Two-time International Award winner and Grammy Consideration singer Cathy Matete is on her first international tour in Ethiopia.
The ecstatic Matete will performing in Shashamane and Addis Ababa respectively. The first show was at the King’s Highway, Shashamane on June 16 and the next show, Juneteenth Black Sounds of Freedom Festival will be at Villa Verde in Addis Ababa on June 18.
Cathy Matete has been on an upward surge since her entry in the Reggae industry. She won the “Best Original Score” award at the 2019 Kalasha Awards, she featured Anthony B on her song ‘Wine Fi You’ in 2020, co-wrote ‘Tea Cup’ with CeCile and got her name among other top Reggae artists like Julian Marley, Duane Stephenson, Lutan Fyah just to mention a few by featuring in riddim compilations with them in the same year. In 2021 Cathy who has received praise from fans and veteran singers like Jamaican Alaine, won at The Caribbean Afro Music Awards in London, UK.
Cathy Matete continues to fly the Kenyan flag abroad when it comes to Reggae music. A tried, tested, and proven performer, Cathy Matete will be setting foot on some of the world’s most prestigious music festival stages not only to inspire but to serenade them with her aura.
