LIVE INTERVIEW WITH NEW SENSATION KHALIA 19TH JAN 2020 – Big Bad Captain
On Sunday 19th of December 2020 we welcome one of the brightest new reggae singing sensations to Skyline Radio. A Live Interview that you are sure not to want to miss – Jamaican born, UK Raised ‘Khalia’ – for the very first time on Skyline Radio.
PROFILE
Jamaican born, London raised, she found her way back home through the love of music where she became the first signed act of K-Licious Music. Owned by Grammy award winning producer Tony “CD” Kelly.
Khalia grew up in Westmoreland, Jamaica (A deep rural countryside) until 6 years old, when she migrated to London with her mother. She spent the most part of her life there while visiting her family in Jamaica every year.
In 2016 Khalia met Shaggy and sent him some of her music she had recorded. After listening, he was impressed with her talent told her he knew the perfect producer to bring her sound to the next level.
Once Tony Kelly and Khalia met at his studio in Kingston Jamaica, they recorded a demo the same day and have been working together ever since.
Fun Fact: Khalia is her real name; an arabic name that means ‘Immortal and everlasting‘. Ironically that’s a legacy Khalia is determined on building.
RELEASES
Khalia’s first single Ride Up; (which has over 230,000 streams on Apple Music and Spotify) has had rave reviews on the captivating content and the visuals for the official music video.
And one of her more recent releases, “One Dance” with I-Octane, both the audio & the visual, is gaining momentum rather quickly with fans all over the world. With Phrases like “Infectious”, “Best song in years”, “ I’ve been playing this song for days and I still can’t get enough” to ”You make me want to dance again” to tell of their deep pleasure into this masterpiece. One Dance has also entered charts and playlists in Japan, Australia, Kenya and the UK, showng that Khalia clearly has an international appeal.
Khalia even has her own take on the iconic ‘Bookshelf’ riddim originally produced by Tony “CD” Kelly in 1998. To celebrate it’s 20th year anniversary, an updated version has been made and Khalia’s new track ‘My Name’ sits beautifully on it. The video features cameos from Beenie Man and Tanto Metro & Devonte, who both had songs on the original riddim.
It has become an instant fave for many who hear!
The interview will take place LIVE on Skyline Radio with your host Big Bad Captain on the Simmer Down Sundays Show. The show starts 2pm for the build up and the interview will be around 4pm (UK Time). We can’t wait to finD out all what is happening with this exciting young female artist. She will also be launching her brand new single ‘Easy’ LIVE on Sunday afternoon.
CONTACT
Khalia has her own website which you can find here: www.khaliaepk.online
For more information please email: khaliamusicinfo@gmail.com
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