Bob Marley
Forty years have gone by since the late Honorable Robert Nesta Marley’s transition on May 11, 1981. And, three years ago on May 11, 2018, the number of years since Marley’s passing – 37 to be exact – uniquely surpassed the number of years that the he had been alive. Fast forward four decades later to 2021, Marley is found to be effortlessly retaining his position among the ranks of the world’s greatest and most influential musicians.
The King of Jamaica’s Reggae music genre still reigns supreme and maintains relevance to effecting progress among the forgotten and undeserved. Marley was not only a musical maverick but a philosopher; a prophetic storyteller. The senior Gong performed songs such as
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Ian Chang
April 21, 2021
Kyle s guest is drummer Ian Chang of Son Lux. The two preview tracks off the new Son Lux album Tomorrows III, and discuss Chang’s work outside of Son Lux with artists including Moses Sumney. Plus, Karla Lopez will return with another edition of Rebel Music featuring Kyra Harvey, co-founder of Indy 10 Black Lives Matter.
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MAS – more than mas
Sunday 21 February 2021
David Bereaux sings vintage calypsoes during the Kaiso segment, accompanied by musician Marva Newton, in the Carnival play MAS at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain on Carnival Monday (February 15). -
When Destra Garcia sang It’s Carnival on Tuesday night, the audience sat, hands raised and swaying, at the edge of their seats, belting out the lyrics with her.
It was the final scene of the Carnival-themed theatre-production MAS, and Garcia was the final soca star in a play that chiefly celebrated music.
The audience, a mixture of demographics, young and old, diverse gender identities, some in formal wear, at least one in what looked like the top of a Carnival costume, fully engaged with the show.
Meet Kidd G, Country Musicâs Next Emo-Rap Star
A 17-year-old from a small Georgia town built an audience as a rapper on TikTok and SoundCloud before pivoting to country music and inching his way into a notoriously cloistered industry.
The country music up-and-comer Kidd G got his start in an entirely different genre (hip-hop), via a platform the industry is just learning to embrace (TikTok).Credit.Peyton Fulford for The New York Times
Jan. 14, 2021
Kidd G was 11 years old when his older brother, Dustin, got his first car. Dustin wasnât quite old enough to drive it yet, but he could use it to listen to music, and he and his younger brother would sit in the front seat for hours, soaking in Rae Sremmurd, Young Thug, Chance the Rapper. Before long, Kidd G was teaching himself to freestyle.
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