The time of year is coming for Shemspeed to throw it’s legendary ‘WinterFest’ and this year we are going full force, welcoming DeScribe back from his Israel tour take over! Y-Love will be debuting songs from his upcoming “This is Unity” record produced by Diwon, they will be joined by Blessed Energy from Cabo Verde as well as Crown Heights kids, Moshe Hecht & Yellow Red Sky on the 26th at 92Y Tribeca.
The festival closes with an exclusive engagement by Israel’s # 1 jam band, Aharit Hayamim who will perform their signature Afro-Reggae style. The band will perform with West African artists, Afrika Rainbow on the 28th at Drom. These are two nights not to be missed!
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.