Live at Subrosa with Manny’s Boogaloo Crew - FELABRATION 2016 - Holy Forest w/ Amayo’s Fu Arkestra, Master Drummer JoJo Kuo, Maiji Garcia and Fela! Dancers
“Wild, restless and boundary pushing. Diaspora music for the digital age… seamless mash ups that open the ears for anyone looking to really have their ears opened. Wild, restless and boundary pushing, this smoking date comes at you from so many directions at once that before long you’ll be delightfully dizzy not knowing or caring which end is up. Check it out.” - The Midwest Record
Love from “Love Vinyl” in the UK - The first record we ever sent anyone (the only copy that was anywhere worldwide) incredibly landed on Gilles Peterson’s BBC show. Friends at Love Vinyl in London were playing the sample we’d sent them one afternoon in the shop when the legendary BBC DJ stopped in… it had it’s radio premiere on his Worldwide Winners show the following day. Listen to Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio show here .
Love from the DJ’s -
Press from around the world - “Africa Calling” selected on Gilles Peterson’s “Worldwide Winners 2015” year end show! - Listen to the show here on BBC6 Radio . Many thanks for all the support Gilles!
Holy Forest lands on top 10 albums of 2015 on PRI’s The World - Public Radio International picked Holy Forest as one of it’s top 10 albums of 2015! See their full list HERE .
“Africa Calling” selected one of 10 Best Songs of 2015 - Thanks to friends at Twisted Soul Boy! Listen to their picks HERE.
Okayafrica interviews Jon Fine about making “Holy Forest” - Read the full interview HERE .
Holy Forest featured on Bandcamp Weekly! - Thanks to friends at Bandcamp Weekly for picking Holy Forest as one of the top indie releases of 2015. Listen to the show HERE .
“Africa Calling” selected in 2015 “Worldwide Winners”by DJ Gilles Peterson - Gilles Peterson presented the third All Winners show of 2015, picking “Africa Calling” as one of the best singles and albums released during the past few months! Listen here on BBC6 .
Video for Second Single “Nyokonole” picked #3 on the World Music Network - Our music video for “Nyokonole- We Are Together” featuring Tata Din Din Jobarteh, ST Da Gambian Dream and No Surrender was voted #3 on the World Music Network . The video was filmed while traveling in The Gambia, Senegal and NY.
Watch it here
Merci Label Pepite! - Read the full review here.
Album review at Twisted Soul Boy: “This 11-track project is a breath of fresh air and yet another contender for one of the top albums of 2015.” - Read the full review over HERE .
Album Review from “The Midwest Record” - Written by Chris Spector of “The Midwest Record”.
Wax Poetic Article on the LP - You can win a copy of the record at Waxpoetics.com. Click here —> wax poetics
“Africa Calling” selected by Jeune Afrique as Song of the Week! - Check out more here….
Check the World Premiere on Okayafrica.com! - Check out the video on okayafrica.com!
Birkama, The Gambia - The studio at Tata Din Din’s family compound in Birkama is where it got started. The debut single, “Africa Calling” featuring Ed “Preacherman” Holley and Antibalas is out now. Stay tuned for the full length self-titled LP “Holy Forest” coming this fall…