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OUU LA LA: ‘BRING YOUR RAYS’ BY NEW KINGSTON OUT TODAY
New York-based family band New Kingston continues to be one of the most prolific and relatable bands in the U.S. reggae community and the announcement of their rock2roots project continues their upward trajectory. βBring Your Raysβ is the second single from the rock2roots series, which will showcases the many styles and vibrations New Kingston brings both on the road and in the studio. Instead of focusing on a full-length album to follow up their last studio album, 2017βs A Kingston Story: Come [...]
BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH’S FIRST EASY STAR SINGLE “SALT WATER” IS OUT NOW
Bedouin Soundclash's new single βSalt Waterβ is out today! Featured on the bandβs fifth album, MASS, set for release later this year, it suggests a new creative peak for the band. It brings together their rich influences from the celebratory spirit of New Orleans jazz, post-punk, soca and pop. A track that fizzes and bristles with Jay and Eonβs mastery of melody, βSalt Waterβ features Preservation Hall Jazz Band on horns and Mike Dillon (Les Claypool) on marimba. The result is a [...]
MORTIMER’S ELECTRIC NEW SINGLE LIGHTNING IS OUT!
Rising reggae star Mortimer returns with a new single, βLightning,β released with top producer Winta Jamesβs Overstand Entertainment. "Lightning" is a classic down-tempo reggae love song with a modern update. With a sparse rhythm section featuring a live Hammond organ and rhythm guitar, joined later by live steel guitar, horns, and synthesizers, Mortimer simultaneously pushes the genre and the song forward, building to a passionate crescendo. A love song for the ages, Mortimer sings his way straight into hearts in a silky [...]
THE SKINTS’ RESTLESS: THE RIDDIM PUNKS REMIXES ARE HERE
A big track deserves a big remix and for The Skints' hit single "Restless" theyβve called on Drum & Bass sure-shot producers the Riddim Punks. Fresh off the back of their Chronixx VIP anthem, theyβveΒ once again delivered vibing remixes designed for dance floor devastation. THE SKINTS TOUR DATES
SOULFUL SINGER SEVANA DEBUTS HER BRAND NEW SINGLE “NOBODY MAN”
On this bubbly, energetic track, Sevana is changing the narrative by not giving into stereotypes of disrupting relationships. Sevana effortlessly flows between her soaring vocals and bold Jamaican patois, blending traditional R&B/soul that inspires her sound and the Caribbeanβs tropical percussive rhythms she was raised on. Following her 2018 anthem "Sometime Love,"Β Sevana passionatelyΒ deliversΒ yetΒ another powerful statement through her newΒ single "Nobody Man," produced byΒ JLL.Β "I wrote 'Nobody Man'Β after a series of unfortunate girlfriends thought I wanted their man, which could never be the [...]