As the sun set on a day filled with stunts, attractions for the kids, giveaways and competitions, at the Mountain Dew Stunt Festival, the attention was shifted to the stage show segment, where the adults would have a chance to enjoy themselves.
The festival took place at the Jamalco Sports Club, in Claren-don on Monday.
Its Goin Down – Massive B Anniversary
Massive B is the sound system and record label, that has been blazing the world playing reggae dancehall for the last 16 years, with the original SD. crew of Bobby Konders and Jabba. The sound has branched out with more members over the years, with Hype Men, Chudny Shotta, Banky Hype and Mix Masters like DJ Dave and Big Dog.
Home-Grown Crowd Rush Daville Concert
Is it really true? Do Kittitians really not support their home- grown music? Now before I get stoned by many proud Kittitians who feel they are avid supporters of their local talent, I mean, ‘home-grown music’… let me create a scenario.
The nightly cost for the event was US$20 with the exception of the night of March 24 (US$10) where only home-grown artists were scheduled to perform.
However, according to reports and from what many observed each night of the festival was a total flop, except for the opening night which was free. An average total of ten persons were counted each night at the festival and sometimes even less!
Police officers attached to the Western Division were forced to fire warning shots in the air and throw tear gas into a crowd of party-goers, in a bid to quell them, during a reggae concert which was held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain during the wee hours of yesterday morning. According to a police report, the incident occurred at about 3 am when party-goers attending the “Best of Both Worlds†concert became agitated when they realised that the show was nearing closing time (5 am) and none of the three featured Jamaican artistes had taken the stage.
Is St Lucia ready for Sizzla Kalonji?
St Lucians have been waiting for this for a long time and many would agree a performance by one of the greatest reggae singers of all time, Sizzla Kalonji, is long overdue in St Lucia. Well, the wait is now over. Gaiety Productions in collaboration with TriStar Promotions have announced that Sizzla, deemed by many to be a prophet in his own time, will be performing in St Lucia come Saturday May 5, 2007.
Jamaican resumes legal battle against Madonna this week
Aisha Goodison, the Jamaican musician who sued American pop star Madonna in 2005 for copyright infringement, will file an amended copy of the suit in the American Supreme Court this week.
In addition to allegations of harassment, wiretapping, computer hacking and other forms of criminal conduct, the suit named 24 instances of copyright infringement by Madonna and companies associated with her.
Stephen Marley got his music (finally)
Stephen Marley hasn’t exactly lived in anonymity. As a member of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, and producer of a pair of high-profile CDs – “Halfway Tree,” by his brother Damian Marley, which earned the 2001 Grammy for best reggae album, and “Chant Down Babylon,” a 1999 album that featured posthumous “duets” between Bob Marley and Lauryn Hill, Chuck D, Steven Tyler and others – Marley had his share of notable triumphs. And any Jamaican with the Marley name is bound to attract an inordinate amount of attention, even if he doesn’t sing a note.
Billed acts left stage untouched
It seems ‘Untouchable’ was indeed too untouchable for all but one of the promised acts to perform. The show, which was held at La Roose, Port Henderson Road, on Saturday night had promised many top acts, including, Rick Ross, Sizzla, Tony Matterhorn, Ken Boothe, Bounty Killer, Cobra, Macka Diamond, Mr. Vegas, Mavado, Lukie D and others. However, the closest patrons came to songs from those artistes was over the sound system.
While Apache Indian may have disappeared off India’s burgeoning music scene, he’s hardly been idle; he’s been busy recording with the likes of UB40, Maxi Priest and Shaggy. Widely credited for having introduced Indians to a different style of reggae, his superhits Chak De, Arrange Marriage and Boomshackalak found admirers in Beyonce Knowles and Sean Paul, with whom he toured recently.
The ‘Voice of Consciousness’ returns
“The thing has become too much about the punchline. We need more choice.” Never one to mince words, singer-songwriter VC’s assessment of the current state of much of Jamaica’s popular music is one that will resonate widely, or at least that is the hope.