet seen it, check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
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