Reggae News You Can Use For June 24, 2021

Your daily dose of international Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats news!

• DancehallMag covers Nicki Minaj’s five top Caribbean collaborations
• Jimmy Cliff talks to Jamaica Observer about the country’s struggling film industry
• Patoranking’s sizzling new single is titled “Celebrate Me”
• Pitchfork gives high marks to the new Angélique Kidjo album “Mother Nature”
• Wizkid receives his Grammy trophy for “Brown Skin Girl”

Also newsworthy is the fact that the 2019 Austin Reggae Festival raised $160,868.77 to help feed hungry Central Texas families.…

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Reggae News You Can Use For May 25, 2021

Your daily dose of international Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats news!

• “Dollar For You” is the new single from Ghana’s Kuami Eugene
• Lua Flora’s “Little Butterfly” fuses acoustic folk, with reggae and world music
• Pia Renee sings Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low” on “The Voice”
• Spotify’s most streamed African artist globally is Burna Boy
• Stephen Marley and Jimmy Cliff to headline 2022 Cali Roots Music Festival

Also newsworthy is the fact that the 2019 Austin Reggae Festival raised $160,868.77 to help feed hungry Central Texas families.…

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Reggae News You Can Use For April 2, 2021

Your daily dose of international Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats and Afrobeat news!

• Adesope Olajide reflects on how Afrobeats is taking over the world
• Jimmy Cliff’s next album will be titled “Bridges”
• Koffee added to Yam Carnival on August 28th in London
• Read how “Trench Town Rock” turned Bob Marley into a superstar
• YolanDa Brown is the voice behind Sesame Street’s first AfroBeats songs

Also newsworthy is the fact that the 2019 Austin Reggae Festival raised $160,868.77 to help feed hungry Central Texas families.…

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