WORLD music band Nahko and Medicine for the People will be heading to Frome’s Cheese and Grain on Thursday 11th August as they tour the country with new album ‘Hoka’.
Nahko describes his music as a mix of hip‐hop and folk rock with a world message to spread awareness of living in harmony with each other and Mother Nature.
Lyrically the songs explore themes such as indigenous ideology and mythology, social commentary on economics and the distribution of wealth and power, youth empowerment and direct action.
Recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dropkick Murphys), HOKA is a personal record which sees Nahko examine his roots and the tragic circumstances that surround his birth. His mother was forced into human trafficking and his father was murdered in 1994.
The new single ‘San Quentin’ is the result of Nahko visiting the man who murdered his father and forgiving him.
Nahko said, “I went there to forgive this man and in forgiving him, I freed myself. It only hurts yourself to hang onto hate.
“Forgiveness empowers you to create change. I believe everything happens for a reason good and bad. People are put in your life for a reason, and you need to turn that pain into something positive to make the world a better place.”
In addition to Nahko, Medicine For The People are: Chase Makai (lead guitarist), Justin Chittams (drums), Pato (bass guitar), Max Ribner (horns) and Tim Snider (violin).
The collective are also joined by album guests Trevor Hall, Xavier Rudd, Rising Appalachia’s Leah Song, singer/songwriter Zella Day, the female trio Joseph, Hawaiian singer Hawane Rios and Pua Case, one of Nahko’s spiritual teachers and Hawane’s mother.
Tickets are £17.50 each and the doors open at 7.30pm. To book or for more information go to www.cheeseandgrain.com