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WGOM @[email protected] · 2026-07-22 · 12:15 UTC

Buju Banton – Butterflies

https://wgom.org/2026/07/22/buju-banton-butterflies/

#bujubanton #dancehall #rootsreggae #sunglasses #thetonightshow

WGOM @[email protected] · 2026-07-22 · 12:15 UTC

Buju Banton – Butterflies

https://wgom.org/2026/07/22/buju-banton-butterflies/

#thetonightshow #sunglasses #rootsreggae #dancehall #bujubanton

DoRaleigh @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 23:00 UTC

Triangle Big Ticket Event Guide – Concerts and Comedy, July 20–27, 2026

The Triangle’s entertainment calendar is packed with concerts, comedy shows and live performances from Monday, July 20, through Monday, July 27, 2026.

This week’s biggest events include Tori Amos at DPAC, Death Cab for Cutie with Japanese Breakfast at Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Guns N’ Roses with Public Enemy at Carter-Finley Stadium, Buju Banton with Stephen Marley at Red Hat Amphitheater and Noah Kahan at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Comedy fans can also catch Na’im Lynn, Steve Furey, Desi Banks, Oscar Aydin and competitors in North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest.

Monday, July 20

Tori Amos

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Durham Performing Arts Center
City: Durham

Kurt Vile and The Violators

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Haw River Ballroom
City: Saxapahaw

Tuesday, July 21

Mikaela Davis

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Crystal Marie

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Wednesday, July 22

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast bring one of the week’s biggest alternative-rock concerts to Raleigh.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
City: Raleigh

North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest

Comedians compete for laughs and the title of North Carolina’s Funniest Person.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Willis

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Osquinn

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Tunnel Vision

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Thursday, July 23

Guns N’ Roses and Public Enemy

Two influential names in rock and hip-hop share the bill for a major stadium concert in Raleigh.

Time: 6:25 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

American Vanity

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Buju Banton and Stephen Marley

Reggae stars Buju Banton and Stephen Marley perform under the downtown Raleigh skyline.

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Red Hat Amphitheater
City: Raleigh

Oscar Aydin

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Born Without Bones

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Friday, July 24

Ella Langley

Ella Langley brings her live show to Cary for a Friday-night performance.

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park
City: Cary

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Flat River Junction

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Blue Note Grill
City: Durham

Elmiene

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Automag

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Deep 6 and War Within a Breath

Deep 6 pays tribute to Pearl Jam, while War Within a Breath celebrates the music of Rage Against the Machine.

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Desi Banks

Time: 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Raleigh Improv
City: Cary

Firestarter Vol. 2

Firestarter Vol. 2 celebrates alternative queer Black and Brown aesthetics during a late-night event in Durham.

Time: 10 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Saturday, July 25

Throwback Sounds of Summer

Time: 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Rudy Theatre
City: Selma

Noah Kahan

Noah Kahan headlines one of the Triangle’s biggest concerts of the weekend at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

Matt Maeson

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Chris Acker

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

MaryJo

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

School of Rock Chapel Hill

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Keith Allen

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Sunday, July 26

The Sunday Reset

Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
City: Raleigh

Bring Out Yer Dead

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

GrrrlBands Showcase

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle
City: Carrboro

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Destin Conrad

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Rialto Theater
City: Raleigh

Oc3ans

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Monday, July 27

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Riley! The Band

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Plan Your Week of Triangle Entertainment

Music fans have plenty to choose from this week, including stadium concerts, downtown amphitheater performances and intimate club shows. The schedule covers rock, reggae, indie music, country, hip-hop and tribute performances across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Saxapahaw and Selma.

Tickets, age restrictions, parking policies and venue rules vary by event. Showtimes and availability may also change. Attendees should confirm details directly with the venue or official ticket provider before purchasing tickets or traveling.

Follow DoRaleigh.com for everything Raleigh and the Triangle, including concerts, comedy, nightlife and weekly event guides.

Connect With Us: Instagram | Facebook | BSky | Linkedin

Share With Us: Post your community News, Events, on our Submissions Page.

Advertise With Us: Interested in Advertising click here.

Published by Bryan Tomlinson | BTDesigns.pro |

#BujuBanton #CarterFinleyStadium #Cary #CaryEvents #ChapelHillEvents #DeathCabForCutie #DPAC #DurhamConcerts #DurhamEvents #EllaLangley #events #GoodnightsComedyClub #GunsNRoses #JapaneseBreakfast #News #NoahKahan #PublicEnemy #raleigh #RaleighComedy #RaleighConcerts #RaleighNightlife #RedHatAmphitheater #StephenMarley #ToriAmos #TriangleBigTicketEntertainmentGuide #TriangleBigTicketEventGuide #TriangleEvents

#bujubanton #carterfinleystadium #cary #caryevents #chapelhillevents #deathcabforcutie

DoRaleigh @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 23:00 UTC

Triangle Big Ticket Event Guide – Concerts and Comedy, July 20–27, 2026

The Triangle’s entertainment calendar is packed with concerts, comedy shows and live performances from Monday, July 20, through Monday, July 27, 2026.

