- Jamaican artist Lollapalooza forward their participation in a “sideshow” Chocolate Club.
Showing all your credentials, Jamaican Protoje vibrated, jump and dance to all the fans who repletaron the Chocolate Club Friday night, in this “sideshow” in which he announced his presentation at Lollapalooza Chile on Saturday 30 March.
With his band “The Indiggnation” and his Grammy nomination 2019 -thanks as a great endorsement of their latest album “A Matter of Time“- This representative “new reggae” He showed his quality on stage with a show at the level expected.
In more than an hour and a half he reviewed much of his career, with hits from their debut album “The Seven Year Itch” such as “Rasta Love”, “After I’m Gone”, In addition through the classic “Who Knows”, all previous themes, originally collaborative Ziggy Marley, Chronixx y Jah9, respectively- which they were solved with the band members themselves with a great performance.
He was also present-and how not- its proximity to Rastafari with “I&I” Y “Hail Rastafari”, showing the main spiritual guide of your music.
Since they could not miss, in his repertoire also he showed several tracks on the album that led him to be considered at the Grammys, as “Bout Noon”, “Camara Show” Y “Lessons”, among others, with the great sound power of a band that moved easily between the nuances of traditional and new roots, the strength of the dancehall, and the beat and rhymes of hip hop, in a sticky synergy that kept the cheering crowds on top throughout the presentation.
And become a benchmark for this new generation of Jamaican reggae musicians with the aforementioned Chronixx o Kabaka Pyramid, following the path traced by Bob Marley, Burning Spear y Black Uhuru, He managed trasuntar the traditional sound and flavor of the island to bring it here, this distant corner of the globe.
He not lacking on occasion the traditional “spliff” on the stage, recalling the great and legendary Peter Tosh, to energize even the evening.
In summary, a panel presentation marked and connected with all the fans to walk through the wide range of reggae yesterday and today, with the nuances that have positioned Protoje as a reference for the new generation of singers of this musical style.