Syd Perry is a young reggae musician who lived around the corner from us and went to school with my son. We've kept in touch as he's moved away from Pickering to further his musical journey. He's currently in South Africa after spending time in Jamaica, Hawaii, and Nigeria.
If you like reggae (and even if you don't) you should enjoy his latest recording, a 5-song EP called Gold.
He's released Propaganda as the single from the EP and produced a very fine video for it.
As he describes it:
Propaganda is a piece that was forged out of the frustrations of being bombarded by a neo-colonial relgious state of mind that aims to convert spirutual indigenous people to a religion that has been used to conquer and enslave the minds of spiritual indigenous people.Co-conceptualized by Mawe YaBahari, Propaganda is a song that was inspired by interactions and experiences with people that are never satisfied until you believe what they believe. The ridicule and condemnation that can come from your own family/community for not being of their religion. And having the strength to stay firmly rooted and rise above that in the spiritually empowering and uplifting movement and livity of RasTafari.
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