{"id":5804,"date":"2025-08-13T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/country-meets-reggae\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:57:27","slug":"country-meets-reggae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/country-meets-reggae\/","title":{"rendered":"Country meets Reggae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winner Gramps Morgan, affectionately known as \u201cthe King of Country Reggae,\u201d is set to bring his electrifying fusion of reggae, soul, and country music to stages across the US with the launch of his \u201cNo Water in My Whiskey Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The tour begins <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, at the historic Crown Hill Theatre in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBlending roots reggae with the emotional grit of country music, Gramps Morgan has carved out a sound that is wholly his own,\u201d Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based entertainment publicist Ronnie Tomlinson told <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Caribbean Life<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> on Friday, Aug. 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tomlinson, CEO of Destine Media, said Gramps\u2019s 2022 GRAMMY-nominated album Positive Vibration was lauded by critics and featured in Tyler Perry\u2019s hit film Madea\u2019s Destination Wedding, \u201creinforcing his status as one of the most distinct and powerful voices in contemporary music.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gramps said the tour is about \u201creal stories, real vibes, and bringing people together with music that moves the soul.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75994\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75994\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeanlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gramps-morgan-no-water-in-my-whiskey-tour-2025-08-14-nk-cl01.jpg?quality=51&amp;w=700\" alt=\"Gramps and sons Jemere (left) and Prier during a performance.\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-75994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"image-caption\">Gramps and sons Jemere (left) and Prier during a performance. <\/span><span class=\"image-credit\">Photo by Anthony &#8220;ER Guru&#8221; Turner<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tomlinson said the tour is named after Gramps\u2019s latest single, \u201cNo Water in My Whiskey\u201d \u2013 \u201ca deceptively simple yet powerfully symbolic song. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe phrase speaks to the purity of joy, friendship, and good energy\u2014warning against anything that could dilute or disrupt a beautiful moment,\u201d she said. \u201cMuch like watering down whiskey, one wrong move can taint something special.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gramps said, \u201cIf there\u2019s a great party with good vibes and one person goes too far, it can change the entire energy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThat\u2019s what this song is about: preserving what\u2019s pure,\u201d he added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tomlinson said audiences can expect \u201can unforgettable night filled with feel-good anthems, heartfelt storytelling, and unmatched live energy that have become hallmarks of the Gramps Morgan experience.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For more information, go to <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grampsmorgan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">www.grampsmorgan.com<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winner Gramps Morgan, affectionately known as \u201cthe King of Country Reggae,\u201d is set to bring his electrifying fusion of reggae, soul, and country music to stages across the US with the launch of his \u201cNo Water in My Whiskey Tour.\u201d The tour begins on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at the historic Crown Hill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}