Global premiere of Listen2theCall today at 4:53 pm
IN response to the crisis caused by the -7.0 earthquake in Haiti, Jamaica’s music fraternity has come together in an unprecedented show of solidarity for a historic recording titled Listen2theCall.
The song project will premiere today at 4:53pm Haiti time with a Global Media Simulcast planned to coincide with the earthquake’s six-week anniversary and commemorate the victims and survivors of the killer quake.
Produced by Handel Tucker, Listen2theCall features several of Jamaica’s greatest talents including Sly & Robbie, Beres Hammond, Maxi Priest, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Toots (of Toots and the Maytals), Marcia Griffiths, Diana King, Luciano, Tarrus Riley, TOK, Cherine Anderson, Alaine, Wayne Marshall, Gramps Morgan, Junior Reid, Junior Kelly, Nadine Sutherland, Pam Hall, Chevelle Franklyn, Una Morgan, Jenieve Bailey, Carlene Davis, Suzanne Couch, Terry Lyn, Brian Gold
and dub poet Mutabaruka.
A special four minute and 53-second acoustic mix of Listen2theCall will launch the remix project and profits from the sale of the song project will go to benefit the relief and rehabilitation effort in Haiti. The song, video and ringtones will be available for download at www.llisten2thecall.com as of 5:00pm today and the remix album will be available on iTunes after release by Spring 2010.