At the end of August, on the 27th to be precise, Chronixx released a new song titled Freedom Fighter. On top of a slow hip-hop beat, the Spanish Town singer encourages listeners to free themselves, while also disparaging world leaders and governments.
Click here to stream and download the song from your preferred music platform.
On August 24th, Atlantic Recording artist Burna Boy shared a new song and video titled Question. The reigning king of Afro music went hard on this track, delivering what many are already calling another hit. The song is collaboration done with another heavy hitter in the African music industry; Don Jazzy.
Click here or on the image above to check out the official video for Questions and remember to like, comment and share.
Veteran reggae band, The Skatalites, is among the list of confirmed acts slated to perform at Moe’s Alley in September. They are booked for Sunday, the 26th, with a starting time of 7PM. Moe’s Alley is located at 1535 Commercial Way in Santa Cruz, California.
This is a twenty-one and older event; and tickets, which starts at $25 USD, are now available online.
Last week Ziggy Marley, world renowned Jamaican musician and philanthropist, shared the official video for his single Lift Our Spirits, Raise Our Voice. The song was officially released on May 7th of this year via Tuff Gong Worldwide.
While sharing the link to the video on his social media platforms, Ziggy said the following: “So joyful to share this with everyone today. We woke up one and said hey let’s do a video. Shot this at my home and kept it nice and simple.” Click here or on the image above to check out the visuals and remember to like, comment and share.
Lovers of reggae and dub music were caught off guard on Sunday, August 29th, when news about the death of one the genres founding father began circulating on social media.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the legendary Jamaican producer, singer and dub pioneer, has reportedly died at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica. An actual cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Trinidad & Tobago soca stars Kes The Band will hit the road in the U.S. this Fall for their first tour dates in two years.
On Labor Day Monday, September 6th, the band will bring its IzWe concert series — a curated celebration of soca music and Caribbean Carnival culture — to The Boardwalk Lot, Coney Island, in Brooklyn, NYC. With New York’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival — which typically brings 2 million revelers to Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Labor Day Monday — cancelled for a second year due to Covid-19, Kes The Band aim to fill the void with a night of performances by some of soca music’s biggest names.
For IzWe NY, the group has handpicked a roster of top performers from their native Trinidad & Tobago including Iwer George, Nailah Blackman, Patrice Roberts, Nadia Batson, Farmer Nappy, Ravi B and Etienne Charles, as well as Barbados soca icon Alison Hinds, St. Lucia’s Teddyson John and Nomcebo (of “Jerusalema” fame) from South Africa.
New Season, the just released EP from Nigerian gospel artist Chidinma, is now trending on most Afro-gospel music platforms. This is quite impressive because the project was only published on August 20th, and this is her debut gospel EP.
New Season has seven tracks; one of which is a French remake of the original English version (This Love). A day before the EP was released, Chidinma and The Gratitude shared the official video for Jesus The Son Of God (track #3). Click here of on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
