{"id":41829,"date":"2019-04-15T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/equiknoxxs-bobby-blackbird-pays-tribute-to-ska-with-the-master-blenda\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T22:03:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T21:03:04","slug":"equiknoxxs-bobby-blackbird-pays-tribute-to-ska-with-the-master-blenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/equiknoxxs-bobby-blackbird-pays-tribute-to-ska-with-the-master-blenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Equiknoxx&#8217;s Bobby Blackbird pays tribute to ska with &#8216;The Master Blenda&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23838 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda.jpg 803w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda-759x543.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bobby-Blackbird-Equiknoxx-The-Master-Blenda-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>The mastermind behind Equiknoxx revisits the\u00a0classic genre of Jamaican music,\u00a0surrounded by legendary musicians.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/equiknoxx\/\">Equiknoxx<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is releasing an unexpectedly solar instrumental ska track, composed by Nick \u2018Bobby Blackbird\u2019 Dean. Conceptualized all the way back to 2015, when\u00a0choreographer Liane Williams needed music for her dance documentary\u00a0<em>5,6,7,8 Diaries<\/em>, the song had only been recorded on a voice note, until now.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed,\u00a0Bobby suffered a tragic near-fatal car accident that\u00a0left him hospitalized for three months. When he left the hospital,\u00a0he was\u00a0determined to bring the song to life, and\u00a0surrounded himself with a team of renowned musicians.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/603899592&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Featuring Grammy nominated band Raging Fyah as well as keyboard legend\u00a0Franklyn \u201cBubbler\u201d Wahl\u00a0from The Professionals\u00a0and illustrious\u00a0trompet player Stingwray, the 10&#8243; also features a dub version dropped by\u00a0Jordan \u201cTime Cow\u201d Chung,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/gavsborg\/\">Gavsborg<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Bobby Blackbird himself. The cover is a self-portrait of the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order\u00a0<em>The Master Blenda\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rubadub.co.uk\/records\/catalog\/product\/view\/id\/10409\/s\/the-masta-blenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/reggae-riots-and-resistance-the-sounds-of-black-britain-in-1981\/\">Reggae, riots and resistance: the sounds of Black Britain in 1981<\/a><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23840\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Equiknoxx-Bobby-Blackbird-The-Master-Blenda-2-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mastermind behind Equiknoxx revisits the\u00a0classic genre of Jamaican music,\u00a0surrounded by legendary musicians. Equiknoxx\u00a0is releasing an unexpectedly solar instrumental ska track, composed by Nick \u2018Bobby Blackbird\u2019 Dean. Conceptualized all the way back to 2015, when\u00a0choreographer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":23838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[],"location":[8082],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41829"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41829"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}