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MILES DAVIS BAND PERCUSSIONIST MINO CINELU TAPS HIS MARTINIQUE HERITAGE FOR BASTILLE WEEKEND CONCERT SERIES IN NEW YORK Initial Le Monde de Mino performance to be held this Friday, July 15, at SuperFine, Brooklyn   NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2016) – Melodic echoes of Martinique will take center stage in New York for Bastille Weekend 2016 as renowned percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Milo Cinelu debuts his new concert series entitled “Le Monde de Mino” (The World of Mino) at SuperFine Bar and Restaurant in Brooklyn. A former percussionistRead More

As part of Tropicalfete’s mission to develop the community in the areas of arts and social services, Tropicalfete once again will be presenting their annual Caribbean Cultural Showcase on Sunday June 26, 2016 at Complete Music Studio, 227 St Marks Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238. The audience will be taken on a cultural journey that includes various artistic disciplines – dance, theater, masquerade, steel pan music, stilting, visual art, music and ventriloquism. The forming cast includes the following. Dance/Theater Performance – Tropicalfete Body of Vibration Dance and Theater under the leadershipRead More

Trinidad and Tobago-based Gospel artist Samuel “Farenite” Selkridge ignites with four genre-spanning Gospel jams – reggae with “Mama I Love You,” hip-hop with “Child of God,” and Gospel soca with “Child of God” and “Royalty,” all available worldwide from all major digital retailers on May 6, 2016, with pre-order available now, from FOX FUSE. Inking an exclusive, worldwide digital distribution deal with FOX FUSE, Farenite’s entire catalog will now become available to the international audience. Respected for his writing, in particular his lyricism and biblical content, Farenite has chosen toRead More

          FROM SICILY TO JAMAICA, REGGAE SINGER, PRODUCER & MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST ALBOROSIE PRESENTS HIS NEW STUDIO ALBUM FREEDOM & FYAH Out May 20 on Greensleeves Records. Reggae music is no longer confined by race, skin color or nationality. It always did have a global message, but the culture that it represents has now extended way beyond Jamaica. Alborosie’s success is symbolic of this new spirit sweeping the reggae world. The Sicilian born artist, who has spent over a decade living in Jamaica, delivers revolutionary songs with deep,Read More

A NEW GENERATION OF ROOTS, ROCK & REGGAE, RAGING FYAH RELEASES NEW STUDIO ALBUM EVERLASTING ON MAY 27 ON DUB ROCKERS Recently Wrapped First U.S. Tour with Stick Figure and performing at Cali Roots Festival on May 29. “…most promising acts…their revolutionary spirit evoking the late Peter Tosh or Steel Pulse circa the late 1970s” – Billboard On the heels of their first national U.S. tour with Stick Figure and Fortunate Youth, one of Jamaica’s most promising young acts Raging Fyah is gearing up for their debut album for DubRead More

British Dependency has been accumulating miles and gaining traction since they released their debut album Finding Wisdom in 2013. From the Caribbean to Canada and the United States, they have made the British Isle of Anguilla proud with their reggae tinged lyrics and spellbinding stage presence. But though they have traveled extensively, from early on the band set their sights on performing in Africa and on March 1, 2016, that dream became a reality when they traveled over 3000 miles to perform at the annual MASA Music Festival in Abidjan,Read More

World-renowned producer, performer and deejay Derek Pereira and his TRON imprint transform soca music globally with three new hit compilation albums – R.R. Rhythm, Heartbreak Riddim and Grinders Riddim (both now available for pre-order and will be released worldwide on March 25, 2016), exclusively from FOX FUSE. Born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, Pereira cultivated his musical empire first as a deejay with his own sound system known as X-Caliber Sound, which was established in 1998. This was followed by his inevitable progression as a soca artist (scoring hisRead More

Raging Fyah, one of Jamaica’s most promising roots reggae bands of this generation, announces U.S. Spring tour with American reggae band Stick Figure. The five-piece Kingston collective will play solo dates in Colorado and Arizona (from March 1-5) beforing supporting Stick Figure in mid-March until end of April for the 25-city cross-country Set In Stone Tour. Raging Fyah will return back to the U.S. at end of May for the annual Cali Roots Festival. The progessive reggae band is also gearing up for the release of their eagerly-awaited studio albumRead More

Producer and engineer Collin “Bulby” York rallies Jamaican superstars – Beres Hammond, Bounty Killer, Tenor Saw, Assassin, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Jesse Royal, Maxi Priest, Cherine, Sizzla, Busy Signal, Lutan Fyah and more – for his debut album Epic & Ting. Bulby’s sound spans multiple genres – merging reggae, dancehall, dub and EDM into a style of his own. As one of Jamaica’s most in-demand studio men, the Kingston-born producer has put his touch on signature dancehall records by Sean Paul, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man and also worked with theRead More

Reggae Hip-Hop Artist Sadiki I Releases New Single ‘My Story’ Featuring Junior ‘One Blood’ Reid On February 5th, 2016, Sadiki I released his first single off his upcoming album titled ‘My Story.’ The hip- hop reggae tune features the vocal genius of veteran reggae artist Junior ‘One Blood’ Reid. Sadiki I was born, Jevon White, on the small island of Montserrat in the West Indies where his father, George Buffonge, was a respected concert promoter. As a child, the young Jevon often found himself surrounded by influential reggae and calypsoRead More