JAMAICA MUSIC COUNTDOWN
By Richie B, host – “HOT MIX” on Hot 102FM
APRIL 24, 2009
TOP 20 DANCE HALL SINGLES
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 1 12 Head Caan Hot So- Prodigal Son-Main Street Records (2wks@#1) NM
02 2 18 Dip Again- Elephant Man feat. Ding Dong – Big Ship NM
03 4 13 This Means Money – Konshens – Head Concussion U-1
04 7 7 Mama-Vybz Kartel- Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records U-3
05 3 16 I’m So Blessed - Mavado – Big Ship(2wks@#1) D-2
06 9 6 I Am Blessed-Mr. Vegas-Liv-Up U-3
07 5 13 Last Man Standing-Vybz Kartel – Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records (2wks@#1) D-2
08 6 18 Time To Shine-Laden-Big Ship (3wks@#1) D-2
09 8 8 Nuh Daggera -Spice-Equinoxx (pp#8)D-1
10 12 5 Mind Pon Mi Money – Vybz Kartel –Live-Up Records U-2
11 13 6 Man A Galis-Ding Dong-Notice U-2
12 10 12 Get Wild-Vybz Kartel- Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records (pp#6) D-2
13 14 7 Bad 2 Da Bone-Brick & Lace-Birchill Records U-1
14 15 5 Hustler For Life (La La La) –Andrew & Wada Blood-Notice U-1
15 17 3 Hallelujah – Elephant Man –Very Huge Records U-2
16 18 4 Watch Your Friends-Javinchi-Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records U-2
17 11 8 Stamma-Busy Signal- Big Ship (pp#6) D-6
18 20 2 Ugly – Kiprich & Black-er –Fresh Ear U-2
19 16 16 Romping Shop-Vybz Kartel feat Spice-Adidjaheim Records/NotNice(2wks@#1) D-3
20 19 13 Ben Ova - RDX- (pp#6) D-1
TOP 20 REGGAE SINGLES
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 2 10 A Thousand Miles Away-Ras Penco-Uprize Music (1wk@#1)U-1
02 1 18 Missing You Right Now-Daville-Fashowzy (2wks@#1) D-1
03 5 8 Call On Me- Jah Cure feat Phyllisia -SOBE/Dangerzone U-2
04 3 19 Can’t Sleep-Romaine Virgo-Penthouse Records (2wks@#1) D-1
05 4 18 You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling-Noddy Virtue/Jodi-Ann Pantry-Reflection (pp#4) D-1
06 8 8 Good Life-Chuckle Berry-Taxi U-2
07 6 13 Start Anew-Tarrus Riley-Juke Boxx (pp#6) D-1
08 9 13 Jah Jah Blessing –Etana feat Alborosie–Forward Records U-1
09 10 11 Save The Juvenile-Ruffian-Get Up Yute Records U-1
10 12 7 Head Above The Water – Capleton – Downsound Records U-2
11 11 11 Cassava – Andrew Mistiq aka P. Zed –Inspire NM
12 13 6 Under My Skin- Anthony Red Roze –Taxi U-1
13 7 13 Bad Man Don’t Cry-Shaggy-Big Yard Music (pp#3) D-6
14 14 25 My Jamaican Girl-Prince Pankhi-Otis Riddim Records(pp#4) NM
15 17 5 Too Late – Junior Kelly & Queen Ifrica – AL.TA.FA.AN U-2
16 18 3 So In Love –Hezron – Tads Int’l Records U-2
17 15 22 Jah Jah See Dem A Come-Sugar Roy/Conrad Crystal & Gyptian – Fireball (2wks@#1) D-2
18 20 2 Pray Fi Dem – Harry Toddler-Downsound U-2
19 - New Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing-Anthony Cruz-Footprint
20 16 25 I Love You Anyway-Barbee-It’s Not A Game Records (2wks@#1) D-4
TOP TEN ALBUMS/CD CHART
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 2 5 Mr. Brooks – A Better Tomorrow – Mavado - VP Records (1wk@#1) U-1
02 1 13 Waiting – Cecile – Danger Zone (2wks@#1) D-1
03 3 11 Pull Up Selector-Jimmy Riley-Taxi NM
04 4 15 Stronger – Fantan Mojah–Greensleeves (2wks@#1) NM
05 5 15 Reggae Jammin Vol. 1-Various Artistes- Tads Int’l Records (3wks@#1) NM
06 7 3 The Very Best of Elephant Man-Elephant Man – VP Records U-1
07 8 3 Universal Cure – Jah Cure – SOBE/Danger Zone U-1
08 9 3 Brand New Me – Gregory Isaacs –Tads Int’l Records U-1
09 6 5 Ragga Ragga Ragga 2009 - Various Artistes-No Doubt Records/Tads Int’l Records(2wks@#1) D-3
10 10 25 I Can Feel Your Pain- Gyptian-VP Records/Cannon (2wks@#1)
NM
____________________NOTES_____________________________________
Numbers in bracket indicate the number of weeks at the No. 1 Spot.