This week’s biggest events include Tori Amos at DPAC, Death Cab for Cutie with Japanese Breakfast at Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Guns N’ Roses with Public Enemy at Carter-Finley Stadium, Buju Banton with Stephen Marley at Red Hat Amphitheater and Noah Kahan at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Comedy fans can also catch Na’im Lynn, Steve Furey, Desi Banks, Oscar Aydin and competitors in North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest.

Monday, July 20

Tori Amos

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Durham Performing Arts Center
City: Durham

Kurt Vile and The Violators

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Haw River Ballroom
City: Saxapahaw

Tuesday, July 21

Mikaela Davis

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Crystal Marie

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Wednesday, July 22

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast bring one of the week’s biggest alternative-rock concerts to Raleigh.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
City: Raleigh

North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest

Comedians compete for laughs and the title of North Carolina’s Funniest Person.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Willis

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Osquinn

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Tunnel Vision

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Thursday, July 23

Guns N’ Roses and Public Enemy

Two influential names in rock and hip-hop share the bill for a major stadium concert in Raleigh.

Time: 6:25 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

American Vanity

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Buju Banton and Stephen Marley

Reggae stars Buju Banton and Stephen Marley perform under the downtown Raleigh skyline.

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Red Hat Amphitheater
City: Raleigh

Oscar Aydin

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Born Without Bones

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Friday, July 24

Ella Langley

Ella Langley brings her live show to Cary for a Friday-night performance.

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park
City: Cary

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Flat River Junction

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Blue Note Grill
City: Durham

Elmiene

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Automag

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Deep 6 and War Within a Breath

Deep 6 pays tribute to Pearl Jam, while War Within a Breath celebrates the music of Rage Against the Machine.

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Desi Banks

Time: 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Raleigh Improv
City: Cary

Firestarter Vol. 2

Firestarter Vol. 2 celebrates alternative queer Black and Brown aesthetics during a late-night event in Durham.

Time: 10 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Saturday, July 25

Throwback Sounds of Summer

Time: 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Rudy Theatre
City: Selma

Noah Kahan

Noah Kahan headlines one of the Triangle’s biggest concerts of the weekend at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

Matt Maeson

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Chris Acker

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

MaryJo

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

School of Rock Chapel Hill

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Keith Allen

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Sunday, July 26

The Sunday Reset

Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
City: Raleigh

Bring Out Yer Dead

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

GrrrlBands Showcase

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle
City: Carrboro

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Destin Conrad

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Rialto Theater
City: Raleigh

Oc3ans

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Monday, July 27

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Riley! The Band

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Plan Your Week of Triangle Entertainment

Music fans have plenty to choose from this week, including stadium concerts, downtown amphitheater performances and intimate club shows. The schedule covers rock, reggae, indie music, country, hip-hop and tribute performances across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Saxapahaw and Selma.

Tickets, age restrictions, parking policies and venue rules vary by event. Showtimes and availability may also change. Attendees should confirm details directly with the venue or official ticket provider before purchasing tickets or traveling.

Follow DoRaleigh.com for everything Raleigh and the Triangle, including concerts, comedy, nightlife and weekly event guides.

Connect With Us: Instagram | Facebook | BSky | Linkedin

Share With Us: Post your community News, Events, on our Submissions Page.

Advertise With Us: Interested in Advertising click here.

Published by Bryan Tomlinson | BTDesigns.pro |

#BujuBanton #CarterFinleyStadium #Cary #CaryEvents #ChapelHillEvents #DeathCabForCutie #DPAC #DurhamConcerts #DurhamEvents #EllaLangley #events #GoodnightsComedyClub #GunsNRoses #JapaneseBreakfast #News #NoahKahan #PublicEnemy #raleigh #RaleighComedy #RaleighConcerts #RaleighNightlife #RedHatAmphitheater #StephenMarley #ToriAmos #TriangleBigTicketEntertainmentGuide #TriangleBigTicketEventGuide #TriangleEvents

#bujubanton #carterfinleystadium #cary #caryevents #chapelhillevents #deathcabforcutie

DoRaleigh @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 23:00 UTC

Triangle Big Ticket Event Guide – Concerts and Comedy, July 20–27, 2026

The Triangle’s entertainment calendar is packed with concerts, comedy shows and live performances from Monday, July 20, through Monday, July 27, 2026.

