This Tuesday, January 23rd, Bushman, Super Black, Roland Burrell, and Junior Vibes will all gather at Bella Donna Restaurant & Bar on Summerset Road in West End Negril for a tribute to the late great Edi Fitzroy.
This is a live band show that will see the aforementioned acts backed by the Sunshine Band, with confirmed MC Allen Ranks. The event will start at 6:00 PM, and there is a $30 USD entrance fee.
Rough-voiced deejay Chaka Demus, and smooth-toned vocalist Pliers have come together to create one of the most successful duos in the history of Jamaican music. They are the first Jamaican act to place three consecutive singles in the top 5 British Music Charts.
On Thursday, February 15, they will be performing their numerous hits: Murder She Wrote, Tease Me, Bam, Bam, etc. at Sony Hall – 235 West 46th Street – in New York. Click here for tickets.
The 2024 Cali Vibes Festival is all set for February 16-18 at the Marina Green Park – 386 East Shoreline Drive – in Long Beach, California.
Starting at noon on all three days, it will feature performances by Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley, Inner Circle, Stephen Marley, Blvk H3ro, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Skip Marley, and many more artists from varying genres. Click here for tickets.
Luciano, one of the most soulful reggae artists of our time, will be taking his spiritual roots music to New York’s Sony Hall (235 West 46th Street, New York) on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.
Commencing at 7:00 PM local time, this concert will also feature a special Bob Marley birthday tribute, performed by Luciano himself. Click here for tickets and additional information.
Miriam Simone is a recording artist and producer who resides in The Netherlands despite her Surinamese roots.
Although it is known by everyone close to her that she enjoys various musical genres: hip-hop, R&B, kaseko, gospel, reggae, soul etc., and that her favorite artists list includes several performers of differing styles: Etana, Aretha Franklin, Dezarie, Mary J Blige, Israël Vibration, Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, and the I Threes, many years ago Miriam decidedly chose to embark on a career as a roots-reggae vocalist.
As such, in 2009 she co-founded Dredda Records. She has since released a number of singles, one of which is her Jah Decko produced hit song, Almighty, which eventually ended up on her 2012 EP Follow my Dreams. That project also features collaborations with Fyah King and Jah Melody, as well as two productions by accomplished Jamaican creator Bobby Digital.
She followed up with her first full-length studio album in 2015. Published via her own imprint, the LP, titled Mount Zion, includes her other hits: Mount Zion, Rivers, and the big combination done with Lutan Fyah, His Kingdom Arise.
After a successful album launch in Jamaica, and having conducted studio sessions with Bobby Digital for her second LP, Miriam Simone shared Ämsterdam Revival a few years later, in February, 2020. On Amsterdam Revival she also worked with producers Sheldon ‘Calibud’ Stewart, Everton ‘Caveman’ Moore, DJ KAT, Mr Patze, and DJ Jacko. She was also able to score additional collaborations with Queen Omega, Sizzla and Capleton.
In 2021 she shared two singles: Higher Heights and It is time; both are collaborative efforts done with Jah Works and Zen Social Production. The track Keep Hailing King Rastafari came after, with an official video which was shot in Jamaica. While on the island she connected with Earl Chinna Smith and the Binghystra. Miriam Simone’s latest single – Stop the Shooting – released on the Sound System Club label in November 2023, came from a number of recording sessions done with London-based producer Paul Scott, a protégé of dub legend Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock.
Most of Miriam Simone’s songs touch on social issues, black empowerment, upliftment and unity. Things that are considered to be the cornerstones of authentic roots-reggae music.
When she is not singing in the studio or on stage, Miriam Simone is usually hard at work on the radio. Since 2018, she has hosted a popular reggae radio program in Amsterdam called Sweet Meditation on Radio RAZO. It addresses various issues such as spiritual enlightenment, mental freedom, and black history, while also playing a lot of conscious reggae music centered on spirituality, healing and love.
Next Saturday, January 27th, Rastafarian singer Bushman will perform at Mongoose Restaurant – 52 Main Street – in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. He will be backed by the Real Rock Band, and supported by emerging roots artist David Conscious.
This staging is a special edition of the eatery’s Saturday Night Lava series. Show time is 10:30 PM, and admission is free.
Perfect Giddimani, one of the hardest-working artists and producers in the reggae-dancehall industry, has joined forces with Pressure Busspipe from the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Eesah, a rising star from Jamaica, for the single Rasta Corner.
On record, they draw a clear distinction between men with locked hair and authentic Rastafarians committed to a faith-based way of life. Click here or on the image above to stream and/or download Rasta Corner from your preferred music platform.
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