Key: U – Upward, D – Down, NM – Non-Mover
TW – This Week, LW – Last Week, WC Weeks on Chart, PP in bracket – Peak Position
Sources: Sound Systems, Record Shops, Night Clubs & Radio Play
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The 'Jury' Is In: Veteran Candian Music Publisher for Emancipation Park
The public, musicians, composers, students and all composers of musical works and other intellectual property are invited to come listen to, talk with, make links and learn about music publishing from a prominent Canadian Publisher, Jury Krytiuk this Friday April 24th, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Emancipation Park. He will be doing a presentation on the whole business of publishing and how composers of musical works should be treated and taken care of by their publishers as a part of IP week being put on by JIPO.
Mr. Krytiuk is a forty year veteran of the music publishing industry. He maintains offices in Canada , the United States and the United Kingdom and has a network of representatives in all other territories of the world. During his career Mr. Krytiuk has represented such world renowned clients as ABBA, Johnny Cash, Lawrence Welk and the Zomba Corporation (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake). In 2007 he stepped up his activities in the Caribbean by purchasing the publishing companies formerly owned by Federal Records. He is on a Caribbean business trip and I have asked him to come make a presentation to inform Jamaican musicians about "how publishing should really be" His mission is to see that Caribbean composers receive their fair share of and get the best exploitation benefits for and from their works. Please pass the word around and send your friends, musicians, composers, students and artists to the support and learn from this man and the event. Thank you,
Mr. Krytiuk is a forty year veteran of the music publishing industry. He maintains offices in Canada , the United States and the United Kingdom and has a network of representatives in all other territories of the world. During his career Mr. Krytiuk has represented such world renowned clients as ABBA, Johnny Cash, Lawrence Welk and the Zomba Corporation (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake). In 2007 he stepped up his activities in the Caribbean by purchasing the publishing companies formerly owned by Federal Records. He is on a Caribbean business trip and I have asked him to come make a presentation to inform Jamaican musicians about "how publishing should really be" His mission is to see that Caribbean composers receive their fair share of and get the best exploitation benefits for and from their works. Please pass the word around and send your friends, musicians, composers, students and artists to the support and learn from this man and the event. Thank you,
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This list thing.....it's catching :-D
SYMPOSIUM TO SELECT TOP 100 BEST JAMAICAN SONGS BETWEEN 1957 AND 2007
News Release
The Department of Government at the University of the West Indies invites the public to attend and participate in a symposium on the top 100 best Jamaican songs between 1957 and 2007. This symposium takes place at the Undercroft, the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Thursday April 16th, 2009, beginning at 5:30pm.
