{"id":11682,"date":"2025-11-22T02:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=11682"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:50:50","slug":"rad-dixon-set-to-release-second-album-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=11682","title":{"rendered":"Rad Dixon Set to Release Second Album in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae singer Rad Dixon is preparing to drop his sophomore album, <strong>\u201c<em>Africa Calling Calling<\/em>,\u201d<\/strong> in early 2026. The project, produced by Tasjay Productions, leans heavily into the roots-reggae sound that shaped Dixon\u2019s upbringing in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>James Smith Sr., head of Tasjay Productions, said that the upcoming album will feature a number of previously released singles, including <strong><em>\u201cKnow Yourself,\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>\u201cTrodding,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>\u201cCry of My People.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Rad Dixon made his album debut in 2023 with <strong><em>\u201cHard Times,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> followed by the <strong>\u201c<em>Giving Thanks for Life Riddim\u201d<\/em><\/strong> EP the next year. He says his recently released track <strong>\u201c<em>Nah Trust\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u2014a pointed commentary on corrupt political figures\u2014helped define the direction of the new album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is aimed at any politician who is weaponizing the youths to carry out evil actions,\u201d Dixon explained.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Manchester during the 1990s, Dixon was immersed in a thriving roots-reggae scene. The parish served as a cultural hub during a pivotal rebirth in dancehall music, propelled by artists such as Garnet Silk, Tony Rebel, and Kulcha Knox.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Dixon\u2019s catalogue\u2014including songs like <strong><em>\u201cSweet Caroline,\u201d \u201cWrite Your Name,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u201cBaby Don\u2019t Worry\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u2014has also been produced under the Tasjay Productions banner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae singer Rad Dixon is preparing to drop his sophomore album, \u201cAfrica Calling Calling,\u201d in early 2026. The project, produced by Tasjay Productions, leans heavily into the roots-reggae sound that shaped Dixon\u2019s upbringing in Manchester. James Smith Sr., head of Tasjay Productions, said that the upcoming album will feature a number of previously released singles, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11683,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11682\/revisions\/11683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}