This week’s biggest events include Tori Amos at DPAC, Death Cab for Cutie with Japanese Breakfast at Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Guns N’ Roses with Public Enemy at Carter-Finley Stadium, Buju Banton with Stephen Marley at Red Hat Amphitheater and Noah Kahan at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Comedy fans can also catch Na’im Lynn, Steve Furey, Desi Banks, Oscar Aydin and competitors in North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest.

Monday, July 20

Tori Amos

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Durham Performing Arts Center
City: Durham

Kurt Vile and The Violators

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Haw River Ballroom
City: Saxapahaw

Tuesday, July 21

Mikaela Davis

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Crystal Marie

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Wednesday, July 22

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast

Death Cab for Cutie and Japanese Breakfast bring one of the week’s biggest alternative-rock concerts to Raleigh.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
City: Raleigh

North Carolina’s Funniest Person Contest

Comedians compete for laughs and the title of North Carolina’s Funniest Person.

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Willis

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Osquinn

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Tunnel Vision

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Thursday, July 23

Guns N’ Roses and Public Enemy

Two influential names in rock and hip-hop share the bill for a major stadium concert in Raleigh.

Time: 6:25 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

American Vanity

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Buju Banton and Stephen Marley

Reggae stars Buju Banton and Stephen Marley perform under the downtown Raleigh skyline.

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Red Hat Amphitheater
City: Raleigh

Oscar Aydin

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Born Without Bones

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Friday, July 24

Ella Langley

Ella Langley brings her live show to Cary for a Friday-night performance.

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park
City: Cary

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Flat River Junction

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Blue Note Grill
City: Durham

Elmiene

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Automag

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

Renee Christine

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Deep 6 and War Within a Breath

Deep 6 pays tribute to Pearl Jam, while War Within a Breath celebrates the music of Rage Against the Machine.

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Desi Banks

Time: 9:15 p.m.
Venue: Raleigh Improv
City: Cary

Firestarter Vol. 2

Firestarter Vol. 2 celebrates alternative queer Black and Brown aesthetics during a late-night event in Durham.

Time: 10 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

Saturday, July 25

Throwback Sounds of Summer

Time: 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Rudy Theatre
City: Selma

Noah Kahan

Noah Kahan headlines one of the Triangle’s biggest concerts of the weekend at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium
City: Raleigh

Matt Maeson

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: The Ritz
City: Raleigh

Na’im Lynn

Showtimes: 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Chris Acker

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Pinhook
City: Durham

MaryJo

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Steve Furey

Showtimes: 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

School of Rock Chapel Hill

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle Back Room
City: Carrboro

Keith Allen

Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Sunday, July 26

The Sunday Reset

Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
City: Raleigh

Bring Out Yer Dead

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Lincoln Theatre
City: Raleigh

GrrrlBands Showcase

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Cat’s Cradle
City: Carrboro

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Steve Furey

Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Destin Conrad

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Rialto Theater
City: Raleigh

Oc3ans

Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall
City: Raleigh

Monday, July 27

Na’im Lynn

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Goodnights Comedy Club
City: Raleigh

Riley! The Band

Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Local 506
City: Chapel Hill

Plan Your Week of Triangle Entertainment

Music fans have plenty to choose from this week, including stadium concerts, downtown amphitheater performances and intimate club shows. The schedule covers rock, reggae, indie music, country, hip-hop and tribute performances across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Saxapahaw and Selma.

Tickets, age restrictions, parking policies and venue rules vary by event. Showtimes and availability may also change. Attendees should confirm details directly with the venue or official ticket provider before purchasing tickets or traveling.

Follow DoRaleigh.com for everything Raleigh and the Triangle, including concerts, comedy, nightlife and weekly event guides.

Connect With Us: Instagram | Facebook | BSky | Linkedin

Share With Us: Post your community News, Events, on our Submissions Page.

Advertise With Us: Interested in Advertising click here.

