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Reggae legends Chalwa are releasing an innovative and eclectic new album! Could this be the \u201cSgt. Pepper\u201d of reggae albums? With its unique and unusual production, along with the stellar performance by the band, upon listening to \u201cConcentration Time\u201d one might draw that conclusion.
Chalwa is based out of Asheville, NC and plays original High Country Reggae. The band consists of a diverse all-star line-up of local musicians from bands such as the Asheville Horns, Hope Massive, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Biodesiel, and the Everydays. After hitting the scene in 2006, Chalwa toured throughout the southeast US and Jamaica. The band has shared the stage with reggae greats such as: Midnite, Groundation, The Meditations, Bambu Station, SOJA, Pato Banton, and many more. <\/p>\n
Chalwa released their first CD in 2009 and was voted one of the top World Music, Reggae bands by the Mountain Xpress in 2010. In support of their CD the band performed a live set on-air interview on WNCW, along with radio air play on Dubatomic Particles and Local Color. And now much to the excitement of the band’s fans worldwide Chalwa is releasing their new album \u201cConcentration Time\u201d!<\/p>\n
\u201cConcentration Time\u201d started out as weekly studio sessions where the band was exploring different musical ideas\/soundscapes with no intention of creating an album. We were just having fun every Monday and Tuesday night for months with no expectations\u2026just letting the \u201cnow\u201d take care of the \u201clater\u201d by creating a journey with no destination in plan. Each song on \u201cConcentration Time\u201d was created purely in the moment and developed as organically as possible utilizing current events surrounding the band’s lives as lyrical subject matter. The result is something genuine and real\u2026so settle back, relax and enjoy the journey that is \u201cConcentration Time.\u201d – Dennis Chalwa Berndt<\/p>\n
Chalwa features:
Dennis Berndt: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Dusty Brown: Bass
Nethali Percival: Percusion, Melodica
Timothy Marsh: Guitar, Vocals
Bernard Carmen: Keys, Vocals
Josh Lyn: Drums, Dub Machine
Evan Ackerman: Guitar<\/p>\n
Special guest:
JP Furnas: Trombone
Greg Hollowell: Sax
Aaron \u201cWoody\u201d Wood: Guitar
Mike Rhodes: Drums
Nik Hope: Drums<\/p>\n
All songs written & arranged by Chalwa.
All lyrics written by Dennis Berndt
Recorded, mixed & mastered by J Ferris at Newrootz Studio<\/p>\n
Source:
www.chalwaroots.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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