Damian Marley and Nas have been touring all over the globe as of late in support of their Distant Relatives album.  Last weekend they touched down at the Mile High Festival in Denver to rock for a packed crowd.  Luckily for us, Cricket sponsored a live webcast of the show, so here is our full soundboard audio rip of the show.

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Nas & Damian Marley dropped by the Madia Vale studios at BBC radio for a live session for BBC 1xtra.  They performed five tracks for the session, backed by Damian’s band.  Their live show is definitely one of the better touring acts right now, so go see them if you have the chance.  Also, in case you missed it, here’s our exclusive live audio from their NYC show earlier this year.

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Ever since Nas & Damian Marley first collaborated on Welcome To Jamrock with the incredible “Road To Zion”, I had wished they would do an album together.  Now that day has arrived as Distant Relatives was released to the world earlier this month.  It’s absolutely my early candidate for album of the year, and their album release show at Highline Ballroom brought the music to life.  Damian’s band was on point, translating the tribal songs on the album perfectly to the live setting.  Here is our exclusive recordings of the night for a ton of songs from the evening and definitely catch the Distant Relatives tour this summer if it stops through your city.

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Everyone’s favorite summer hip-hop super tour finally landed in New York as Jones Beach was home to Rock The Bells this weekend.  The highlight of the day was clearly Damian Marley and Nas, performing together, in support of their highly anticipated upcoming album, Distant Relatives.  The duo premiered a handful of new songs from the project, which all sound amazing so far, but the most impressive was “Africa Must Wake Up”, which fittingly features Somalian-born rapper, K’Naan.  I’ve had Damian’s catchy and beautiful hook stuck in my head ever since the show, and you most likely will as well after the jump.  Rastafarianism! (c) Ras Trent.

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Damian and Stephen Marley often cover their father’s classics, but their rendition of Pimper’s Paradise has always been one of my favorites.  Unfortunately no surprise appearance by Black Thought at this show, but still a great performance.  Cant wait to see Damian and Nas are cooking up and you can be sure we’ll have tons of exclusive audio of the Rock The Bells tour this summer, which the duo are headlining.

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