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World Music Promotions Presents World Music Caribbean Forum I 2015 New York, New York Professional Development World Music Management 101 Tailored for Caribbean Artists IIDEA Group LLC 347 West 36th Street, Suite 605 New York, NY 10018 Saturday April 18, 2015 TIME: 3PM-5PM Registration Deadline April 10, 2015 http://www.wmcfnyc.org/registration-form.html “Women doing it for themselves” Panelist: Alice Backer, Social Media Professional, Lawyer, Curator of La Caye Musically Thursday & Moderator of this forum; Shirley Menard, Entertainment Lawyer, Label Manager of Jatta Records & Artist Manager; S. Madison Bedard, Branding & MarketingRead More

STEELPAN MOVIE, PANOMUNDO, WORLD PREMIERE DATE ANNOUNCED: Friday, 17th October UK/USA Award-winning filmmakers Keith Musaman Morton and Charysse Tia Harper will host the World Premiere of their documentary, Panomundo, on Friday, 17th October 2014, at 7:30PM at YAA Centre in west London. The film depicts the history of the steelpan and its global influence. “This is an exciting moment for us, because audiences will be able to understand the impact the steelpan has made around the world!” exclaimed Morton. Over the course of three years, the duo travelled to sevenRead More

Erik, Michael Sterling, Ian Lewis, Skatta, Touter, & Lancelot. It was a great visit to the school, some 1.000 kids were there and loving it! The charity is called “Light For The World” and they work with blind and deaf children around the world, but their work is threatened by budget cuts to development funding in Europe, including their work on Papua. So we came to interact with the kids, give some inspiration to the kids, and help the charity with publicity. This school (“Wardstrip School”) had 3 deaf studentsRead More

It will feature top Soca acts like Olatunji, Flipo, MX Prime, 3 Suns, and Gail Ann. Also playing will be premium DJs like Joy Juice, Taurus Movement, and LBee. There will be fun prizes, sponsor giveaways, a water-truck soak-down climax, and even a 3-minute-a-match, 7-a-side mini-World-Cup-tournament in the middle of the fete! It is the inventive LION WORLD CUP JOUVAY PARTY to be staged at the picturesque Samaan Park picnic spot in Macqueripe in Chaguaramas. During Jouvay hours from 2am- 10am hundreds will converge on a venue recreated with aRead More

This week, reggae star Damian “Jr Gong” Marley scores another Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold certified hit for his Skrillex collab “Make It Bun Dem.” This is the first time Damian has reached this status since his ‘Welcome To Jamrock’ album in 2006. The album’s title track also sold over 500,000 units in 2005. Skrillex reached out to Damian to be on the track and the rest is history. When released in 2012, “Make It Bun Dem” saturated all blogs, clubs and airwaves worldwide. To date, the videoRead More

After nearly 15 years, the soulful reggae crooner Terry Linen returns with his new studio album, entitled Welcome To My World. His sophomore effort, which will be released February 11, 2014 on VP Records, follows his acclaimed self-titled debut. In 1999, the talented Jamaican vocalist emerged in the reggae scene. His influence and similarity to lover’s rock icon Garnett Silk was evident, hence the name “Linen,” and he swept the world by storm with his massive cover anthem of Whitney Houston’s “Your Love Is My Love.” His comeback is aRead More

As Orisha Sound (aka Boss Lady) continues to compile tracks for her upcoming, Reggae/Dancehall album, she called on the king of the dancehall, Beenie Man, to collaborate with her on a record. The two worked on a very powerful song entitled “world war three” which was produced by Shel K of Springwata Productions. The song was remixed twice, one mix aimed at the North American market, was done by Josh Stevens who has done work for established acts such as Sean Kingston, Robin Thick and Kanye West. And the EuropeanRead More

The four staging of the Full Black party and stage show series is set to unfold on Sunday October 20 at the new Mas Camp. The event is being promoted by World Beat Promotions. The promoters have enlisted a cast of heavyweights including Bounty Killer, I Octane, Sizzla, Lady Saw, Elephant Man, Jah Bouks, Macka Diamond, QQ and newcomers Gage, Venjance and Kconeil to keep patrons entertained all night. According to a spokesperson for the event ‘We have been putting on this event since 2010 and it has grown tremendously’.Read More

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Sandals Resorts International, Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines were among the top tourism industry stakeholders to emerge victorious from the World Travel Awards Caribbean & North American Gala Ceremony yesterday evening. The event was hosted by the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority and Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa and welcomed guests from across the region. Joining guests of honour were Antigua & Barbuda Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack and Prime Minister Dr. Hon Baldwin Spencer and at the event were government ministers, chairmen, andRead More

NEW YORK, USA – Dancehall’s leading RDX has released another viral video for their latest controversial single ‘Free Worl Boss’. RDX who clearly stated that the life story thus far of the neo king is one of a ‘rags to riches’ story, which themselves amongst many other Jamaican can relate to. Renegade of RDX states “lt needs to be established that this is not us seeking nuh hype off kartel, we dun hype already before. This is us standing up for a fellow artiste and ghetto representative plus reflecting whatRead More