{"id":3808,"date":"2022-07-08T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2022-07-15T20:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T20:42:05","slug":"new-single-tours-local-performances-a-busy-summer-for-exco-levi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=3808","title":{"rendered":"New Single, Tours, Local Performances a Busy Summer for Exco Levi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penthouse Records out of Kinston, Jamaica recently released the latest Exco Levi song titled \u2018Puppet\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The five times JUNO Award winner just returned from a two-week festival tour of California and is set to light up the stage at the Harbourfront on July 31st<\/sup>. Exco Levi\u2019s live performance itinerary will keep him busy throughout the summer and beyond.<\/p>\n

Exco Levi is one of Canada\u2019s most celebrated reggae musicians and fans can expect a lively reggae party when he hits the stage at the Island Souls music series at Harbourfront. He is joined on the bill by 13-year-old reggae star Kairo Mclean, the reigning JUNO Reggae Recording of the Year winner.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fans out west will get an opportunity to experience the Exco fire at the Afro-Caribbean Food Festival in Calgary, Alberta.\u00a0 The fire will continue\u00a0at the Blue Skies Music Festival in Clarendon, Ontario and on August 5th at the Carnival City, Ajax, Ontario, just to name few of the venues where he will be performing.<\/p>\n

Since migrating to Canada from his native Manchester, Jamaica, in 2005, Exco Levi has firmly established himself as the country\u2019s premiere contemporary reggae artist. He has won Best Reggae Artist from the JUNO Awards five times with a total of nine nominations and received awards for Most Promising New Artist at the Canadian Reggae Music Awards in 2007 and Artist of the Year and Song of the Year by the Irie Music Awards in 2011. In 2016, Levi was recognized for contributing to local and Canadian culture with an induction into the Brampton, Ontario Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n

Levi tours annually worldwide with his band, High Priest, as well as \u00a0as a solo performer.\u00a0 He has established an international reputation for his electrifying live performances. International touring highlights include the world-famous Rototom Reggae Festival in Spain, the CHI Showcase in Dubai, and significant festivals in the UK, Germany, Denmark, and Finland.<\/p>\n

Levi has released three full-length albums to date,\u00a0\u2018Country Man\u2019<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(2005),\u00a0\u2018Narrative\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(2018) and\u00a0\u2018Black Creek\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2021), with\u00a0\u2018Country Man\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0recognized as a global contemporary reggae essential.<\/p>\n

He has also put out dozens of thought-provoking singles, such as \u2018Bleaching Shop\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Mr. Hammer\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Storms of Life\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, and \u2018Wha Gwaan\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, an infectious dancehall number that has achieved worldwide radio airplay and has a recent spot in the CBC series,\u00a0What\u2019s The Burp<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<\/em>This was the third song of Levi\u2019s that was licensed in film and television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Penthouse Records out of Kinston, Jamaica recently released the latest Exco Levi song titled \u2018Puppet\u2019. The five times JUNO Award winner just returned from a two-week festival tour of California and is set to light up the stage at the Harbourfront on July 31st. Exco Levi\u2019s live performance itinerary will keep him busy throughout the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","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=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3815,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}