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The Havana Meets Kingston project, which debuted in 2017, brings together the musical cultures of two Caribbean powerhouses separated by a few miles of ocean and a yawning gap of language and colonial history. But man, can these musicians speak to each other! Their intermarriage of deep reggae grooves with intricate Cuban rhythms and vocal harmonies finds a whole new set of variations on the project's second album, Havana Meets Kingston Part 2, to be released on June 3, 2022.

In the meantime, here's a taste, a roots reggae anthem with none other than Sly and the late Robbie Shakespeare as the rhythm section, and Clinton Fearon of the legendary Gladiators band singing about "The Human Chain."