A panel including Dr. Omar Davies, former Finance Minister and Opposition spokesman on Finance, who has an immense cultural and intellectual interest in Jamaican popular music; Mr. Bunny Goodison, founder of the Soul Shack Disco and creator and host of the popular radio show, Rhythms; Mr. Frankie Campbell of the Fab 5 Band and president of the Jamaica Vintage Artistes Association; Mr. Francois St. Juste, radio personality and General Manager for Radio at R.J.R.; and Mr. Wayne Chen, businessman, patron of the arts , author and Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica, will be presenting a set of criteria and arguments for selecting/recommending the songs/instrumentals that should be included in the top 100. However, members of the public attending the symposium are being asked to participate in the deliberations to shape the criteria and arguments for the selection, as well as to vote on the compositions to be included in the top 100. Come also to listen and to enjoy some of Jamaica’s best songs which will be played at the symposium.
Since the last half of the 20th century, Jamaica has become a power house of global popular music. Its impact on the aesthetic and ontological development and expression of global popular music is phenomenal. Jamaican lyricists, singers, players of instruments, sound technologists and producers have created and recreated some of the best songs/instrumentals in the last 50 years. By so doing, they have created a range of global soundscapes rooted in the rhythmic, linguistic, poetic language and imaginative culture and ritualized artistic movements of the Jamaican body to inspire the world.
This symposium opens another path to the expansion of the intellectual bases, scholarship and knowledge of Jamaican popular music, to celebrate excellence, as well as to strengthen the basis for its economic enhancement.
Contact
Clinton Hutton
Lecturer
869-7591/977-5935
tarharka@yahoo.com
News Release
The Department of Government at the University of the West Indies invites the public to attend and participate in a symposium on the top 100 best Jamaican songs between 1957 and 2007. This symposium takes place at the Undercroft, the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Thursday April 16th, 2009, beginning at 5:30pm.
A panel including Dr. Omar Davies, former Finance Minister and Opposition spokesman on Finance, who has an immense cultural and intellectual interest in Jamaican popular music; Mr. Bunny Goodison, founder of the Soul Shack Disco and creator and host of the popular radio show, Rhythms; Mr. Frankie Campbell of the Fab 5 Band and president of the Jamaica Vintage Artistes Association; Mr. Francois St. Juste, radio personality and General Manager for Radio at R.J.R.; and Mr. Wayne Chen, businessman, patron of the arts , author and Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica, will be presenting a set of criteria and arguments for selecting/recommending the songs/instrumentals that should be included in the top 100. However, members of the public attending the symposium are being asked to participate in the deliberations to shape the criteria and arguments for the selection, as well as to vote on the compositions to be included in the top 100. Come also to listen and to enjoy some of Jamaica’s best songs which will be played at the symposium.
Since the last half of the 20th century, Jamaica has become a power house of global popular music. Its impact on the aesthetic and ontological development and expression of global popular music is phenomenal. Jamaican lyricists, singers, players of instruments, sound technologists and producers have created and recreated some of the best songs/instrumentals in the last 50 years. By so doing, they have created a range of global soundscapes rooted in the rhythmic, linguistic, poetic language and imaginative culture and ritualized artistic movements of the Jamaican body to inspire the world.
This symposium opens another path to the expansion of the intellectual bases, scholarship and knowledge of Jamaican popular music, to celebrate excellence, as well as to strengthen the basis for its economic enhancement.
Contact
Clinton Hutton
Lecturer
869-7591/977-5935
tarharka@yahoo.com
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
1979...It's Dancin' Time! @ the Pegasus
Greetings Friends!
The "JAVAA 2009 Caravan of Quality Shows" moves into higher gear towards its next stop, the ever-popular "JAVAA Relives Motown".....this time "Motown 79".
Set for Saturday, 2nd May 2009, once again in The Gardens, Jamaica Pegasus, it is our strong determination to surpass even the dizzying heights that we achieved with last year's show.
