When Capleton makes his way on stage with singer Tarrus Riley at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark on Thanksgiving Weekend Friday, Nov. 27, for the Reggae Giants Live! concert, fans can expect the energy level to be turned up.<\/p>\n
Kacy Rankine, the Jamaican-born CEO of Roadblock Radio, told Caribbean Life on Monday, Oct. 19, that the concert series is being presented by RoadblockRadio.com | RoadblockRadio 101.1FM\u2022HD3 and CCB INT\u2019L.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He said the Thanksgiving weekend concert begins at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCapleton, also known as ‘King Shango’ and ‘The Prophet,’ has built a career around commanding vocals and music rooted in Rastafarian spirituality and social consciousness,\u201d Rankine said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He said songs such as \u201cTour\u201d helped introduce Capleton\u2019s sound to international audiences, while his Def Jam albums Prophecy and I-Testament connected reggae and hip-hop through collaborations with artists including Method Man and Q-Tip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis distinctive delivery has made him a recognizable voice across generations of reggae fans,\u201d Rankine said about Capleton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking about Tarrus Riley, he said, “He is celebrated for his expressive vocals and songs exploring love, cultural identity and social issues.”<\/span><\/p>\n Born in the Bronx and raised in Jamaica, Riley is the son of veteran reggae singer Jimmy Riley.<\/span><\/p>\n Rankine said Tarrus Riley gained international recognition with Parables, the album featuring his signature hit \u201cShe\u2019s Royal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tarrus Riley\u2019s catalog includes Contagious, Love Situation and Healing, \u201creflecting a musical range grounded in roots reggae and rich vocal melodies,\u201d\u00a0 Rankine said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Capleton’s upcoming New Jersey appearance comes on the heels of his successful tour of the United Kingdom, where he performed before packed audiences in Bristol, Birmingham and London.<\/span><\/p>\n But Capleton said his recent appearance in Toronto, Canada, produced one of the \u201cmost talked-about moments\u201d of his touring schedule when he arrived in a fire truck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou know, they’re still talking about that entrance right now,\u201d Capleton said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He said the entrance attracted attention on social media, but he said there was a deeper meaning behind the spectacle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is not a physical fire, this is a metaphorical fire,\u201d Capleton said. “If the fireman is in the fire truck, the fire can’t out.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Capleton makes his way on stage with singer Tarrus Riley at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark on Thanksgiving Weekend Friday, Nov. 27, for the Reggae Giants Live! concert, fans can expect the energy level to be turned up. Kacy Rankine, the Jamaican-born CEO of Roadblock Radio, told Caribbean Life on […]<\/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-6024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6024","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=6024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}