Sheldon Shepherd to release debut album, ‘Give Thanks’, on September 18

Award-winning actor, poet and cultural practitioner Sheldon Shepherd will release his debut album, Give Thanks, on September 18, 2026, presenting an 11-track body of work rooted in Jamaican Dub Poetry, Roots music and the enduring power of cultural memory.

Produced by NoMaddic Movement and distributed by Tuff Gong International, Give Thanks brings Shepherd’s distinctive voice and storytelling into a musical landscape that moves through dub, reggae, dancehall and wider global influences while remaining grounded in the sounds, references and messages that have shaped Jamaican cultural expression.

Ten of the album’s 11 tracks are dub-poetry musical works. The eleventh offers listeners something particularly intimate: an excerpt from an hour-long reasoning Shepherd recorded with legendary Jamaican graphic artist Neville Garrick, while preparing to portray Garrick in the Bob Marley biopic Bob Marley: One Love.