Having "brought down the house" at last year's edition, returning to the scene are Fab Five Band as "THE BARKAYS", Wayne Armond as "LIONEL RITCHIE", Andrew Cassanova as "AL GREEN", Ossie D as "JAMES BROWN", Boris Gardner as "JOHNNY ACE", Elaine "T" Peart as "DELLA REECE", Ken Bob as "SMOKEY ROBINSON", Christopher McDonald as "STEVIE WONDER", and the irrepressible MC Don Topping as "himself", given that the scene of the show is set at the Jamaica Pegasus in the Summer of 1979.
Exciting additions to the cast this year are Angel (of Royal Palm fame), as "DIANA ROSS", Mary Isaacs as "MARY WELLS", Gem Myers as "ARETHA FRANKLYN", and Hopeton James as "SAM COOKE".
One would be well advised to take extra precaution with this one;....whether recession, precession or no. This is one flight where it will be prudent to get your tickets early...........The seats will all be "First Class"!
The "JAVAA 2009 Caravan of Quality Shows" moves into higher gear towards its next stop, the ever-popular "JAVAA Relives Motown".....this time "Motown 79".
Set for Saturday, 2nd May 2009, once again in The Gardens, Jamaica Pegasus, it is our strong determination to surpass even the dizzying heights that we achieved with last year's show.
Having "brought down the house" at last year's edition, returning to the scene are Fab Five Band as "THE BARKAYS", Wayne Armond as "LIONEL RITCHIE", Andrew Cassanova as "AL GREEN", Ossie D as "JAMES BROWN", Boris Gardner as "JOHNNY ACE", Elaine "T" Peart as "DELLA REECE", Ken Bob as "SMOKEY ROBINSON", Christopher McDonald as "STEVIE WONDER", and the irrepressible MC Don Topping as "himself", given that the scene of the show is set at the Jamaica Pegasus in the Summer of 1979.
Exciting additions to the cast this year are Angel (of Royal Palm fame), as "DIANA ROSS", Mary Isaacs as "MARY WELLS", Gem Myers as "ARETHA FRANKLYN", and Hopeton James as "SAM COOKE".
One would be well advised to take extra precaution with this one;....whether recession, precession or no. This is one flight where it will be prudent to get your tickets early...........The seats will all be "First Class"!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Mavado's "Blessed" atop Easter Charts
JAMAICA MUSIC COUNTDOWN
By Richie B, host – “HOT MIX” on Hot 102FM
APRIL 10, 2009
TOP 20 DANCE HALL SINGLES
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 1 14 I’m So Blessed - Mavado – Big Ship (2wks@#1) NM
02 4 10 Head Caan Hot So- Prodigal Son-Main Street Records U-2
03 2 11 Last Man Standing-Vybz Kartel – Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records (2wks@#1) D-1
04 7 16 Dip Again- Elephant Man feat. Ding Dong – Big Ship(pp#3) U-3
05 5 11 This Means Money – Konshens – Head Concussion NM
06 3 16 Time To Shine-Laden-Big Ship (3wks@#1) D-3
07 6 10 Get Wild-Vybz Kartel- Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records (pp#6) D-1
08 8 6 Stamma-Busy Signal- Big Ship NM
09 9 5 Mama-Vybz Kartel- Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records NM
10 11 6 Nuh Daggera -Spice-Equinoxx U-1
11 10 14 Romping Shop-Vybz Kartel feat Spice-Adidjaheim Records/NotNice(2wks@#1) D-1
