‘Love
Letters To God’ has a strong underlying message of hope. In fact, through its
mix of spoken word, emotional crescendo and infectious melody, the song urges
the listener to “always be open to your
path and your journey,” wherever that may lead you.
Since announcing HOKA, Nahko and Medicine For The People have released
two other singles: ‘San Quentin’, which tells the story of Nahko’s personal
journey to forgiveness, and ‘Make A Change’ which is a call-to-action to
preserve our planet.
The moving video for ‘San Quentin’ is a visual depiction of Nahko’s trip to San
Quentin State Prison (California) to forgive the man who murdered his father. "I didn't really know what I was going
to say to him," Nahko explains. He went seeking closure after spending
the majority of his life unravelling the truth of his childhood. It was
important to him to forgive the man that murdered his father.
It's been three years since Los Angeles, California-based Nahko and Medicine for The People's last record, Dark As Night. That release reached No. 4 on Billboard's Top Alternative New Album, No. 6 on the Heatseekers album chart, No. 36 on the Top Independent Album chart, and No. 7 in Australia on Triple J's Top 10 Roots Albums of 2013.
Nahko and Medicine for The People - which also features Chase Makai (lead guitar), Justin Chittams (drums), Pato (bass and kora), Tim Snider (violin) and Max Ribner (horns) - gather more members of their global tribe of like-minded fans as they spread their powerful and impactful musical message around the world.
They have toured with such acts as The Avett Brothers, Michael Franti, Xavier Rudd, SOJA and Trevor Hall, and performed on festivals including Outside Lands, Electric Forest, Wanderlust, Bumbershoot, California Roots Music Festival, Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival and many more.
Below are the dates for Nahko and Medicine for The People's upcoming ‘Make A Change’ tour:
UK & Europe August Tour Dates
Thurs 4th – Untold Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sat 6th – Reggae Sun Ska, Macau, France
Mon 8th – BosTheatre, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Wed 10th – Koko, London, UK
Thurs 11th – Cheese & Grain, Frome, UK
Fri 12th – Boardmasters Festival, Newquay, UK
Sat 13th – Boomtown Fair, Hampshire, UK
Sun 14th – Lakefest, Herefordshire, UK
Wed 17th – Technikum, Munich, Germany
Thurs 18th – Columbia Theater, Berlin, Germany
Fri 19th – MS Dockville, Hamburg, Germany
Mon 22nd – Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, Germany
Tue 23rd – Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Sun 28th – Greenbelt, Kettering, UK
Mon 29th – Circolo Magnolia, Milan, Ita