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THE FIRST ANNUAL IPHIAS FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN TRELAWNY, NOVEMBER 12!
Anthony ‘Bassie’ Hibbert — KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first annual IPHIAS International Film Festival is scheduled to kick off on Thursday in the western parish of Trelawny and run into the weekend. Starlyte Entertainment Enterprise & Media Inc (SEEMI), whose vice president of Operations is Anthony ‘Bassie’ Hibbert, is one of the supporting sponsors of the event that will run from November 12 to 15 at the Glistening Waters Resort, Rock, Trelawny. The festival is expected to attract a huge turnout of players from both the local and international film and music industries. SEEMI is among a steadily growing list of international producers, distributors and media personnel, aimed at offering exposure to the Jamaican film, and by extension music, industry. SEEMI is “committed to showing films that will change lives and empower the audience”, said a … Read entire article »
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A TORONTO STREET TO BE NAMED “REGGAE LANE” IN HONOR OF THAT CITY’S RICH REGGAE HERITAGE!
Reggae now has its own lane in Toronto, Canada. The City of Toronto will be renaming a laneway off Eglinton Avenue West in honor of the neighborhood’s history as an “epicenter” of reggae music. The street is called Reggae Lane. Though the sign with the name of the street was mounted earlier this year, there will be an official ceremony on September 19. Local residents will be unveiling a reggae-themed mural in the laneway, as well as a Toronto Heritage plaque featuring artists like Jackie Mittoo and Leroy Sibbles. The naming of the laneway was championed by local Councillor Josh Colle who speaks proudly of the area that is to be renamed in a a bid to revitalized and beautify the whole area. “In the 1970’s and 80’s, in this stretch, where the lane runs, there … Read entire article »
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LEROY SIBBLES, SIZZLA, SLY & ROBBIE, AMONG ARTISTS/MUSICIANS HEADING TO CUBA TO RECORD “HAVANA MEETS KINGSTON!”
Top: Sly & Robbie Bottom: An aerial view of the Cuban capital, Havana AN Australian music producer and a group of Jamaican musicians head to Cuba this week for recording sessions in Havana, that country’s capital. The project, which has Havana Meets Kingston as a working title, was conceived by Jake Savona, an Australian who has worked with a number of Jamaican artistes since 2004. The musicians — renowned drum-and-bass team of Sly and Robbie, guitarist Winston ‘Bo Pee’ Bowen, percussionist Bongo Herman and singer Leroy Sibbles — are scheduled to record with Cuban musicians over 10 days. Savona told the Jamaica Observer that the project is inspired by the Buena Vista Social Club, the 1996 album/documentary about a traditional Cuban band which had been playing and recording in Havana since the 1940s. “I want to … Read entire article »
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WILLIE “ARMAGIDEON TIME” WILLIAMS MAKING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IN SPREADING REGGAE IN CANADA!
By Howard Campbell— Willi Williams—– WILLI Williams had never been outside of Jamaica until 1974 when wanderlust drew him to Toronto, Canada. The singer, best known for the 1977 hit song Armagideon Time, liked it so much he stayed. Though it has been 40 years since his first time there, Williams vividly recalls his initial impression of Canada. “Obviously, it was different from Jamaica in many ways: a sleepy country, had a small Jamaican community,” he said. “Back then, when yuh si a Jamaican yuh glad ’cause there was a lotta discrimination.” The St Ann-born Williams had been recording since 1968, cutting his first song at Studio One. He also did a number of self-produced songs at Randy’s, Harry J and Dynamic Sounds. In mid-1970s Canada, he found a growing reggae colony headed by trumpeter Jo … Read entire article »
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FREDDIE McGREGOR TO HEADLINE THE 7TH ANNUAL MUSICAL DELIGHTS FUND-RAISER FOR THE LIONS CLUB OF KINGSTON, FEBRUARY 8!
Freddie McGregor— THE seventh staging of Musical Delights, the annual fund-raiser for the Lions Club of Kingston, is set to see a larger than usual crowd in the Gardens of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Sunday, February 8, beginning 6:00 pm. Freddie McGregor will lead an impressive and popular line-up of Jamaica’s finest entertainers, including Maria Myrie, Keisha Patterson, Everton Pessoa and the Bare Essentials Band. The hilarious Professor Nuts and Leroy ‘Heptone’ Sibbles will make their debut this year. The MC will be Dr Michael Abrahams. The event was conceptualised and stage by the Lions Club of Kingston in February 2008 as a tribute to music teacher and pianist extraordinaire, Lion Iris Whittaker. “Lion Iris had faithfully provided live piano music at all Lions functions up to late 2007 when failing health prevented … Read entire article »
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THE HISTORY OF REGGAE IN TORONTO!
