Original Caribbean empowerment music
Songs from the Headlines
Caribbean Issues creates original Caribbean empowerment music—motivational and thought-provoking songs rooted in reporting about Caribbean history, development, economics, education, migration, ownership and survival. Listen here, then read the evidence and ideas behind the songs. Buying the album directly supports independent Caribbean journalism.
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Caribbean Issues Vol. 2
Songs from the Headlines: The Next Act
Four-minute medley of full album
The Vol. 2 Digital Album Edition brings together all ten tracks in high-quality MP3, high-resolution artwork, album credits and the Stories Behind the Songs booklet linking every track to its source reporting.
Caribbean Issues, Vol. 1
Songs from the Headlines
Four-minute medley of full album
The Vol. 1 Digital Album Edition includes all ten tracks in high-quality audio, cover artwork, lyrics, album credits and a Stories Behind the Songs booklet connecting the music to the original Caribbean Issues reporting.
A Caribbean Issues original category
What is Caribbean empowerment music?
Caribbean Issues Music is original, Caribbean-centred music designed to inform, encourage and provoke constructive thought about the region’s development. Its songs translate independently researched reporting into memorable work about knowledge, education, economic sovereignty, migration, reparations, resilience, ownership and Caribbean possibility.
It is not a claim that every song shares one traditional musical genre. It describes the catalogue’s purpose: music made to strengthen Caribbean understanding, confidence and action. Each track identifies the Caribbean Issues article or documented idea that inspired it, allowing listeners—and search or AI systems—to connect the song with its source.
Vol. 2 tracks
- The Next Act
- Afro-hip-hop · Afrobeat · Dembow
- The Ledger Turns
- Alternative rock · Cinematic
- Let Us Build
- Reggaeton · Soca · Zouk
- From Africa To The Islands
- Soca · Zouk · Afropiano
- The Earth Gives Freely
- Contemporary soul · Caribbean hip-hop · Roots reggae
- Do Not Own The Land
- Hip-hop · Roots reggae
- No One's Dignity For Sale Or Locked
- Reggae · Rock · Ska
- Build The Bridge Both Ways
- Hip-hop · Afro-jazz · Afrobeat
- Build It Strong, Build It Together
- Gospel · Contemporary gospel · Caribbean soul
- Choose The Open Hand
- Soul jazz · Afro-Caribbean · Bonus track
Vol. 1 track genres
- Caribbean Issues
- Soca-pop · Dancehall
- Knowledge Is A Seed
- Reggae · Dancehall
- Caribbean Hands
- Roots reggae · Protest song
- Built To Obey, Not To Build
- Hip-hop · Roots reggae
- Reparations For The Dead
- Protest soul · Trip-hop
- Maroon Economics
- Reggae · Ska · Rock · Pop rock
- Map of Potential
- Reggae · Ska · Rock
- Survive
- Reggae · Roots reggae · Dancehall
- Beyond The Headlines
- Soca-pop · Dancehall
- What We Build Must Come Home
- Conscious roots reggae · Reggae
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Bound To The Ground
Downtempo · Soul
Slow breath. Open palm. Many rhythms, one calm.
A single about breath, shared rhythm, the living world and the connections we make together. Prayer, mantra and collective singing meet in lyrics that leave room for both wonder and the limits of the evidence.
Full song: 3:43 · MP3 + lossless WAV (48 kHz / 16-bit) + high-resolution artwork
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Built To Obey, Not To Build
Hip-hop · Roots reggae
MP3 + lossless WAV + artwork
Reparations For The Dead
Protest soul · Trip-hop
MP3 + lossless WAV + artwork
Maroon Economics
Reggae · Ska · Rock · Pop rock
MP3 + lossless WAV + artwork
What We Build Must Come Home
Conscious roots reggae · Reggae
MP3 + lossless WAV + artwork
Choose Change Wisely
Soul · R&B · Motown · Funk · Psychedelic soul
MP3 + lossless WAV + artwork
The reporting behind the music
The songs with a source you can read
Finish the music, follow the argument, and see the evidence behind each headline across both Songs from the Headlines albums.
Vol. 2 · The Next Act
The Earth Gives Freely
From Beyond Control: Reimagining Society Through Nature's Wisdom.
Read the source articleBuild It Strong, Build It Together
From The Silent Fracture: How U.S. Political Networks Are Splitting the Caribbean.
Read the source articleVol. 1 · Songs from the Headlines
Reparations For The Dead
From Reparations for the Dead, Deportation for the Living.
Read the source articleBonus track
What We Build Must Come Home
From From Provision Grounds to Poolside.
Read the source articleReader and listener supported
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