Just like a contemporary storyteller or a London-based calypsonian, Anthony Joseph is a perceptive and insightful narrator of the present days. The music and lyrics of the Trinidad-born singer/songwriter open windows wide on the here and now and it’s not by coincidence that his upcoming album The Rich Are Only...
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Here’s the first single extracted from The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives, the upcoming album by Trinidadian singer/songwriter, poet and activist Anthony Joseph out on May 7th via Heavenly Sweetness. The albums, which was recorded live last August, “is an almighty jam operating as a dedication...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: [chimpy_form forms=”1] Track List: 1. Ballaké Sissoko feat. Sona Jobarteh –...
On the 26th of March, Heavenly Sweetness will be reissuing Cosaque 1978, an album firstly released in 1977 by influential Guadeloupean musician Erick Cosaque. Cosaque is indeed one of the most recognised interpreters of the Caribbean island culture, becoming the main exponent of the local Gwo-ka tradition. More...
“From the forthcoming album ‘Havana Meets Kingston – Part 2‘ this stunning version of ‘Lagrimas Negras’ features legendary Cuban singer Beatriz Márquez together with some of Jamaica and Cuba’s most accomplished musicians. This exclusive video footage shows Cuba’s capital city in a very different light, captured during the various...
‘Grow’ is the fourth single extracted from Guadeloupean singer/songwriter Malika Tirolien‘s new album “Higher”, out now on GroundUP Music: https://orcd.co/malikahigher “GROW is a reminder to enjoy the process wherever you may be in your life and do the best you can with what you can control.” (Malika Tirolien)
Check out the new collaborative single released by Havana Meets Kingston… ‘The Fire From Africa’ is part of the second chapter of the project, coming out in late 2021. The song “blends roots Jamaican reggae with Afro-Cuban chants, bringing together traditional and spiritual elements of both islands and...
Jamaican reggae musician and producer Kabaka Pyramid just released a new single titled ‘Believe’, which “appears as track 27 on the Immaculate Mixtape by Kabaka Pyramid and Federation Sound“. More info here: https://smarturl.it/KabakaP-Believe
Let’s start the new year in style with the best albums of 2020. Radio Mukambo invites you to join the groove train for a trans-Atlantic and pan-African trip that takes you from Africa to Latin America, bridges the gap between Europe, North-America and Australia, passing by the Caribbean en route to...