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Dread & Alive: Nine Night™ The Soul The Akan believe we come into this world possessing a soul (Kra or Okra) and a spirit (Sunsum) when we are born. The soul is our life force from God (Nyame), the spirit, our personality. It is the spirit that connects the body (Honam) to the soul. A […]
Chief Strong-Wind ComiXstand presents… Meet Chief Brian Strong-Wind. He is an actual Chief of Indigenous (Blackfoot/Cherokee) and West African (Ga-Adangbe) ancestry. He has been a New York State Private Investigator and Executive Protection Specialist (Bodyguard) for almost 40 years. In addition, his father was an enforcer (Assassin) for one of the largest drug dealers in […]
Razteria Space to Play Razteria (Renée) means to be reborn in French, a name that accurately describes an artist in the perpetual renaissance of sound. She creates pop music with vocals reminiscent of Sade, electronic elements of Massive Attack, grooves of Steel Pulse, and the Latin vibe of Shakira. Based in El Sobrante, California, with […]
King Tappa Lost in Thoughts Reggae sensation, King Tappa, is back with his new song and music video, ‘Lost in Thought’, which officially released on May 7, 2021, on all major music streaming platforms and YouTube. Human existence is full of memories that are usually recalled in thoughts and imagination. The “Lost in Thought” song […]
Elijah Prophet x Costa Rebel Rolling Stone Elijah Prophet was born and raised in Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies. Elijah began singing under the mentoring of Garnet Silk and Uton Green in the cool hills of Manchester at a young age. At the time, Garnet Silk was unknown to the world of music and was dj’ing […]
Amaro Mann A Cura Amaro Mann is a solo project by musician and producer Leo Marinho from Parahyba, Brazil. He’s also known as a member of the bands, Cabruêra and Burro Morto. The Amaro Mann project started in 2017, when Leo Marinho, passionate about combining the various aspects of reggae, decided to create creative experiments, […]
Crown Heights Slow Down (Remix) Meet Crown Heights, a seven-piece Melbourne-based reggae band bringing a truly global vibe to the Melbourne reggae scene. Formed in 2019, Crown Heights looks like the United Nations of reggae bands. The band members hail from Jamaica/London, New Zealand, Mauritius, Brazil, Samoa, and Sri Lanka. They all came together in […]
The Oddroots Overbound The Oddroots are not your typical reggae band. Based in Rome, Italy, and formed in 2019, their musical research starts from reggae and dub roots contaminated by numerous influences: funk, soul, ska, jazz, hip hop; mixed to create a modern and original sound. In 2021, after having released a live session entitled […]
Dei.3avu P.S.A. Dei.3avu (pronounced déjà vu) is a seven-piece reggae band from Amsterdam established in 2011. The band came about when a group of friends who shared the same love for music picked up an instrument and started to rehearse together. These self-taught musicians evolved creatively and started to write and compose their brand of […]