Published by Bryan Tomlinson | BTDesigns.pro |

#BujuBanton #CarterFinleyStadium #Cary #CaryEvents #ChapelHillEvents #DeathCabForCutie #DPAC #DurhamConcerts #DurhamEvents #EllaLangley #events #GoodnightsComedyClub #GunsNRoses #JapaneseBreakfast #News #NoahKahan #PublicEnemy #raleigh #RaleighComedy #RaleighConcerts #RaleighNightlife #RedHatAmphitheater #StephenMarley #ToriAmos #TriangleBigTicketEntertainmentGuide #TriangleBigTicketEventGuide #TriangleEvents

#triangleevents #trianglebigticketeventguide #trianglebigticketentertainmentguide #toriamos #stephenmarley #redhatamphitheater

Ritchy @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 16:08 UTC

Buju Banton - Butterflies | Official Music Video

https://video.rastapuls.com/w/csusPtjbrd3VEH4sKBgDcb

#tootoobad #realrock #butterflies #vprecords #bujubanton

Ritchy @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 16:08 UTC

Buju Banton - Butterflies | Official Music Video

https://video.rastapuls.com/w/csusPtjbrd3VEH4sKBgDcb

#african #bujubanton #dancehall #reggae #vprecords

G-Nitro @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 12:28 UTC

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 5/18/26

I check out an album by Primal Scream, and the latest releases by Mýa, and girli.

Favorite Videos include Buju Banton's A COLORS SHOW, Angela Ken at The PlayRoom, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-5-18-26

#Music #1001Albums #PrimalScream #Mya #Girli #BUjuBanton #AColorsShow #AngelaKen #ThePlayRoom

#music #1001albums #primalscream #mya #girli #bujubanton

G-Nitro @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 12:28 UTC

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 5/18/26

I check out an album by Primal Scream, and the latest releases by Mýa, and girli.

Favorite Videos include Buju Banton's A COLORS SHOW, Angela Ken at The PlayRoom, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-5-18-26

#Music #1001Albums #PrimalScream #Mya #Girli #BUjuBanton #AColorsShow #AngelaKen #ThePlayRoom

#music #1001albums #primalscream #mya #girli #bujubanton

G-Nitro @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 12:28 UTC

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 5/18/26

I check out an album by Primal Scream, and the latest releases by Mýa, and girli.

Favorite Videos include Buju Banton's A COLORS SHOW, Angela Ken at The PlayRoom, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-5-18-26

#Music #1001Albums #PrimalScream #Mya #Girli #BUjuBanton #AColorsShow #AngelaKen #ThePlayRoom

#music #1001albums #primalscream #mya #girli #bujubanton

G-Nitro @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 12:28 UTC

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 5/18/26

I check out an album by Primal Scream, and the latest releases by Mýa, and girli.

Favorite Videos include Buju Banton's A COLORS SHOW, Angela Ken at The PlayRoom, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-5-18-26

#Music #1001Albums #PrimalScream #Mya #Girli #BUjuBanton #AColorsShow #AngelaKen #ThePlayRoom

#music #1001albums #primalscream #mya #girli #bujubanton

G-Nitro @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 12:28 UTC

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up – 5/18/26

I check out an album by Primal Scream, and the latest releases by Mýa, and girli.

Favorite Videos include Buju Banton's A COLORS SHOW, Angela Ken at The PlayRoom, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-5-18-26

#Music #1001Albums #PrimalScream #Mya #Girli #BUjuBanton #AColorsShow #AngelaKen #ThePlayRoom

#theplayroom #angelaken #acolorsshow #bujubanton #girli #mya

Ritchy @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 14:50 UTC

Patoranking - African Soldier Ft. Buju Banton (Official Video)

https://video.rastapuls.com/w/bxdrzbEuezQKXAroVrpbEq

#africansoldier #bujubanton #patoranking #reggae

Ritchy @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 14:50 UTC

Patoranking - African Soldier Ft. Buju Banton (Official Video)

https://video.rastapuls.com/w/bxdrzbEuezQKXAroVrpbEq

#africansoldier #bujubanton #patoranking #reggae

Ritchy @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 14:50 UTC

Patoranking - African Soldier Ft. Buju Banton (Official Video)

https://video.rastapuls.com/w/bxdrzbEuezQKXAroVrpbEq

#reggae #patoranking #bujubanton #africansoldier

KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2026-01-10 · 19:27 UTC

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #PositiveVibrations

Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills and Valleys

#BujuBanton

https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

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KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2026-01-10 · 19:27 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills and Valleys

#BujuBanton

https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

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KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2025-01-18 · 06:03 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Born for Greatness

#BujuBanton

https://open.spotify.com/track/5kytYY5glrtHy8XYczoTov

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Born for Greatness

#BujuBanton

https://open.spotify.com/track/5kytYY5glrtHy8XYczoTov

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Wiston @[email protected] · 2025-01-17 · 21:25 UTC

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2024-12-22 · 00:56 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills And Valleys

#BujuBanton

https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

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BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2024-12-22 · 00:56 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills And Valleys

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https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

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Egils Robs @[email protected] · 2024-12-18 · 18:53 UTC

Pressure by Koffee ft. Buju Banton. If I have known Buju for close to 20 years now, then #Koffee is relatively new to me. Check her other songs if you life this song. #Reggae #BujuBanton www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLcd...

