Jik Blog
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En Route to Calabash 2016; Friday Night with the Indigg Family
June 5, 2016
Last Friday I went on an interesting journey to Calabash 2016 held at Jack Sprat, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. Upon approaching the bus to leave Kingston, I was greeted by talented Indiggnation keys player/Producer/ Skateboarder Paris LaMont. Yeah, you guessed it I was traveling with band members of the Indiggnation…
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Chanters’ Playfield
May 29, 2016
An evening of Soul Stirring Music
The mood was set; lights low and “reggae” dripping in the background as if it were a lowly stadium, with symmetrically aligned spotlights beaming in synchronized movement. The spotlights were placed about the stage and onto it, giving an aura as if a spaceship…
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Reggae Riot: Tribute to Beres Hammond
May 5, 2016
On Monday, April 11, 2016, The Phillip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI Mona, was the venue of Reggae Riot. The event is the brain child of the event co-ordination group Elysium Events; a group of Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management (ECEM) students at the University of the West…
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Hard Road Tour Documentary
April 11, 2016
When I started doing videography in 2014, one of my goals was to carry out a
documentary production. Now thanks to the Earthkry band and my editor
Alwayne White, that is what I present to you today.
Last year September the manager for Earthkry band, Tara
Johnson, expressed the need…
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“New Generation Wailer, The Return of Bob in a New Name”
March 28, 2016
Photo by Richard E. Aaron, New York City 1978
The image above does not belong to me, it was taken by Richard E. Aaron in New York City, during a 1978 live concert. Though this image isn’t mine, please to keep a mental note of it.
“New Generation Wailer, The…