For one night only, Russell Peters‘ Old School Mixtape Live concert will bring together classic dance music legends with some of the most celebrated rappers in history. The event will be hosted at Toronto’s Just For Laugh Street Festival, which will run from September 23rd to the 25th at Front Street East and Berczy Park.
The Old School Mixtape Live goes down on Saturday, September 24th; with performances by Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Crystal Waters, Nice & Smooth, Renee Neufvill (from Zhane) and Flavor Flav. This event is absolutely free to the public.
The 2022 staging of Sharkies Seafood Festival will take place on Monday, October 17th at Sharkies Beach – Salem Runaway Bay – in St. Ann, Jamaica. There will be live performances by Jah Vinci, Louie Culture, Bugle and a host of other trending dancehall artists.
The following selectors have also been confirmed: Bass Oddyssey, DJ Ashile, DJ Jigga and Bonez Matic. Get additional information and links to tickets on Sharkies Seafood’s website.
The latest release from the Big Feet Records camp is Nobody Care; a bouncy reggae tune performed by veteran roots artist Anthony B. Both the song and its lyric video went live on all music platforms earlier today: Friday, September 16; and as such, can now be streamed and downloaded worldwide.
On the record Anthony laments on the unfortunate state of the world; a world where everyone seems more concerned about what they can gain as oppose to what they can give. The Rastafarian sing-jay also issues a warning to his listeners, advising them to be careful of everyone, even friend and family.
Nobody Care was produced by Josh Harris exclusively for Big Feet Records. He played both bass and keyboards, while Santa Davis played the drums, with Jallanzo on lead guitar. It was harmonized by veteran vocalist Nikki Burt; mixed by Tommi Tikkanen and mastered by Earle Holder.
The African music giant Burna Boy will join soca kings Skinny Fabulous, Hypasounds and Voice, as well as dancehall artist Teejay at Tipsy Music Festival in Miami on Friday, October 7th. The aforementioned performers will be supported by DJ Puffy, Tony Mix, Travis World and Jus Jay.
The Tipsy Music Festival will run from 3 to 11pm, at Bayfront Park (301 N Biscayne Blvd, downtown Miami). Get tickets here.
Warrior King just premiered the official video for his tune Skank, which is featured on the Safe Moon Riddim, produced by Vertex Productions. The compilation was released in mid April and it also has new music from Sizzla, Lutan Fyah, Fantan Mojah and others.
After taking a four/five-year hiatus from recording her soetry, pastor, author, soet and songwriter Marsha Wade is back! The Jamaica based soet will be releasing her first recorded rhymes, titled God Can Gwaan Eeh – done on a Caribbean fused rhythm – in early October.
Although she has been busy in other areas: creating and releasing a children’s book (Patois Tales: The Adventures of Tashie-Mo), making pubic appearances at schools and government functions, preaching etc. Wade says she is committed to doing her soems as it is an important part of her ministry.
It has been exactly two weeks since the release of Tanya Stephens‘ album, Some Kinda Madness, and the reviews and feedbacks are pouring in. The general consensus, especially from music industry insiders, is that both Tanya Stephens and producer Tad A. Dawkins Jnr. knocked it out the park!
One of the most noteworthy things about the record is Tanya Stephens‘ songwriting prowess. As one entertainment blogger puts it: “one thing about Tanya Stephens she don’t play with pen and paper she’s superb with her lyrics.” That sentiment is echoed by almost everyone who’ve heard the twenty-track masterpiece, which was published on September 2nd by Tad’s Record Inc.
The ultimate confirmation of Some Kinda Madness‘ early success is its entrance on The Foundation Radio Network’s Top 20 Album/CDs Chart. It entered at #14 and is now sitting in the #13 position. This is in part a credit to the accomplished marketing team at Tad’s Record, which also strategically shared the official video for Not Today– track #9 – around the same time the album went live on streaming platforms.
As she has always done, Tanya remained true to herself on this project. Her madness is on full display on the songs Too Much Party, Zig Ziggler, Fifty, Aloe Vera and Jezebel; but it was balanced out by some of the more profound tracks: Weight in Gold, Diamonds in the Sun, River etc. The combination of party songs and heartfelt tunes done on dancehall, reggae, acoustic and world rhythms; with Stephens‘ masterful writing and Tad Jr.‘s creativity, have resulted in an impressive album that is sure to go down as one of Tanya‘s best.
