As things slowly begin to reopen, live in-person events are now being announced at a more rapid rate.
We just learned that the Spread Love Reggae Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 29th in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their lineup includes Etana, Edge Michael and Sundub.
This is an outdoor event that will be held at the Burnt Mill Creek, which is located at 2101 Market Street. Gates will open at 3PM (local time). Click here to purchase tickets.
On Saturday, August 14, roots-reggae singer Don Carlos will join Slightly Stoopid, Common Kings and Pepper for a live in-person performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
Tickets for this event starts at $52.50 USD. Click here to secure your seat.
On Friday, May 7th, the long awaited visuals for Turbulence‘s “For Me” premiered on Reggaeville’s YouTube channel. Although the song, which was produced by Reggae Vibes Music approximately six years ago is just now getting a video, it was surely worth the wait.
In a sentence: the visuals are stunning! Kudos to the director Mario Allen of Lone Wolf Filmz, who captured most of the scenes at Hope Botanical Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica last month. See below a full statement from him regarding the inspiration behind the video, as well as details on what had to be put in place to realize the vision.
“I’ve done over a 100 videos, and I can tell you I hold this one dear to my heart. The message of the song hooked me and sparked ideas from the stars. This song isn’t just the ordinary love song, it’s magic, so I knew I had to make this production stand out.
The lyrics pulled on a lot emotion, so I created a narrative treatment with a couple struggling to hold on to their light, facing adversity, using flashbacks, contrasting to the present where they are eloping and expressing their love in the Chinese Garden(Hope Gardens).
Our main leads were Abraham Gardener and Aliyah Williams who embodied their characters with flawless chemistry.
The location for Turbulence performances were key to ensure the visuals and backgrounds feel unfamiliar as well as entertaining, that’s why we chose to shoot at the Chinese Gardens. The plan was geared towards letting the audience see Turbulence in a different world, some where out of Jamaica.
The cloud performance scene was quite literally inspired by the chorus “written in the stars…” Man when I heard that part I had goosebumps. However, this could never have come to life without the aid of my producer Sharisa “SharTheFoodie” Simpson and my grip Alulla “Iboola” Tingling, who I entrusted my vision to create a room full of floating clouds emitting lights and it came out even greater than envisioned.
It is fulfilling to see how the entire production turned out and it was an honor directing this one. Working with Reggae Vibes Music and Turbulence has been an inspiring experience along my filmmaking journey and another frame to my collection.”
Palm Beach and Orlando Jerk Festival, two of Florida’s premier food and music events, have completed an extensive rebranding effort that reflects a deep dedication to their patrons, both on and offline. At the core of this rebranding is a change of the structures for each festival, as well as the modification of the name to Florida Jerk Festival.
Coinciding with the merge of both brands and a new logo, Florida Jerk Festival will also launch a new website (www dot floridajerkfestival dot com) on May 15th, 2021. Once launched, visitors will be able to view both festivals on one website with the convenience of separating Palm Beach and Orlando’s information on a user-friendly platform.
Along with the rebrand, Florida Jerk Festival has announced that the Palm Beach edition will take place on Independence Day, Sunday, July 4th, 2021 at the South Florida Fairgrounds, located at 9067 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL. Fans of the festival can purchase early-bird tickets on Eventbrite.
At the end of April, Oneness Records, the roots-reggae label based in Munich, Germany, released a mini documentary about Jamaican recording artist Lutan Fyah.
The project, which is titled Touch Di Road, takes viewers inside the mind of the reggae singer / songwriter as he talks about how the pandemic has impacted him, where he grew up and much more.
Click here or on the image above to watch the film and remember to like, comment and share.
Sing-jay Jahmiel kicked off the month of May by sharing the visuals for Company, a single released on the Emudio Records label in mid April. Because of the song’s content, Jahmiel‘s fans and supporters are getting a glimpse into his grown and sexy side.
Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Vaughn Benjamin, the former lead singer of both the Midnite and Akae Beka bands, who died in November 2019, has had many posthumous singles and album releases. One of the most anticipated of these however, was the song “Black Carbon,” done with Chronixx.
The single, which was released in October 2020, is on the new album POLARITIES from I Grade Records, due out on May 21st. Click here or on the image above to watch the brand-new video, and remember to like, comment and share.
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