#koffee #reggae #bujubanton

KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2024-12-14 · 19:55 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills and Valleys

#BujuBanton

https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

#nowplaying #kexp #positivevibrations #bujubanton

KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @[email protected] · 2024-12-14 · 19:55 UTC

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Buju Banton:
🎵 Hills and Valleys

#BujuBanton

https://oneloveofficial.bandcamp.com/track/05-buju-banton-hills-and-valleys

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H4M3lyO2rJFQw33idCk1X

#nowplaying #kexp #positivevibrations #bujubanton

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-08-21 · 18:00 UTC

As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 973 on The List, submitted by yours truly (i.e., buffyleigh).

As I sadly so often end up doing, I often don’t catch up on an artist’s discography until after they’ve left us. And while the circumstances are sad, it can be a really beautiful experience to discover new favorite albums that I didn’t even know existed when the artist was with us. This album is one such discovery – Shuhada’ Sadaqat’s (a.k.a. Sinéad O’Connor’s) album of reggae covers.

I generally stay away from covers, especially if they’re done in the same style as the originals. But I think this entire album is so tastefully and beautifully done, Sadaqat’s respect for the material is so obvious. Introduced to reggae in her early London days via a friend who collected all the records that were on the Jamaican charts, and then becoming a fly on the wall of a record shop owned and frequented by old Jamaicans,** Sadaqat connected deeply with the Rastafari community, seeing parallels between their struggles and those of the Irish people, as well as how she approached her own beliefs. As she wrote in the liner notes:

Thanks first and foremost to the great men who wrote and performed these songs and whose inspiration has kept me nourished with strength at times when I might otherwise have lost faith in myself. These men were part of a battle fought for self esteem and for the freeing of God from religion. As such, they are my heroes, my teachers, my masters, my priests, my prophets, my guides and my godfathers. And I could never in a million words or years, express the love and gratitude I feel toward them, for the truth and rights which they benevolently taught through music and which raised God from the dead in the soul of a little Irish Catholic woman. Nor could I express the influence they have had on my own singing and songwriting. The originals of these songs can never be bettered, and so all I can hope in recording them, is to honour the composers and pass on their teachings…

Throw Down Your Arms was recorded in Jamaica and was produced by the amazing duo Sly & Robbie (i.e., Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), who also played drums and bass on the album. Nearly half of the album is Burning Spear covers,*** the others covers of The Abyssinians, Junior Byles, Devon Irons, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh, and Buju Banton, ending with Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “War” (which she had previously covered in the infamous 1992 Saturday Night Live performance). Sadaqat personally paid for the majority of the record herself and donated 10% of the profits to Rasta elders in Jamaica.

A physical copy of the album is a bit hard to track down but, if you can, try to get the double-disc version – the second disc is a really fantastic dub version of the album, which I tend to prefer. A Youtube link to the dub version is also below, hopefully it works for you.

Happy listening and, Shuhada’ Sadaqat, may you rest in peace.

*The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “If you walk with Jesus”, “He’s gonna save your soul”, “You gotta keep the devil”, and “Way down in the hole”, following the earlier survey that had “When you walk through the garden”, “You gotta watch your back”, “Well, I beg your pardon”, and “Walk the straight and narrow track”. The fourth phrase was the winning selection, so the survey result was translated as picking the fourth album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “down”.
**See the chapter called “A Lesson or Two” in her memoir, Rememberings (which I highly recommend), published under the name Sinéad O’Connor.
***5 of the 12 songs are from Burning Spear. If you haven’t already, check out our earlier spotlight on Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey, an album I actually discovered via Throw Down Your Arms (because I’m always doing these things backwards, lol).

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/21/sinead-oconnor-throw-down-your-arms-2005-ireland/

#1001OtherAlbums #2000s #BobMarley #BujuBanton #BurningSpear #covers #DevonIrons #dub #IsraelVibration #JuniorByles #PeterTosh #reggae #ShuhadaSadaqat #SineadOConnor #TheAbyssinians

#1001otheralbums #2000s #bobmarley #bujubanton #burningspear #covers

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-08-21 · 18:00 UTC

As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 973 on The List, submitted by yours truly (i.e., buffyleigh).

As I sadly so often end up doing, I often don’t catch up on an artist’s discography until after they’ve left us. And while the circumstances are sad, it can be a really beautiful experience to discover new favorite albums that I didn’t even know existed when the artist was with us. This album is one such discovery – Shuhada’ Sadaqat’s (a.k.a. Sinéad O’Connor’s) album of reggae covers.