12 14 4 I Am Blessed-Mr. Vegas-Liv-Up U-2
13 12 11 Ben Ova - RDX- (pp#6) D-1
14 15 5 Bad 2 Da Bone-Brick & Lace-Birchill Records U-1
15 16 3 Mind Pon Mi Money – Vybz Kartel –Live-Up Records U-1
16 17 4 Man A Galis-Ding Dong-Notice U-1
17 19 3 Hustler For Life (La La La) –Andrew & Wada Blood-Notice U-2
18 13 27 Ghetto Prayer – Shane-O-Jam II (pp#3) D-5
19 20 2 Watch Your Friends-Javinchi-Not Nice/Adidjaheim Records U-1
20 - New Hallelujah – Elephant Man –Very Huge Records
TOP 20 REGGAE SINGLES
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 2 16 Missing You Right Now-Daville-Fashowzy (1wk@#1)U-1
02 1 17 Can’t Sleep-Romaine Virgo-Penthouse Records (2wks@#1) D-1
03 6 8 A Thousand Miles Away-Ras Penco-Uprize Music U-3
04 5 16 You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling-Noddy Virtue/Jodi-Ann Pantry-Reflection U-1
05 3 11 Bad Man Don’t Cry-Shaggy-Big Yard Music (pp#3) D-2
06 10 6 Call On Me- Jah Cure feat Phyllisia -SOBE/Dangerzone U-4
07 7 11 Start Anew-Tarrus Riley-Juke Boxx NM
08 9 6 Good Life-Chuckle Berry-Taxi U-1
09 4 20 Jah Jah See Dem A Come-Sugar Roy/Conrad Crystal & Gyptian – Fireball (2wks@#1) D-5
10 11 11 Jah Jah Blessing –Etana feat Alborosie–Forward Records U-1
11 8 23 My Jamaican Girl-Prince Pankhi-Otis Riddim Records(pp#4) D-3
12 13 9 Cassava – Andrew Mistiq aka P. Zed –Inspire U-1
13 14 9 Save The Juvenile-Ruffian-Get Up Yute Records U-1
14 15 5 Head Above The Water – Capleton – Downsound Records U-1
15 16 4 Under My Skin- Anthony Red Roze –Taxi U-1
16 12 23 I Love You Anyway-Barbee-It’s Not A Game Records (2wks@#1) D-4
17 17 13 Another Bill Again-Tony Rebel-Penthouse (pp#6) NM
18 19 3 Too Late – Junior Kelly & Queen Ifrica – AL.TA.FA.AN U-1
19 18 18 Good Morning Beautiful-Mark Ice-Big Lawd Records (pp#8) D-1
20 - New So In Love –Hezron – Tads Int’l Records
TOP TEN ALBUMS/CD CHART
TW LW WOC TITLE/ARTISTE/LABEL
01 3 11 Waiting – Cecile – Dangerzone (1wk@#1) U-2
02 1 13 Stronger – Fantan Mojah–Greensleeves (2wks@#1) D-1
03 5 3 Mr. Brooks – A Better Tomorrow – Mavado - VP Records U-2
04 4 9 Pull Up Selector-Jimmy Riley-Taxi NM
05 2 13 Reggae Jammin Vol. 1-Various Artistes- Tads Int’l Records (3wks@#1) D-3
06 8 3 Ragga Ragga Ragga 2009 - Various Artistes-No Doubt Records/Tads Int’l Records(2wks@#1) U-2
07 6 23 I Can Feel Your Pain- Gyptian-VP Records/Cannon (2wks@#1)
D-1
08 7 18 Yes We Can-Cocoa Tea - Roaring Lion/Tads Int’l (3wks@#1) D-1
09 - New The Very Best of Elephant Man-Elephant Man – VP Records
10 - New Brand New Me – Gregory Isaacs –Tads Int’l Records
_____________________NOTES_____________________________________
Numbers in bracket indicate the number of weeks at the No. 1 Spot.
Key: U – Upward, D – Down, NM – Non-Mover
TW – This Week, LW – Last Week, WC Weeks on Chart, PP in bracket – Peak Position
Sources: Sound Systems, Record Shops, Night Clubs & Radio Play
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
ROOTZ SHARE THE FRUITS @ RED BONES
Teb years in the evolution of any orgnaiztion is significant, particulalry a group like Rootz Underground in Jamaica.
