Roots Reggae artist Likkle Lightning will be joining long time veteran Everton Blender on the ‘Fest For Unity’ Concert in Birmingham, Alabama this Saturday, June 13^th. Both artists will be supported by the Culture Dread backing band and the event is being held at Matthew Bar & Grill (located at 2208 Morris Ave in Birmingham)

‘Fest For Unity’ is being hosted by Yard Promote, a Jamaican (originally from Spanish Town) who now resides in that state and is trying to do all he can to promote Reggae music, culture and lifestyle in Birmingham. See below videos from both Likkle Lightning and Everton Blender.

Likkle Lightning – Mama Africa (Official Video) 

Everton Blender – Lift up your head (Official Video) 

Luciano

The Jamaican (Ottawa) Community Association Incorporated invites you to celebrate 53 years of Jamaican Independence in Ottawa on August 8th, 2015!

The 3 day celebration begins with a thanksgiving Service (August 2nd), co-hosted by the High Commission for Jamaica to Canada, at Ottawa Church of God (OCOG), 1820 Carling Avenue.

Day 2 (August 6th), is the Flag Raising Ceremony at Festival Plaza, 110 Laurier Avenue, West, commencing at 11:00am.

Jamday will be at Mooney’s Bay Park (2960 Riverside Drive) on August 8th, the final day of celebrations. There will be performances by Gyptian, Luciano, Fabian Marley, Jahreefa, Starr Blacks, Dredon as well as Jamaica’s 2015 Dancing Dynamites winner. In addition to the live show there will be children’s village, Jamday Idol contest, Food Pavillion and so much more!

Visit their website for more info http://www.jamaicanottawaassn.org

Yaadcore

The organizers of “Rocksteady ATL,” will host the debut of Dubwise Atlanta on Saturday June 13th at the Sound Table’s SPACE 2 (485 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA) with Yaadcore from Kingston, Jamaica alongside Aba Shaka, Farinheits Creation, Love People, and Highlanda Sound.

The original Dubwise Jamaica is a Roots Dub Reggae session every Wednesday in the city of Kingston, created to preserve the roots in the Dancehall & spread the message of love through music. Dubwise Jamaica guarantees strictly original & rootical selections all night coming from the vein stream & not the main stream, resurrecting songs that haven’t been heard in decades as well fresh selections from the new and upcoming Reggae artists.

Strictly roots and culture vibrations, with no slackness. Tunes played in a dubwise style, for their full duration, with messages of upliftment delivered live over the mic.

In December 2013, Yaadcore, the Jamaican selector known for his Reggae Aroma mixtape series, began holding a weekly, Wednesday-night session inside Kingston’s Whitebones Grill with the principles listed above. Dubwise Jamaica quickly became a magnet for similarly-minded selectors, including such foundation DJs as Rory Gilligan of Stone Love and Danny Dread of Stereo Mars and Volcano sound system fame. Jamaica’s young reggae stars Chronixx, Protoje, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal and Micah Shemaiah were among its earliest supporters, passing through both as performers and just to hol’ a vibes, and it soon attracted veteran artists like Lutan Fyah, Mikey General and even Ninjaman, as well as international acts like Pressure Busspipe (St. Thomas) and Ziggi Recado (St. Eustatius).

A year and a half after its launch, Dubwise Jamaica has become an international brand representing what many see as a return to a more pure and natural style of playing reggae (as opposed to the fast-paced juggling style preferred by most of today’s Jamaican DJs). Yaadcore has teamed with selectors Corey Chase and DJ Rampage to launch Dubwise Miami, a weekly session at Coyo Taco in the Wynwood Arts district. Although Yaadcore’s schedule only permits him to appear in Miami about once a month, each Wednesday night the backroom of the fashionable taqueria becomes the “Coyo Dub Lounge,” attracting a loyal crowd as well as fellow DJs such as house DJ Armand Van Helden. Artist Kabaka Pyramid dropped in recently to perform.

Yaadcore has brought Dubwise sessions to New York City, Washington DC and Puerto Rico (San Jaun, Santurce and Rincon) over the past few months and relaunched Dubwise Jamaica in a new location following a brief hiatus. In Yaadcore’s view, he’s laying a foundation for a movement that can spread consciousness and upliftment through roots music whether he’s in the building or not.