On Friday, June 23rd, one of Jamaica’s most creative artists/producers, Perfect Giddimani, will release a brand new album, titled Ah Mi Yard. Produced by Andrew Moon Bain, Laurent Tippy Alfred, and David Goldfine, this is Giddimani‘s first full-length studio LP since his 2017 offering, Live My Life Again.
Ah Mi Yard has a total of fourteen tracks, and is a mix of original recordings and dub remakes. It will be shared by Zojak World Wide on the aforementioned date.
It’s that time of year again! The annual Groovin In The Park concert will take place on Sunday, June 25th at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York.
This year’s headliner is R&B legend Charlie Wilson, who will be joined by some of the biggest names in reggae and dancehall: Tarrus Riley, Baby Cham, Wayne Wonder, Frisco Kid and Lady Saw. Get additional information at groovininthepark-dot-com.
Inna De Yard‘s 2023 Summer Tour kicks off on June 17th at The Rue des Artistes Festival at Nelson Mandela Park in Saint-Chamond, France. The men will do approximately seventeen shows in Europe before wrapping up on August 19th.
Some of the cities they will be performing in are Paris, Rennes, Anvers, Sines, Surgeres, Rouen, Cologne etc. All dates and locations are available on their website.
King Bravel Lawn, in Exchange Plaza, St. Ann, will be filled with the energy and spirit of the late, great Dennis Brown on Saturday, July 1st, as the space will be used for his memorial celebration.
Purposefully planned for International Reggae Day, the all white affair will feature performances by Tenshon, Fred Locks, King Kong, George Nooks, Kiki Haynes, Dehdeh Blacks and others. Bess FM’s DJ Jacko, from King Jammy’s Sound, is also confirmed.
Show time is 10pm, and there is a $1,500 JMD entrance fee.
The Kansas City Reggae Music & Jerk Festival brings together diverse communities and enhances cross-cultural interaction while celebrating both music and food. It’s a three-day event that will run from Friday, June 30th to Sunday, July 2nd.
It will take place at Berkley River Front Park – 1298 River Front Drive – in Kansas City, Missouri. Confirmed performers include Etana, Queen Ifrica, Kenyatta Hill, Patricia Bowens, and that is just to name a few. Tickets are available via eventbrite.
Florida based recording artist Teacha Barnes is making his official entrance into the reggae industry with a bubbly reggae tune called Your Eyes. Co-produced by Wayne Armond of Chalice and Orville Marshall – president of My MM Productions – the song is released on the My MM Productions record label and distributed by VPAL, a subsidiary of VP Records.
Barnes fell in love with reggae music the first time he heard it, recounting: “I was captured by the drum and bass vibes.” He really began embracing the genre in the summer of 1984, that’s when he started collecting records and tapes with songs by some of his favorite artists: Gregory Issacs, Dennis Brown, Super Cat, Steel Pulse, Sanchez and many more. However, when asked who influenced his sound and style the most, he said Steel Pulse and Sanchez.
Adam ‘Teacha’ Barnes, a teacher by profession, is always ready to do a gig once he steps out of the classroom. Now having signed to My MM Productions, he is fully focused on showing off his writing, singing and performing skills to the world. Your Eyes is only one of a few projects that will be released this year. It is now available on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify and all other streaming platforms.
Tad’s Record Inc., the imprint on which Anthony Cruz‘s latest album, Under the Covers, was released, gave the record quite a send-off! The eighteen-track LP had a total of three successful launch parties in three major cities in two countries in ten days.
The first launch was on May 3rd at Stone Love HQ in Kingston, Jamaica; this was followed by Blue Martini in Fort Lauderdale on the 7th, and finally, Ocho Rios Seafood Lounge in Brooklyn on the 12th. All three events saw Cruz performing live, signing autographs, and doing meet-and-greets with his fans and supporters, who were all excited to connect with the artist and get a copy of the album.
The carefully orchestrated release has resulted in Under the Covers soaring to the #1 spot on South Florida’s Reggae Album Chart only a few weeks after it was first shared.
Under the Covers is a classic that features all reggae-remixes of R&B favorites like: R. Kelly‘s Step In The Name Of Love, Alexander O’Neal’s If You Were Here Tonight, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway‘s The Closer I Get to You, as well as several other chart-topping grown folk music.
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