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Recently, Raleigh's Red Hat Amphitheater was treated to a double bill from Nahko and Medicine for the People and Dispatch. The two groups are environmentally conscious activists that moonlight as headlining folk/reggae-leaning musicians who have performed internationally for years and accumulated a loyal and well-traveled fanbase. Nahko and Medicine for the People were placed in the... Continue Reading →
It felt like I was attending a serious hot yoga session last week, as a sold-out and sweaty crowd, a.k.a. The Tribe, pushed its way into every nook and cranny of the humid Mercy Lounge to see Nahko & Medicine For The People. I wasn’t exactly sure how this was all going to pan out—I... Continue Reading →
“I’ve always played music, when I was a small little Bear, to a medium-sized little Bear, to a potentially full-grown little Bear…I’m still growing,” laughs Nahko Bear, leader of musical collective Nahko and Medicine For The People. “I was farming on the Big Island before my music picked up; I actually had four jobs and... Continue Reading →
