On a full-moon night in Jamaica, Nyabinghi, one of the most ancient Rastafari ceremonial practices, unfolds as a living ritual in which drums, chants, and fire gather bodies into a shared field of clarity. “Tonight we a chant,” a young Rasta tells German Iraki. “We a do the opposite of what the evil man a do. We use the moon for prosperity and to fight evil spells.” Nyabinghi uses rhythm to cleanse; it is a kind of spiritual technology, transforming communal presence into a practice of grounding, healing, and collective awareness.
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April 22, 2026
Welcome to Country Rebels, one time again. A conversation with radio host writer & Researcher – Jamal Khadar. In his radio show `Reimagining Country’, Jamal Khadar has been expending our perception on what it means to be a fan – and a country music fan in particular! It’s about remixing, engaging with and participating in the narratives formed by musical traditions. Jamal points to a larger communal structure at work when it comes to how music is created. He’s a major inspiration for the Country Rebels show, and so, we are excited to have him with us for a conversation. Starting with the cross-cultural flows that formed country, before commerce split American music into racially divided recordings. We move on to talk about what we called ‘Rebellion through Conversation’. What are the seeds of resistance? Who are the inward-facing, storytelling, quiet rebels we tend to overlook—even though they are central to mobilizing change? Tune into the conversation.
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