Super Cat

Reggae/Dancehall legend Super Cat has been confirmed for the inaugural Bay Area Vibez Festival lineup. Bay Area Vibez Music and Arts Festival will be held at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park on September 26 and 27 in Oakland, CA.

Internationally known as “Don Dada,” the godfather of dancehall, Super Cat was perhaps the first artist to merge reggae and hip hop in the eighties and nineties with hits such as “Si Boops Deh,” “Dolly My Baby,” “Ghetto Red Hot,” and his signature track “Don Dada.”

With his contemporaries Shabba Ranks, Red Dragon, Chaka Demus and Pliers and others, Super Cat was on the forefront of a style called Ragga,–reggae played entirely or mostly using digital instrumentation. According to Steve Barrows and Peter Dalton, authors of “The Rough Guide to Reggae,” Ragga has been the most commercially successful Jamaican music since the heyday of Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Born William Anthony Maragh in Kingston, JA, Super Cat literally put the word “dance” into the term dancehall. Rapping over infectious beats produced by King Jammy, Winston Riley, Early B and the Killamanjaro sound system and Steely and Clevie, Supercat’s lyrics were sexy, edgy and rebellious and fun. Countless Jamaican DJs including Grammy winners Sean Paul and Shaggy have emulated super Cat’s style.

Early bird General Admission are set at $85 for 1-day passes, $160 for 2-day passes and $225 1-day VIP, or $400 2-day VIP passes, which include early entrance to grounds, special VIP viewing and lounge area, VIP beer and wine garden and select organic foods and snacks. Shuttle services will be available for convenient entrance to the festival. Parking passes are $29 per day. Festival hours go from 11am to 10pm daily. For more information, or to secure tickets, visit http://www.bayareavibez.com/

Assassin will be one of the featured artist on Sept. 7th

Irie Jam Radio has partnered with the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) to present live streaming of featured events from the 48th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival. Can’t make it to New York or Eastern Parkway this year for the Greatest Carnival in North America? No problem, Irie Jam Radio is bringing the Parkway and Brooklyn Museum events to you with over 20 hours of live streaming coverage.

Live stream events kick off on Thursday, September 3rd with the Caribbean Freedom Festival, hosted by Riggo Suave and featuring Kes the Band, Rembunction, Camille, Ness, Jaleni, Scorpio, Young Devyn and many more.

Streaming continues on Friday, September 4th with the Brass Fest concert featuring popular Trinidadian artists Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann Lyons, Asylum Vikings, Lyrikal, Ravi-B & Karma, Preedy, and Ricardo Drue (Antigua), Skinny Fabulous (St. Vincent), Hypasounds (Barbados) and Pressure Busspipe (Virgin Islands).

On Saturday, September 5th the live stream features the sweet sounds of 10 of NYC’s finest steel pan orchestras competing at the annual Steel Band Panorama. Participating Bands include Pan Sonatas, CASYM, Pantonic, Steel Xplosion, ADLIB, METRO, “D” Radoes, Crossfire Steel Orchestra, Harmony Steel Orchestra, Despers USA with guest appearance by Brooklyn Steel Orchestra. Tune in to see which orchestra will be crowned the 2015 Panorama Champion.

All roads lead to Eastern Parkway on Monday, September 7th for 8 hours of streaming of the New York Caribbean Carnival featuring the sights, sounds and spectacle of Carnival and special guest appearances by Edwin Yearwood, Alison Hinds, Lyrikal, Sean Paul, Ky-Mani Marley, Mr. Vegas, Gyptian, Assassin, Dexta Daps and more.

For more information go to http://iriejamradio.com/wiadca/.

Da Counsellor, a Gospel Reggae/Dancehall artist from Westmoreland Jamaica has been steadily increasing his presence within the Gospel industry over the past two years. He recently released his second studio album entitled ‘You Going To Lose’ on his very own Sims Record label. The album, which is distributed by Zojak Worldwide, is now available on iTunes and all other digital music store.

‘You Going To Lose’ is a twelve track record which is predominantly Dancehall with a few Reggae and traditional Gospel songs. Lt. Stitchie, who is a good friend of Da Counsellor, is featured on the album. The two collaborated on a song called ‘People Person.’ Unlike most Gospel artists, Da Counsellor‘s music is less about praise and worship and more about motivating and inspiring any and every one.

iTunes purchase link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you-going-to-lose/id1025976972