I generally stay away from covers, especially if they’re done in the same style as the originals. But I think this entire album is so tastefully and beautifully done, Sadaqat’s respect for the material is so obvious. Introduced to reggae in her early London days via a friend who collected all the records that were on the Jamaican charts, and then becoming a fly on the wall of a record shop owned and frequented by old Jamaicans,** Sadaqat connected deeply with the Rastafari community, seeing parallels between their struggles and those of the Irish people, as well as how she approached her own beliefs. As she wrote in the liner notes:

Thanks first and foremost to the great men who wrote and performed these songs and whose inspiration has kept me nourished with strength at times when I might otherwise have lost faith in myself. These men were part of a battle fought for self esteem and for the freeing of God from religion. As such, they are my heroes, my teachers, my masters, my priests, my prophets, my guides and my godfathers. And I could never in a million words or years, express the love and gratitude I feel toward them, for the truth and rights which they benevolently taught through music and which raised God from the dead in the soul of a little Irish Catholic woman. Nor could I express the influence they have had on my own singing and songwriting. The originals of these songs can never be bettered, and so all I can hope in recording them, is to honour the composers and pass on their teachings…

Throw Down Your Arms was recorded in Jamaica and was produced by the amazing duo Sly & Robbie (i.e., Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), who also played drums and bass on the album. Nearly half of the album is Burning Spear covers,*** the others covers of The Abyssinians, Junior Byles, Devon Irons, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh, and Buju Banton, ending with Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “War” (which she had previously covered in the infamous 1992 Saturday Night Live performance). Sadaqat personally payed for the majority of the record herself and donated 10% of the profits to Rasta elders in Jamaica.

A physical copy of the album is a bit hard to track down but, if you can, try to get the double-disc version – the second disc is a really fantastic dub version of the album, which I tend to prefer. A Youtube link to the dub version is also below, hopefully it works for you.

Happy listening and, Shuhada’ Sadaqat, may you rest in peace.

*The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “If you walk with Jesus”, “He’s gonna save your soul”, “You gotta keep the devil”, and “Way down in the hole”, following the earlier survey that had “When you walk through the garden”, “You gotta watch your back”, “Well, I beg your pardon”, and “Walk the straight and narrow track”. The fourth phrase was the winning selection, so the survey result was translated as picking the fourth album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “down”.
**See the chapter called “A Lesson or Two” in her memoir, Rememberings (which I highly recommend), published under the name Sinéad O’Connor.
***5 of the 12 songs are from Burning Spear. If you haven’t already, check out our earlier spotlight on Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey, an album I actually discovered via Throw Down Your Arms (because I’m always doing these things backwards, lol).

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/21/sinead-oconnor-throw-down-your-arms-2005-ireland/

#1001OtherAlbums #2000s #BobMarley #BujuBanton #BurningSpear #covers #DevonIrons #dub #IsraelVibration #JuniorByles #PeterTosh #reggae #ShuhadaSadaqat #SineadOConnor #TheAbyssinians

#1001otheralbums #2000s #bobmarley #bujubanton #burningspear #covers

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-08-21 · 18:00 UTC

As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 973 on The List, submitted by yours truly (i.e., buffyleigh).

As I sadly so often end up doing, I often don’t catch up on an artist’s discography until after they’ve left us. And while the circumstances are sad, it can be a really beautiful experience to discover new favorite albums that I didn’t even know existed when the artist was with us. This album is one such discovery – Shuhada’ Sadaqat’s (a.k.a. Sinéad O’Connor’s) album of reggae covers.

I generally stay away from covers, especially if they’re done in the same style as the originals. But I think this entire album is so tastefully and beautifully done, Sadaqat’s respect for the material is so obvious. Introduced to reggae in her early London days via a friend who collected all the records that were on the Jamaican charts, and then becoming a fly on the wall of a record shop owned and frequented by old Jamaicans,** Sadaqat connected deeply with the Rastafari community, seeing parallels between their struggles and those of the Irish people, as well as how she approached her own beliefs. As she wrote in the liner notes:

Thanks first and foremost to the great men who wrote and performed these songs and whose inspiration has kept me nourished with strength at times when I might otherwise have lost faith in myself. These men were part of a battle fought for self esteem and for the freeing of God from religion. As such, they are my heroes, my teachers, my masters, my priests, my prophets, my guides and my godfathers. And I could never in a million words or years, express the love and gratitude I feel toward them, for the truth and rights which they benevolently taught through music and which raised God from the dead in the soul of a little Irish Catholic woman. Nor could I express the influence they have had on my own singing and songwriting. The originals of these songs can never be bettered, and so all I can hope in recording them, is to honour the composers and pass on their teachings…

