International recording artist Romain Virgo has added a stop at Moe’s Alley to his upcoming schedule. He will perform at the venue on Wednesday, August 10th starting at 9pm local time.
As is the case with most shows done at Moe’s Alley, this event is a strict 21 and over concert. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted in, and will not be eligible for a refund.
Moe’s Alley is located at 1535 Commercial Way in Santa Cruz, California. Admission fee is $35 USD.
On August 6th and 7th Jamaica’s food, music and culture will be on full display at the Jamaica 0121 Festival in the UK. The theme for 2022 is all about celebrating the island’s sixty years of independence. The event will not be held at Victoria Square this year, instead it will be at Aston Park on Trinity Road in Birmingham.
To mark this historical date in time they have invited Freddy McGregor, King Yellowman, Dawn Penn, Janet Kay, Wayne Marshall, K’reema, Brian Holt, Tenna Star, Sagittarius Band and a host of other artists and musicians to perform live.
The two main objectives of the Jamaica 0121 Festival is to, 1: show Jamaica’s influence on the British culture, and 2: display the diverse spirit of Birmingham. Get tickets here.
The UK based organizers of Jamaica-60 have announced that Jamaican reggae star Hempress Sativa will headline the all women concert at Junction 1 – Morris Park, Glasgow – on August 17. Sativa will be supported by her personal backing band, The Unconquerebels.
The event, which will run from 5pm to 11pm is being done in honor of Marcus Garvey Day. Get tickets for this concert on skiddle.
The Jamaica Independence Foundation Inc. (JIFINYC) will be celebrating sixty years of Jamaica’s independence with an event dubbed The People’s Ball. It will be held on Saturday, August 13 at the Crest Hollow Country Club – 8325 Jericho Turnpike – in Woodbury (Long Island), New York.
The affair, which is strict formal attire, will see one of Jamaica’s classiest performers – Richie Stephens – doing a set. He will be supported by DJ Norie (from Power 105.1) and DJ Roy (from Road International). The master of ceremony for the evening is Andrew Clarke. Get tickets here.
Stephens is currently promoting two singles: Reverse The Curse, a recently released track that will be featured on his upcoming album with BoomRich Productions; and Defend Jamaica, a festival tune that he wrote for Nitty Kutchie to compete in this year’s Festival Song Competition.
Just as reggae music is a consequential part of Jamaica’s culture, so is Rastafarianism salient in the reggae industry. Admittedly, since the commercialization of the genre the righteous message has, in some instances, been diluted and/or substituted for a more marketable one.
That said, we are fortunate to still have some sincere Rasta-reggae artists who continue to promote unworldly content despite ongoing efforts by negative forces to push the opposite.
Mykal Rose – the former front-man of Black Uhuru, a Grammy award winning reggae artist and a Rastafarian – has just shared one of the most refreshing Rasta-reggae tunes so far for 2022. The song – titled Jah Loves Me More Everyday – which is produced by Big Feet Records, is now available on all music platforms. Its release was carefully coordinated to coincide with the celebration of Haile Selassie‘s earth day – a figure venerated as God by Rastafarians.
Rose, who is also an esteemed songwriter, gives listeners an insight into his relationship with the Most High, as he sings: “Jah loves me more everyday – thinking of the Almighty makes me glad – no need to be sad – with Jah in my life guiding me everyday – cause I know the way.”
The team responsible for the production and promotion of this record is as follows: Mykal Rose (lead and harmony vocals), Pam Hall (backing vocals), Josh Harris (bass and keyboards), Santa Davis (drums), Jallanzo (guitar), Umberto Echo (mixing engineer), Fitzroy Francis (music supervisor), Earle Holder (mastering engineer), Georgia Tann Studios (artwork), Maria Jackson Ent. (media relations) and Jeremy Dickerson (videographer). Jah Loves Me More Everyday is on the Big Feet Records label.
After working in Jamaica’s media for approximately twenty-two years – with stints at SunCity 104.9 FM, Bes 100 FM and Styles 96.7 FM – Disc-Jock Redeem is now back at his original home, Roots 96.1 FM, unleashing Positive Vibrations each and every Saturday from midnight to 6am on Sundays.
The six-hour program, which is also streamed live on his Facebook profile, features various musical genres spanning several decades. What makes the show unique is that unlike other radio programs, Redeem welcomes and promotes music from up-and-coming artists, providing their lyrical content is not negative or derogatory.
Although Roots 96.1 FM is a community radio station based in Kingston, Jamaica, it can be heard right across the island – and the world – via the internet. The station uses four online radio tuners, which means that it broadcasts digitally twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
The album titled ‘Jamaica Festival 2022 Song Competition’ features the ten finalists in this year’s contest. It’s the third consecutive year that finalists in the Jamaica Festival Song Competition have been released on global streaming platforms.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honorable Olivia Grange, who has been leading the initiative as part of her strategy to revitalize Jamaica Festival is urging “lovers of Jamaican music, everywhere, to support the artistes by streaming and downloading the songs.”
According to the Minister, “It is essential that people hear and get to know the finalists and participate in selecting that one song which will drive our Jamaica 60 Independence celebrations. These 30, or so, streaming options are a good medium to expose the music and the performers.”
The winning song will be decided by judges scores as well as public voting via text messaging in Jamaica and via the Reggae Jamaica App across the world. There’s a prize of three million dollars for the winning song to be shared among the producer, the writer and the singer.
SOURCE: MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT
MARIA JACKSON 27 MAGAZINE 