In a recorded and live music soundscape mined with banalities (whether dancehall's callous profanity and materialism or the by-the-numbers wailing of some 'conscious' reggae pretenders0, the group have consistently honed and moulded their sound, proud exponents of a sort of progressive roots music that - like jazz - embraces many other musical flavours without losing its own distinctive bite.
Last Friday's show at red bones the Blues Cafe (one of their formative stomping grounds) offered an oppportunity to share that evolutionary growth with a sizeable and enthusiastic audience, who cameto hear the 'old' favourites as well as to willingly participate in the road testing of new material from their forthcoming sophomore disc, Gravity.
Furhter proof of the evolutionary quest came i nthe addiiton of the excellent young horn man tafane (on soprano and tenor) and a percusiionist whom I beleieve was introduced only as "Allan".
Added to the already rock-solid lineup, the Red Bones combo weaved some interesting textures into Rootz trademark densely layered yet joyous brand of rock-reggae, enlivening numbers like "Herb Field" (there's something to be said for a band that can make a 'weed' song appealing to a non-smoker) and "Time Is An Illusion". There were great new material from the Gravity album as well, including love song's such as "Waiting For You" Jeffrey Moss-Solomon's tribute to wife Gail.
And there was a heavy dose of the familiar - the radio hit (backed by an excellent video that somehow got slept on in the awards rush) "Hammer" which segued directly into the familiar staccato drum-and-bass figures that introduced "Victims of the System"
Rootz, which is already making a name for itself on both US coasts and will also head to Europe this summer, demonstrated emphatically that maturation does not mean stillness nor corrosion - the music and the attitude of those playing was as fresh and free of hang-ups as when they first started.
The fruits are in the Rootz, and on Friday night, they made for sweet music indeed.
In a recorded and live music soundscape mined with banalities (whether dancehall's callous profanity and materialism or the by-the-numbers wailing of some 'conscious' reggae pretenders0, the group have consistently honed and moulded their sound, proud exponents of a sort of progressive roots music that - like jazz - embraces many other musical flavours without losing its own distinctive bite.
Last Friday's show at red bones the Blues Cafe (one of their formative stomping grounds) offered an oppportunity to share that evolutionary growth with a sizeable and enthusiastic audience, who cameto hear the 'old' favourites as well as to willingly participate in the road testing of new material from their forthcoming sophomore disc, Gravity.
Furhter proof of the evolutionary quest came i nthe addiiton of the excellent young horn man tafane (on soprano and tenor) and a percusiionist whom I beleieve was introduced only as "Allan".
Added to the already rock-solid lineup, the Red Bones combo weaved some interesting textures into Rootz trademark densely layered yet joyous brand of rock-reggae, enlivening numbers like "Herb Field" (there's something to be said for a band that can make a 'weed' song appealing to a non-smoker) and "Time Is An Illusion". There were great new material from the Gravity album as well, including love song's such as "Waiting For You" Jeffrey Moss-Solomon's tribute to wife Gail.
And there was a heavy dose of the familiar - the radio hit (backed by an excellent video that somehow got slept on in the awards rush) "Hammer" which segued directly into the familiar staccato drum-and-bass figures that introduced "Victims of the System"
Rootz, which is already making a name for itself on both US coasts and will also head to Europe this summer, demonstrated emphatically that maturation does not mean stillness nor corrosion - the music and the attitude of those playing was as fresh and free of hang-ups as when they first started.
The fruits are in the Rootz, and on Friday night, they made for sweet music indeed.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Jah Cure goes "Universal" Apr 7
Roots singer Jah Cure (Siccature Allicock) will hold a release party for his next album, titled "The Universal Cure" on Apr 7 aththe C&W Golf Academy, beginning at 7:00pm
Since his release from prison last year, Cure has been busy with both recordings and performances, anda new round of shows is expected to accompany the new album.
Since his release from prison last year, Cure has been busy with both recordings and performances, anda new round of shows is expected to accompany the new album.
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