The crowned king of the dancehall, Beenie Man will be hosting the 2019 staging of his Summa Sizzle Music Festival on Saturday, August 10th in Clarendon, Jamaica. The 2018 event was a massive success that saw some of the biggest reggae and dancehall acts gracing the stage.
As additional information about the 2019 Summa Sizzle Festival comes to light, we will be sure to share it in Maria Jackson Magazine.
On February 8th, Iba Mahr released the official video for his single Concentrate, produced by Gold Up Music. The powerful song encourages us to stay focus on what we are doing and what we are about, while avoiding the trap of distraction that’s usually put in place by persons wanting us to fail.
Shot by RD Studios Jamaica, the visuals for the Concentrate is simply captivating. Click here to watch and remember to like, comment and share.
Aurelia Dey is the Swedish/Ghanaian Dancehall artist who, last year, released her much anticipated summer hit Sweet Love on the all female Swedish label GAL:ANT. Based on the single’s success, Aurelia rapidly did a remix of the song with established Ghanaian artist and producer Magnom.
Though the remix was made public at the end of 2018, it is just now being distributed to DJs and media houses in Jamaica, most of whom have had nothing but glowing reviews for both the record and the video. Sweet Love, which is about an obsessive, addictive love affair, falls inline with what is currently trending on the Jamaican dancehall scene.
Click here to watch the official video for Sweet Love and here to download the song.
Toronto based hip-hop artist Tha Vor has just uploaded a new single to his digital store. The song is entitled “Love How She Fit” and it is all about honoring women that take good care of themselves, especially their physical appearance.
In an effort to grow his mailing list, Tha Vor is giving the track away absolutely free to the first 200 persons who give their email address via his bandcamp site.
Check out the new video by Gentleman (Germany) and Beenie Man (Jamaica) for the catchy dancehall single Still Around. There is so much that can be said about this combination but I will leave it up to you to form your own opinion; as for me, I think this is straight fire!
Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Lady G
On Saturday, February 23rd, Roses 88.9 FM will be hosting the 2019 staging of their annual Big League stage-show. Confirmed artists include: Lady G, Cocoa Tea, Capleton, Half Pint, Tarrus Riley, and that is just to name a few. Additional music will be provided by: True Heart Sound, Black Roses Sound, Digital Chris and others.
Big League will be held at Carty Hill in Clarendon. Admission is $1,500 for regular entrance and $3,000 for V.I.P.
Wayne Marshall at Rebel Salute 2019
The 2019 staging of the annual Rebel Salute Festival took place over the weekend and it was, in my opinion, “the preservation of Jamaican culture, music and lifestyle.”
The two-night event, which started out many years ago as a roots, reggae, Rasta stage show, has grown into an international celebration of all the sites, sounds and tastes
of Jamaica.
As is done every year, Rebel Salute features a wide variety of both emerging and established reggae and dancehall talents and this year was no exception. Some of the standout performances from night one were Jah Bouks, who took the audience back to Africa with a captivating set; Koffee, the young protege of veteran reggae artist Cocoa Tea and Wayne Marshall, who gave us a burst of energy with his performance.
On night two, Chalice Band, Half Pint and Louie Culture took patrons on a musical journey as they all dropped back to back hits and had the crowd singing along with every song. Jesse Royal gave an epic performance! Agent Sasco and Dre Island delivered! All and all, I would say that most, if not all the artists that took to the Rebel Salute stage did their thing.
There were some key moments that must be highlighted however. First is Andrew Tosh being cut off after singing only one song, as well as Bushman not being allowed to finish his set. It seems both incidents occurred due to time constraints, which resulted in Tosh and Bushman being noticeably upset and openly speaking about it on the
mic. Another key moment that I’m sure everyone will be talking about for a while is Queen Ifrica‘s set. Once she stepped on the stage Queen made it known that she was
feeling emotional and proceeded to voice her concerns about a number of things: the negative influence some are having on our youths, the push to normalize homosexuality
and lesbianism in Jamaica, the upcoming political changes slated to take place on the island this year etc.
For us in the audience the show came off as entertaining, educational and just an overall good experience. That being said, it was clear that there were a lot of issues
regarding stage and time management taking place backstage. Regardless what was going on, credit must be given to Tony Rebel and his team for the obvious growth of the
event, which is now a real tourist pull here in Jamaica.
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