Jik Blog
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Chanters’ Playfield
2016-05-29 19:24:00 UTC
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
2016-05-05 03:22:00 UTC
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
2016-04-11 03:26:00 UTC
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”
2016-03-28 01:40:00 UTC
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…
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Black and Gold
2016-03-16 02:58:00 UTC
In the past two years or so, I’ve worked with some incredible Make-Up Artists(MUA) from Jamaica such as Dominique; Ladybug MUA, Teeah; 876 Faces, Shaphawa; So Sassy MUA just to name a few. In December a certain MUA by the name of Sue Gregg; The Make-up Girl reached out to…