TOGETHER: WHEN HEARTS AND HANDS UNITE JAHBRADEZ DELIVERS
Acutely aware roots messenger JahBradez returns together with his most galvanising launch but, Collectively, a fierce new providing on Black River Sonics, the newest pulse in a gentle stream from an artist with one thing pressing to say.
The lyrics communicate on to a recurring grievance. They reference Nineteen Seventies Jamaica and the creeping grip of out of doors powers, nations that promise, extract and vanish, leaving communities to fend for themselves. JahBradez additionally performs drums and co-wrote the tune with Shaneak Joan Whittingham, drawing on lived expertise, and it reveals.
Constructed on a thunderous basis, with David W. Prout weaving bass, guitar and keyboards, the tune carries the structural authority of traditional roots reggae.
WHEN HEARTS AND HANDS UNITE, NO FORCE CAN BREAK THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE
Grammy-nominated producer and keyboardist Paris La Mont sharpens the lead vocal, whereas Carol Ann Dexter’s harmonies elevate the refrain right into a full group voice. Government producers Robinson and Sheldon Shawn Townsend maintain it targeted and lean.
It’s the refrain that drives dwelling its message with the insistence of a congregation: “We’ve gots to remain within the transfer now, and stick collectively, in occasions like these.”
As JahBradez himself places it, “when hearts and arms unite, no drive can break the spirit of the folks.” In occasions that develop more and more dreader, that is music that carries you ahead.
ABOUT JAHBRADEZ
Born Brady Robinson in Falmouth, Trelawny, JahBradez discovered his first stage behind a church drum equipment at eight years previous. That early spark led him to Kingston’s famend Edna Manley Faculty and, in 2007, to co-founding roots reggae band Pentateuch, whose highly effective dwell reveals took them to main festivals throughout Europe and the USA.
Having shared phases with Authentic Koffee, Jo Mersa Marley and The Mighty Diamonds, JahBradez now channels that have into solo music rooted in fact, upliftment and unity.
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