You would’ve thought we’d fail but I’m fine sorry There aren’t many of our class, savor our value to the fullest Top of the list when it comes to casting, we’re a sellout I’ll chew on you again and again upon the star’s dinner table They lose their tempers, those that are undercooked Truth B’ Told the single is now available on most streaming platforms.Yeah who dares to say my spoon is dirty?* But I’ll punctuate my lyrics with the music in such a way that it will fully complete the sound that I’m trying to achieve.” I will never try to fake a Jamaican accent.
And it will always be the backdrop for what I’m trying to create.
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With several more songs in the pipeline, Nolan is already anticipating the completion of a full album soon, and while he says he still loves rock and roll, he believes that “reggae is a kind of biological essence that takes over your entire body.
The call-and-response vocals between me and the IWIR lead vocalists is kind of reminiscent of Bob Marley and the I Three, which, in my opinion, adds depth and texture to what is essentially an urgent call for a truth revolution,” the singer added. “With the help of Ariane and the ladies, the song took on a totally different direction, with the one-drop drummer pocket setting the stage for the introduction of the piano, the travelling bass line and the lead guitar swapping sections with the horns. They have shared the stage with the likes of Grammy Award nominee Monty Alexander, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Ken Boothe, among others. Wint, an accomplished percussionist, founded the group in 2017 and they are one of the very few all-female reggae bands currently active in the US. He met IWIR founder Ariane Wint and the band through mutual musical acquaintances, and it was their involvement that created the reggae-inspired version of the song that exists today. Eventually, I decided I would complete and release it in time for the 2022 midterms, to jolt people out of their normal ‘midterm apathy’,” Nolan explained. “ Truth B’ Told actually started life as a country song called I’m For The USA, but I started to change it to something more proactive in the run-up to the 2020 election, and then it evolved further following the January 6 insurrection. But over the next few years, marriage, children and the accompanying responsibilities that came as a result would lead him to various jobs in the corporate world, despite a hint of success that came when he sold a song for an industrial video to Bell Telephone Company (now Verizon).Īfter dabbling on the side in songwriter groups, such as the NSAI ( National Songwriters Association Inc) where he “was writing songs for other people and having them all rejected”, the 2016 election of the former president and the events that followed during his four-year term gave Nolan an epiphany. The powerful message in the music of songs such as Marley’s Redemption Song, Buffalo Soldier and Get Up Stand Up made a real and lasting impact that would influence his own work in the lyrics of Truth B’ Told decades later.īy the late 1970s, Nolan was playing open-mic nights as both a solo act and with bands he formed, while driving a cab to supplement his income as he pursued his music career. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.īorn Nolan Myerson to middle-class parents in racially diverse East New York, he found himself attracted to the music of such legends as Aretha Franklin, The Beach Boys and, in his words, “The two Bobs, Dylan and Marley,” from an early age.
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