Throw Down Your Arms was recorded in Jamaica and was produced by the amazing duo Sly & Robbie (i.e., Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), who also played drums and bass on the album. Nearly half of the album is Burning Spear covers,*** the others covers of The Abyssinians, Junior Byles, Devon Irons, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh, and Buju Banton, ending with Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “War” (which she had previously covered in the infamous 1992 Saturday Night Live performance). Sadaqat personally payed for the majority of the record herself and donated 10% of the profits to Rasta elders in Jamaica.

A physical copy of the album is a bit hard to track down but, if you can, try to get the double-disc version – the second disc is a really fantastic dub version of the album, which I tend to prefer. A Youtube link to the dub version is also below, hopefully it works for you.

Happy listening and, Shuhada’ Sadaqat, may you rest in peace.

*The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “If you walk with Jesus”, “He’s gonna save your soul”, “You gotta keep the devil”, and “Way down in the hole”, following the earlier survey that had “When you walk through the garden”, “You gotta watch your back”, “Well, I beg your pardon”, and “Walk the straight and narrow track”. The fourth phrase was the winning selection, so the survey result was translated as picking the fourth album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “down”.
**See the chapter called “A Lesson or Two” in her memoir, Rememberings (which I highly recommend), published under the name Sinéad O’Connor.
***5 of the 12 songs are from Burning Spear. If you haven’t already, check out our earlier spotlight on Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey, an album I actually discovered via Throw Down Your Arms (because I’m always doing these things backwards, lol).

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/21/sinead-oconnor-throw-down-your-arms-2005-ireland/

#1001OtherAlbums #2000s #BobMarley #BujuBanton #BurningSpear #covers #DevonIrons #dub #IsraelVibration #JuniorByles #PeterTosh #reggae #ShuhadaSadaqat #SineadOConnor #TheAbyssinians

#1001otheralbums #2000s #bobmarley #bujubanton #burningspear #covers

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-08-21 · 18:00 UTC

As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 973 on The List, submitted by yours truly (i.e., buffyleigh).

As I sadly so often end up doing, I often don’t catch up on an artist’s discography until after they’ve left us. And while the circumstances are sad, it can be a really beautiful experience to discover new favorite albums that I didn’t even know existed when the artist was with us. This album is one such discovery – Shuhada’ Sadaqat’s (a.k.a. Sinéad O’Connor’s) album of reggae covers.

I generally stay away from covers, especially if they’re done in the same style as the originals. But I think this entire album is so tastefully and beautifully done, Sadaqat’s respect for the material is so obvious. Introduced to reggae in her early London days via a friend who collected all the records that were on the Jamaican charts, and then becoming a fly on the wall of a record shop owned and frequented by old Jamaicans,** Sadaqat connected deeply with the Rastafari community, seeing parallels between their struggles and those of the Irish people, as well as how she approached her own beliefs. As she wrote in the liner notes:

Thanks first and foremost to the great men who wrote and performed these songs and whose inspiration has kept me nourished with strength at times when I might otherwise have lost faith in myself. These men were part of a battle fought for self esteem and for the freeing of God from religion. As such, they are my heroes, my teachers, my masters, my priests, my prophets, my guides and my godfathers. And I could never in a million words or years, express the love and gratitude I feel toward them, for the truth and rights which they benevolently taught through music and which raised God from the dead in the soul of a little Irish Catholic woman. Nor could I express the influence they have had on my own singing and songwriting. The originals of these songs can never be bettered, and so all I can hope in recording them, is to honour the composers and pass on their teachings…

Throw Down Your Arms was recorded in Jamaica and was produced by the amazing duo Sly & Robbie (i.e., Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), who also played drums and bass on the album. Nearly half of the album is Burning Spear covers,*** the others covers of The Abyssinians, Junior Byles, Devon Irons, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh, and Buju Banton, ending with Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “War” (which she had previously covered in the infamous 1992 Saturday Night Live performance). Sadaqat personally payed for the majority of the record herself and donated 10% of the profits to Rasta elders in Jamaica.

A physical copy of the album is a bit hard to track down but, if you can, try to get the double-disc version – the second disc is a really fantastic dub version of the album, which I tend to prefer. A Youtube link to the dub version is also below, hopefully it works for you.

Happy listening and, Shuhada’ Sadaqat, may you rest in peace.

