Jamaican star Koffee has announced that she will be taking part in the Co-Trilla Quarantine Sessions, which is a three-day online music festival.
It will be streamed from April 10th to 12th via the Co-Trilla YouTube channel. Koffee is scheduled for Friday, April 10th at 6PM EDT.
Several weeks ago Maria Jackson had the opportunity to sit and chat with Trinidadian reggae artist Queen Omega. At the time she had an upcoming Euro tour and was working on her new album.
As we’re all seeing, the global spread of the corona virus is resulting in either the complete cancellation and/or postponement of most projects. That being said, Queen Omega‘s tour is now on hold until further notice, and no official release date has been given for her album.
On a brighter note, we had an informative, entertaining exchange about her journey as a female reggae artist. Please click here to watch, and remember to like, comment and share.
In the midst of all the craziness going on right now Warrior King continues to work. A few days ago he did a live acoustic performance, which was streamed on his social media sites, and now he is gearing up for a major public appearance this weekend.
On Sunday, April 5th, Warrior King will be a guest on the popular entertainment show, Sunday Live. The program can be viewed in real time via YouTube.com/nightlyfix, starting at 1:00 PM (Jamaica time).
On March 20th Etana released her new single dubbed Truly. The powerful lovers-rock tune comes courtesy of her own Freemind Music, with distribution via Zojak Worldwide.
A few days after the song was published, Etana followed up with the release of the official lyric video. Click here to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
There are a lot of uncertainty about what the world will be like after COVID19. Every industry, without exception, has been severely impacted by the spread of the corona virus. The music industry in particular has suffered financially, with all shows, tours, bars, nightclubs, festivals etc. cancelled and closed.
Some may assume that it is just the more popular artists that are affected by these cancellations, but that is not the case. We must remember that there are literally thousands of persons working behind the scenes who have now all lost their employment, hence their income.
With that being said, we must now face our new reality, as we ponder the question; what’s next? What will the music industry be like when all this is over with? Will festivals resume as they were before? Will the masses flock to live shows as aggressively as they did in the past? I think the answer depends on two things: 1) how long this pandemic last and 2) the financial and moral status of the people when it’s all over.
As the global shut down continues to hurt performing artists, especially those accustomed to touring several times a year, more and more reggae and dancehall acts are taking to social media to encourage their fans to stay home.
International reggae artist Cocoa Tea is the latest to join that list. Over the weekend he posted the following message on his Facebook page:
“Greetings to all my facebook fams please remember to do the necessary things to keep yourself and everyone around you safe , remember to do social distancing wash your hands very regularly disinfect your surroundings, sanitize everything insite and most of all stay away from congregation and never forget to give praises to the almighty,.remember we’re all in this thing together and with help of jah we shall over come, so in order for us all to see this through please stay @ home. jah bless you all !!!”
On Thursday, March 26th, R&B star Alicia Keys published the official remix to her now popular hit song “Underdog.” The singer invited two of Jamaica’s top reggae artists – Chronixx and Protoje – to be featured on the new version.
Click here to check it out and remember to support the artists by sharing the link: https://smarturl.it/UnderdogRR
MARIA JACKSON 27 MAGAZINE 