{"id":6620,"date":"2023-08-11T09:03:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2023-08-11T09:04:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:04:32","slug":"rad-dixon-reaps-success-with-times-are-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6620","title":{"rendered":"Rad Dixon Reaps Success With \u2018Times Are Hard&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reggae singer Rad Dixon is currently enjoying immense success with his single titled <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Times Are Hard\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which was done with reggae legend Luciano.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The song which is one of the featured tracks on his debut album titled <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Hard Times\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, is currently sitting in the number one spot on the Jamaica Music Countdown Top 25 Reggae Singles chart.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cA number one single is a wonderful achievement. I am profoundly grateful to all my fans and all the other individuals who support my music. No real success can be earned without hard work and dedication. So, I must big up Tasjay Productions and the entire team for all the hard work they continue to put into the development of my career,\u201d said Dixon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Earlier this year in January he released his debut album, <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Hard Times\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which was produced by Toronto-based Tasjay Productions. Since then, several songs from the 10-track album including <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Times Are Hard\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Right Portion\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> done with Talee, <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Mama\u2019s Love\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Reggae Vibes\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> have found favor with DJs in Jamaica, Europe, Canada, the UK, Africa, and North America.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the response that my album is getting. The fans love it and it\u2019s also receiving a lot of support from DJs in various parts of the world,\u201d he said.\u00a0 Dixon says the response his album is receiving is proof that good reggae music is still appreciated all over the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOver the past few years, I\u2019ve heard a lot of people saying that reggae music is dying out but that\u2019s nonsense. Good reggae music is still appreciated by music lovers all over the world; my album is proof of that,\u201d said Dixon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Manchester-born singer is currently in the studio working on new projects for Tasjay Productions. He\u2019s also preparing to hit the road soon for a series of shows later this year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae singer Rad Dixon is currently enjoying immense success with his single titled \u2018Times Are Hard\u2019 which was done with reggae legend Luciano.\u00a0 The song which is one of the featured tracks on his debut album titled \u2018Hard Times\u2019, is currently sitting in the number one spot on the Jamaica Music Countdown Top 25 Reggae [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6620","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\/6620","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}