More from Third World after 37 years

As we celebrate black history month, world-renowned reggae band Third World has decided to celebrate some of our National Heroes through their new album Patriots.

Patriots, which highlights the work of Paul Bogle and Marcus Garvey among others through one of their songs Don’t Give Up, is the group’s 20^th album since they were first signed to Island Records.

The album will be sold online and persons can hear some singles at their website www.thirdworld.com. Third World did a remix of their mega hit 96 Degrees in the Shade featuring Damion and Stephen Marley something Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore of Third World revealed does not change the direction of their music.

“Normally when you have something good, you don’t want to change it but we decided to add these splendid musicians on the track nevertheless. We still maintain the content but we wanted to add something a bit different” Cat explained.

Among the musicians that persons can also expect to hear collaborating on the long awaited album are Tarrus Riley, Toots, Damion and Stephen Marley to name a few.   As it relates to what messages the album will dictate, he added “the Patriots album reflects messages that can be applied in today’s society so persons can expect to hear us address issues related to struggles, love and motivation on this album”

This album launch ties in with their 35th anniversary. The original anniversary celebration was scheduled for 2008 but due to a hectic touring and recording schedule for the Patriots album it was postponed until 2010.

As one of the longest running Reggae bands, relevance is very important to Third World as the sound of music continues to evolve according to bass guitarist Ritchie Daley.

“Our music is timeless and that is what keeps us relevant in today’s music and we would encourage our local musicians to do music that timeless which will ensure longevity and not only limited to just today. There is music today, tomorrow and so there’s always another day for music. At the end of the day we want to know that another generation can appreciate what we have done and continue to do” Ritchie stated. “We hope to be around forever” he joked.