Ruach Ru’s ‘Pon Di Endz’ Was A Success! (@RuachRu)

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

Sabrina Diva & Ruach Ru live at ‘Pon Di Endz’

We are happy to announce that October’s staging of ‘Pon Di Endz’ was a success! All the artists gave stellar performances and the people came out to support Ruach Ru on her birthday. In addition to the talents that were billed for the show, there were a couple of surprise guests who came out despite not being on the event, namely: Grub Cooper (from the legendary soca / reggae band Fab 5) and reggae veteran Mikey General.

When asked how she feels about the event, this is what Ruach Ru had to say:
“The second edition of Pon Di Endz was a tremendous success and I’d like to thank everyone that was involved and everyone that supported the event. To all the artistes, fans and supporters nuff love and respect. The third edition is coming up in December and will be bigger and better. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there.”

‘Pon Di Endz’ was held on Wednesday, October 31st at Mello Sports Bar & Lounge in Kingston, Jamaica. This is a bi-monthly stage show featuring various artists, poets, musicians etc. As October 31st was Ruach Ru birthday, the event was also her official birth-night party.

Reggae Night In Rotterdam Returns With Agent Sasco, Max Romeo, General Levy & Others

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

Max Romeo

After a successful Reggae Festival this summer, Rotterdam Reggae is back with ‘Reggae Night,’ an indoor Reggae Festival with 9 performances by national and international Reggae, Dancehall & Dub acts. Taking you from the relaxing Reggae sounds to the energetic dancehall & Bubbling beats to Straight Dub music. ASWAD, Capleton, Max Romeo, Gyptain, Agent Sasco, Lee Scratch Perry, Jah Shaka, General Levy, DJ Moortje, Masego Sound System are just a few names on the bill.

Reggae Night will take place on Friday, December 7th at Maassilo Rotterdam. Click here for tickets.

Beres Hammond To Headline Unity Festival In Turks & Caicos (@BeresHammondOJ)

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

Beres1 Checkmate Inc Productions and Entertainment Signatures Events present Unity Festival, November 15th through 17th at Providenciales Turks And Caicos’ Grace Bay Beach.

Confirmed headliner is Beres Hammond, who released his Never Ending album a few weeks ago. For additional information about this event, visit: https://www.checkmateinc.co

JC Lodge Releases Powerful Single “Unbroken”

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

Taken from her album, Passion Fruit, which was released on September 14th this year, JC Lodge’s Unbroken is a powerful song dedicated to women all over the world. The song is both inspiring and motivational as it encourages women to embrace their feminine strength and be the leader they were created to be.

Done on a bouncy low-key dancehall rhythm, Unbroken, in addition to serving as a motivational force for women, also reminds all JC Lodge fans why we fell in love with her in the first place. She is still creating beautiful music and remains a champion for women.

Click here to check out the lyric video for Unbroken and here to download Passion Fruit from iTunes

Italy’s DJ Mesta Releases New Reggaeton Dance Video (@DjMesta)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

DJ Mesta, a hip-hop and reggaeton selector and producer who has worked with Grammy & multi-Platinum selling artists like Pitbull, Fatman Scoop and others, has just released the official video for his latest project Como Lo Baila. The song was done in collaboration with Gemstar, the Dominican rapper from Queens, NY who wrote the hit Oye Me Canto with Daddy Yankee.

Shot in Torina, Italy by Walter TULMEN Corrado, Como Lo Baila took several months to shoot as it is a dance song, and as such, features quite a few dancers.

Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share. The song can be streamed and downloaded via Spotify.

Leroy Smart Gets The Most Play For October On The Reggae Lover Podcast (@highlanda)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

Leroy Smart’s mix, released a few days ago, is the most played episode for the month of October on the Reggae Lover Podcast.

Recognized as one of Jamaica’s musical icons, Leroy Smart, also called “The Don” has a mind-blowing voice that penetrates his audiences. He is known for his exuberant performance style, as he sings both roots and lovers-rock reggae masterfully. He was most active from the early 70’s through the 90’s with over 35 albums released.

Click here to listen to this specially curated mix on Reggae Lover Podcast, episode 121.

Informative History Man – Biography

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Maria Jackson 27 Magazine

There has been a number of important voices in the history of Reggae music; Bob Marley, Mutabaruka, Big Youth, Peter Tosh etc. but none as culturally explanatory as the Informative History Man.

Born in Kingston Jamaica, Informative History Man spent some of his youthful days in both Saint James and Clarendon. He went back and forth between both parish because his mother is from Saint James while his father is from Clarendon. The Informative History Man has been a keen observer of historically important events from an early age. As he got older, he figured that after absorbing all these information over the years, it was time to release them to the public. Music became the vehicle by which History Man would release his years of stored positive information.

Honing his skills as a DJ on sound systems such as: Destroyer, Soul Shack and Zion Roots gave him the confidence to pursue his artistic ambition. Additionally, performing on a number of talent shows, one of which was the Tastee Talent Contest (which he won in 2000) brought him to the masses who was eager for his cultural music.

Since being in the spotlight, Informative History Man has continued releasing educational and inspirational lyrics that has gained him enormous respect in music. A world traveler, he has collaborated with a number of artists from different cultural backgrounds: Jah Mason (from Jamaica), Junior C (from Argentina), Sista Caro (from France), Don Goliath (from Germany), Nespo Fernandez (from Colombia), Ras Nniemjah (from Ivory Cost) and that is just to name a few.

His recording of Bob Marley Story remains his most known to date; but also impressive are African Inventors, Canadian Prime Ministers, Tribute to Peter Tosh and Obama Tribute. Informative History Man has ignite thousands on his many performances around the world where his music serves as edu-tainment.