Julian Marley & the Uprising
Mykal Rose (of Black Uhuru)
Mighty Mystic – Lizano – El Dub –
DJ Treez – Dubfyah – MC Cootdog –
Lake Anthony – Stay Positive Sound
ALL AGES!
Truckee River Regional Park
Outdoor Amphitheater – 2pm – 10pm
Vending, Food Trucks, Beer & Wine, Live Art,
Live Music, DJ’s and more!
Stephen Marley releases his highly anticipated single “Old Soul,” now available on all streaming platforms via Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International.
The award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer chronicles his growth and innocence as a youth Marley kid, the second son of Bob Marley, and his personal rites of passage through the family legacy. The warm acoustic track takes the listener on a coming-of-age journey through allusions to personal legends and eras of musical influences that “made it all possible.”
Epiphany Artists is pleased to announce new additions to the lineup of the 26th edition of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (SNWMF), which takes place at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, CA on June 16, 17, and 18, 2023.
Johnny Clarke, Blvk H3ro, Kumar & Original Fyah, Soul Ska, The Steady 45s, Brazilbeat Sound System, Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi, Juan G, and Boonfire.
Already on the bill are Burning Spear, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Tarrus Riley, Derrick Morgan, Protoje, Kabaka Pyramid, Cocoa Tea, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Lila Iké, Norma Fraser, Wesli, Soul Syndicate, The Clarendonians, Rory Stone Love, and Warrior Sound International.
California WorldFest is MORE than a music festival, it’s a cultural vibe that promotes expansive world awareness.
4 days of epic world music, camping, an artisan marketplace and excellent food!
In between the music and dancing, check out the free workshops – yoga, movement, music, meditation, healing arts, and more.
The staging of the JaRIA Honor Awards was recently held at the Jamaica Conference Center, Downtown Kingston. Over thirty one awards were given in nineteen categories to musicians artistes, promoters and media for their various contribution to the Jamaican music industry.
Among the big winners were Astley “Grub ” Cooper – Lifetime Achievement, Marcia Griffiths, The Melody Makers – Horace Andy – Icon Award, Shaggy – Icon Award, Ras I – Song of the Year and Kabaka Pyramid were some of the top awardees. The event was well attended by a host of industry players and guest.
Caribbean Airlines Limited, a leading regional airline with over 16 years of excellence in air travel has announced its partnership as the presenting sponsor of Reggae Sumfest, the largest music festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and the Caribbean.
Reggae Sumfest which is celebrating its 30th year, has evolved into a week-long series of diverse activities including an Artisan Village and the Sumfest Mall which will have authentic Jamaican-crafted items on sale.
This partnership will extend for the next two years and will be prominently showcased through a special decal on one of Caribbean Airlines’ new Boeing 737-8 aircraft.
Epiphany Artists is pleased to announce the 26th edition of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (SNWMF) which takes place at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, CA on June 16, 17, and 18, 2023.
The star-studded lineup includes: Burning Spear, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Tarrus Riley, Derrick Morgan, Protoje, Kabaka Pyramid, Cocoa Tea, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Lila Iké, Soul Syndicate, The Clarendonians, Wesli, Norma Fraser, Rory Stone Love, and Warrior Sound International, with more artists still to be announced.
The 2023 Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is true to the ethos of founder and programmer, the late Warren Smith, who chose to base the event on conscious music, bringing together artists whose lyrics are life-affirming and embrace a positive message.
Reggae Music is a genre that transcends all borders and barriers with a fanbase made up of all races and ethnicities. Equally as diverse as the fanbase are the artists that perform the music, so it was only a matter of time before a white group would capture the most coveted award in the genre, the Reggae Grammy Award.
Soldiers Of Jah Army (SOJA) are the winners of 2022 Grammy Award for best reggae album with their title “Beauty in the Silence”.
The third time is the charm for SOJA as the group was nominated twice before but did not walk away as victors.
The fact that the only non-Jamaican in the list of nominees came out as the winner should be a wake-up call to Jamaicans. It has long been said that Jamaica has lost touch with authentic reggae music as younger artists are more drawn to the more lucrative hip hop and rap genres.
Veteran reggae artist and living legend, Freddie McGregor, knows a thing or two about reggae music and he definitely knows what is and isn’t great music. As far Ziggy Marley winning the 2017 Reggae Grammy Award, Mr. McGregor says it was “scandalous but not surprising”.
Ziggy’s self-titled winning album, Ziggy Marley, is little known within the reggae community and does not contain any great reggae songs but it beat out five other nominees to take the coveted and elusive award, an award that has slipped away from the grasp of many global icons in reggae music.
Greats like Sizzla, Beres Hammond, Chronixx, Dennis Brown, Third World, Gregory Isaacs, Yellowman, Barrington Levy, Marcia Griffiths, Etana, Vybz Kartel, Capleton and McGregor himself are yet to win a Grammy. This year marks the 11th win for the Marleys in the Best Reggae Album category since the awards started in 1985. A few weeks ago, McGregor was strident in his condemnation of the practices of the selection committee for the reggae Grammy. He lashed out at the awards, calling them “an embarrassment of indescribable magnitude to reggae music”.
Chronixx, front-runner of the roots-reggae revival, leads the nominees for the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) set for Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 4.
Chronixx, who is known for songs such as Who Knows, Behind Curtain, and Smile Jamaica, has received six nominations. He is up for the Bob Marley Entertainer of the Year, Best Male Vocalist, Best Song — Who Knows, Best Album — Dread and Terrible, Best Music Video — Who Knows, and Most Cultural/ Educational Entertainer.
His contemporary Protoje is also in the running with four nods for Best Male Vocalist, Most Promising, Best Song — Who Knows, and Best Music Video, also for Who Knows.
Singer Etana also has been nominated for four IRAWMA trophies — Bob Marley Entertainer of the Year, Best Female Vocalist, Best Song — I Rise as well as the Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award.
Welcome to the Sound Chat Media Network, home of Sound Chat Radio (SCR), a 24-hour, online medium, purposefully positioned right on the cutting edge of the digital super highway, driven by technology.
Ten years in the making, Sound Chat Radio is the brainchild of Garfield ‘Chin’ Bourne, CEO of Irish & Chin, best known for their hardcore dancehall productions, coast to coast and around the world for the last quarter century!
Considered an entertainment and media visionary, Sound Chat Radio is not the only brand that Bourne has built from scratch, as he is credited with conceptualizing and popularizing other internationally recognized brands in the entertainment space such as World Clash, Reeewind and the renowned Japanese sound system, Mighty Crown.
‘Chin’ as he is affectionately called by colleagues and contemporaries, prides himself on Sound Chat Radio’s unorthodox style of radio, which is extremely vocal, interactive and visible. The very innovative platform which combines radio with TV and vice versa, connects the Jamaican Diaspora with timely and important topics that span; politics, business, sports, health, entertainment and more. Congratulations to Sound Chat Radio!