*The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “If you walk with Jesus”, “He’s gonna save your soul”, “You gotta keep the devil”, and “Way down in the hole”, following the earlier survey that had “When you walk through the garden”, “You gotta watch your back”, “Well, I beg your pardon”, and “Walk the straight and narrow track”. The fourth phrase was the winning selection, so the survey result was translated as picking the fourth album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “down”.
**See the chapter called “A Lesson or Two” in her memoir, Rememberings (which I highly recommend), published under the name Sinéad O’Connor.
***5 of the 12 songs are from Burning Spear. If you haven’t already, check out our earlier spotlight on Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey, an album I actually discovered via Throw Down Your Arms (because I’m always doing these things backwards, lol).

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/21/sinead-oconnor-throw-down-your-arms-2005-ireland/

#1001OtherAlbums #2000s #BobMarley #BujuBanton #BurningSpear #covers #DevonIrons #dub #IsraelVibration #JuniorByles #PeterTosh #reggae #ShuhadaSadaqat #SineadOConnor #TheAbyssinians

#1001otheralbums #2000s #bobmarley #bujubanton #burningspear #covers

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2024-08-21 · 18:00 UTC

As randomly chosen by survey* on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 973 on The List, submitted by yours truly (i.e., buffyleigh).

As I sadly so often end up doing, I often don’t catch up on an artist’s discography until after they’ve left us. And while the circumstances are sad, it can be a really beautiful experience to discover new favorite albums that I didn’t even know existed when the artist was with us. This album is one such discovery – Shuhada’ Sadaqat’s (a.k.a. Sinéad O’Connor’s) album of reggae covers.

I generally stay away from covers, especially if they’re done in the same style as the originals. But I think this entire album is so tastefully and beautifully done, Sadaqat’s respect for the material is so obvious. Introduced to reggae in her early London days via a friend who collected all the records that were on the Jamaican charts, and then becoming a fly on the wall of a record shop owned and frequented by old Jamaicans,** Sadaqat connected deeply with the Rastafari community, seeing parallels between their struggles and those of the Irish people, as well as how she approached her own beliefs. As she wrote in the liner notes:

Thanks first and foremost to the great men who wrote and performed these songs and whose inspiration has kept me nourished with strength at times when I might otherwise have lost faith in myself. These men were part of a battle fought for self esteem and for the freeing of God from religion. As such, they are my heroes, my teachers, my masters, my priests, my prophets, my guides and my godfathers. And I could never in a million words or years, express the love and gratitude I feel toward them, for the truth and rights which they benevolently taught through music and which raised God from the dead in the soul of a little Irish Catholic woman. Nor could I express the influence they have had on my own singing and songwriting. The originals of these songs can never be bettered, and so all I can hope in recording them, is to honour the composers and pass on their teachings…

Throw Down Your Arms was recorded in Jamaica and was produced by the amazing duo Sly & Robbie (i.e., Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), who also played drums and bass on the album. Nearly half of the album is Burning Spear covers,*** the others covers of The Abyssinians, Junior Byles, Devon Irons, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh, and Buju Banton, ending with Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “War” (which she had previously covered in the infamous 1992 Saturday Night Live performance). Sadaqat personally paid for the majority of the record herself and donated 10% of the profits to Rasta elders in Jamaica.

A physical copy of the album is a bit hard to track down but, if you can, try to get the double-disc version – the second disc is a really fantastic dub version of the album, which I tend to prefer. A Youtube link to the dub version is also below, hopefully it works for you.

Happy listening and, Shuhada’ Sadaqat, may you rest in peace.

*The survey choices that led to this spotlight were “If you walk with Jesus”, “He’s gonna save your soul”, “You gotta keep the devil”, and “Way down in the hole”, following the earlier survey that had “When you walk through the garden”, “You gotta watch your back”, “Well, I beg your pardon”, and “Walk the straight and narrow track”. The fourth phrase was the winning selection, so the survey result was translated as picking the fourth album in The List with one of the phrase’s words in the title, the matching word here being “down”.
**See the chapter called “A Lesson or Two” in her memoir, Rememberings (which I highly recommend), published under the name Sinéad O’Connor.
***5 of the 12 songs are from Burning Spear. If you haven’t already, check out our earlier spotlight on Burning Spear’s Marcus Garvey, an album I actually discovered via Throw Down Your Arms (because I’m always doing these things backwards, lol).

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/08/21/sinead-oconnor-throw-down-your-arms-2005-ireland/

#1001OtherAlbums #2000s #BobMarley #BujuBanton #BurningSpear #covers #DevonIrons #dub #IsraelVibration #JuniorByles #PeterTosh #reggae #ShuhadaSadaqat #SineadOConnor #TheAbyssinians