Reggae Music the State of Affairs: “A Conversation George Michailow, Fast Lane Booking Agency” Part 2
Fast Lane International is an international booking agency with global reach. The agency focus is on North and South America, Africa, The Caribbean, the Far East and the South Pacific, the UK, France and The Netherlands and venues and festivals throughout Europe. Fast Lane represents promoters or artists including: Jimmy Cliff, Eric Donaldson, Steel Pulse, […]
Reggae Music the State of Affairs: “A Conversation George Michailow, Fast Lane Booking Agency” Part 1
Fast Lane International is an international booking agency with global reach. The agency focus is on North and South America, Africa, The Caribbean, the Far East and the South Pacific, the UK, France and The Netherlands and venues and festivals throughout Europe. Fast Lane represents promoters or artists including: Jimmy Cliff, Eric Donaldson, Steel Pulse, […]
Reggae Music the State of Affairs: Stan Evan Smith Talks Lloyd Stanbury: Entertainment Attorney& Industry Consultant
Lloyd Stanbury is an entertainment attorney and creative industries consultant with several years’ international experience dealing with legal and management representation of recording artists, music producers, film producers, media operators and event promoters. Lloyd is presently a member of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Pool of Experts for Culture and Development, […]
Reggae Music the State of Affairs: Stan Evan Smith Talks to Pat Meschino, Billboard Reggae Journalist
American journalist Patricia Meschino has been a colleague of mine for a number of years. Her appreciation of, respect for, and knowledge of Jamaica music, especially reggae-dancehall, is deep and sophisticated. Pat has covered the reggae beat for over 20 years. She is currently a reggae writer for Billboard magazine. Meschino began her writing career […]
Top Five Women To Watch In Reggae Music
Who says Reggae is Dead? As connoisseurs of Reggae music, I am sure you have heard those insistent, impassioned voices and their fervent professions of Reggae’s, specifically, Dancehall’s, tragic, untimely death; Or its obvious impending doom. As recently as May 2012 Reggae music icon, Ninjaman, was quoted by the Jamaican Observer as declaring emphatically, […]
Conversation with Bristol Reggae Orchestra founder, Stella Quinlivan
Bristol Reggae Orchestra is one of the UK’s most unique, inspiring and uplifting community projects. Set up in early 2010, its debut sold out St George’s in Bristol, a renowned classical music venue, and turned it into a seething dance hall. Since then, performances at local festivals, in the St Paul’s community and around the […]
Reggae Music the State of Affairs: “An Interview with Louie Grant, Executive VP, Irie Jam Media”
Irie Jamboree, North America’s premier reggae festival on Labor Day weekend in New York City ceased it seven year in 2010. Executive VP Grant gives Jamaicans.com the exclusive on the return of the new and improved 2013 Irie Jamboree Music Festival. Jamboree in 2013 will a three day Labor day Caribbean week end celebration with […]
Conversation with Jamaican music veteran, singer EVER-G
Everett G. Streete, professionally known as EVER-G, is a talented Reggae artist who hails from Hanover, Jamaica and currently resides in Hampton, Virginia. EVER-G writes and sings positive, conscious and uplifting songs with messages of peace, love and unity. Whether EVER-G is headlining his own shows, is the opening act for such greats as: Steel […]
Concert Review – Maxi Priest Gives his Maximum, March 30th, 2013, Miramar Florida
See More Pictures in our Events Photo Gallery I have been a Maxi Priest fan for years but had never seen him in concert. When I heard he was having a concert in Miramar, Florida, as the featured artist I penciled the date on my calender. ”An Evening with Maxi Priest” was held at Miramar […]
Conversation with Jamaican singer, Karian Sang – Video
This week we have a conversation with Jamaican singer, Karian Sang. Born in Kingston, Jamaica the young artist Karian Sang (formally known as lil precious) started singing at a young age. She quickly discovered that her Jamaican ancestry blessed her with rhythm in her soul and a beautiful voice. Lil Precious’ first album first […]