Posted by Guest Contributor— Louise Bennett— The history of reggae in Toronto, one of the strongest cities in the world for this genre and its offshoots, can’t merely be a rundown of notable bands — it’s bound up in an infrastructure of musicians, venues, promoters and record stores. It’s also about the tension of artists trying to succeed in both Canada and in the reggae universe with Jamaica as its axis. Most of all, unsurprisingly, it’s tied to Jamaican people in Canada. Jamaicans came to Toronto in large numbers in the 50s and 60s, and since then have somewhat determined the tenor of Toronto’s black community while spreading their music to a multicultural fan base in Toronto, all the while maintaining possession of it. Caribbean immigrants’ arrival in Toronto goes back well over 100 years … Read entire article »
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LEROY SIBBLES RELEASES THE “FEEL GOOD” RIDDIM!
Now-a-days the legendary singer/songwriter/musician Leroy Sibbles divides his time between touring, recording and producing for his indie label "Bright Beam Music". He recently released a new riddim featuring some the top names in the industry, including another legend, The Queen, Marcia Griffiths. Leroy is hoping that his new reggae riddim "FEEL GOOD" featuring his own track "On My Own" written by his daughter Camisha Sibbles, Marcia Griffiths "I Cried" written by Sibbles, Anthony Cruz "Bartender", Lukie D "One Foot In" and Sagitarr "Acapella" will achieve similar success as his past releases. According Leroy, the record label was inspired by his father's Bright Beam Grocery store. A beam is a bright light that shows the way and that's what we want to do by breaking a new generation of songwriters like Camisha … Read entire article »
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THE FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL REGGAE WINE FESTIVAL IS SET FOR OCTOBER 18, IN MONTEGO BAY!
Romain Virgo— By Shereita Grizzle— The date for the fourth installation of the International Reggae Wine Festival has been set. The event is set for October 18 at the Whitter Village in Montego Bay and is geared towards persons who love the mix of good reggae music and fine wine. Carlos Daley, wine connoisseur and event organiser, dubs the combination a winning one, and encourages Jamaicans to come out to the event. This year, the festival’s line-up will include the likes of Romain Virgo, Leroy Sibbles, Shuga and Tony Roy, singer from Maryland. Daley, who is also the promoter of the Caribbean Food and Wine Festival, told The Sunday Gleaner that it takes the right approach to pull off a wine and food festival. “Jamaica has a viable wine market, but you have to have the right approach to get into it. There’s nothing better … Read entire article »
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GREGORY ISAACS’ 64th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR JULY 27, IN KINGSTON!
By Basil Walters— Gregory Isaacs— A HOST of artists will celebrate Gregory Isaacs’ 64th birthday on July 27 at Blue Essence (Kings Plaza) in a show dubbed ‘A Hat Affair’. Patrons attending the event are expected to don Fedoras, a signature of Isaacs’ dapper outfits. A Hat Affair will feature a mix of Isaacs’ contemporaries as well as emerging acts. They include Leroy Sibbles, Errol Dunkley, Carl Dawkins, Junior Reid, Half Pint, George Nooks, Bongo Herman, Edi Fitzroy, JaH Cure, Aidonia, QQ, Noddy Virtue, Nature, Ray Isaacs (Gregory’s nephew) and Samantha Strachan. They will be backed by Lloyd Parks and We the People and Warrior Love bands. The Roots Radics band, who worked on some of Isaacs’ biggest hits, will back Junior Sinclair, a ‘Gregory’ sound-alike. Known as The Cool Ruler, Isaacs died in London on October … Read entire article »
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BOOK EXAMINES REGGAE’S LACK OF GROWTH IN CANADA – THE LAND OF THE MAPLE LEAF!
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL——- THOUGH some of Jamaica’s leading artists have lived in Canada, the land of the Maple Leaf has never had a booming reggae scene. Singer-turned-author Michael ‘Visionary’ Thompson examines some of the reasons for this shortfall in his book, The Hidden Agenda of Reggae Music. The St Catherine-born Thompson launched The Hidden Agenda in February at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston. He told the Jamaica Observer recently that it is a compressed autobiography as … Read entire article »
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