Pama International UK tour announced « Result #3 on Aug 3, 2009, 12:22pm »
To promote their forthcoming album Pama Intl will be touring the UK. Dates already confirmed are;
PAMA OUTERNATIONAL UK TOUR
October 2009 23 Poole Mr Kyps 24 Birmingham Sound Bar 28 Derby The Rockhouse 29 Sheffield Corporation 30 Ulverston The Roxy 31 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Novemerber 2009 01 Manchester The Deaf Institute 04 London 100 Club release party 13 Cardiff The Globe 20 Swindon 12 Bar 21 Chester Funkdub is 5@Telfords 26 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 28 Watchet The Mineral Line 29 Bristol The Thekla
December 2009 16 Norwich Arts Centre new 19 Newcastle Live Theatre
Re: Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival 2009 « Result #6 on May 19, 2009, 10:24am »
Just added to the Sunday night bill....
THE CONGOS Undoubtedly one of Jamaica's finest vocal trios made famous by their Lee Perry produced masterpiece 'Heart of the Congos' The Congos will be bringing there all star JA band for their Boss Sounds debut
This is starting to shape up brilliantly. Anyone on here going?
Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival 2009 « Result #7 on May 18, 2009, 8:52am »
Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival 2009 stars FREDDIE MCGREGOR, DERRICK MORGAN plus OWEN GRAY Friday 20 & Saturday 21 June 2009 is being held at The Cluny & The Cluny 2, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ The Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG and The World Headquarters, Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Sq, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UQ
This year's Boss Sounds Festival will be the Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival after the Jumpin' Hot Club secured a deal with the famous Jamaican brewer.
Headlining this year's festival will be Roots Legend Freddie McGregor (21st June) and Ska King Derrick Morgan in a superb double bill with Ska legend Owen Gray (20th June). For this years festival the organisers are taking over the whole of the Cluny building with the main venue and Cluny 2 being called into action.
Freddie ranks alongside Bob Marley as one of the biggest reggae singers Jamaica has ever produced. Famous for his smash number One hit, "I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" he is loved by pop fans and reggae enthusiasts alike. A graduate of the famous Studio One, Freddie entered the reggae world at the age of seven singing vocals with ska duo, The Claredonians. He went on the develop a reputation as one of the most vocally gifted singers in reggae, able to turn his hand to lovers or roots material with equal potency as demonstrated on massive hits like, "Big Ship" and "Jogging".
The King of Ska, Derrick Morgan's career dates back to the birth of the Jamaican record industry. He is famous for his Jamaican Independence anthem, "Forward March" and recorded extensively for Prince Buster. He later fell out with the great Prince and recorded, "Blazing Fire" which was featured on the Soundtrack to The Who film, Quadraphenia. A hero of the fledging skinhead movement he recorded the original "Moonhop" later covered by the Specials and adapted by Symarip as the Skinhead Moonstomp. A must for all fans of Ska music.
This year's festival will also feature for the first time outside Jamaica, "The Reggae Film Festival" which will see some of the greatest reggae films ever made screened at the Tyneside Cinema. Highlights include "Heartland Reggae" which documented Bob Marley's One Love concert and "Rico, the Legacy" which captures the trombone players life, tracking his time with The Specials and Bob Marley.
Other festival highlights include Ska'd for Life DJs and great bands, Diddley Squat and the Emporers Dentist plus as ever a tremendous After-show party at World Headquarters.
The Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival 20th-21st June, Freddie McGregor, Derrick Morgan, Owen Gray, MC Ishu and many more, Cluny and Cluny 2, Tyneside Cinema and World Headquarters
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A posthumous award for Hortense Ellis « Result #8 on Apr 26, 2009, 11:47pm »
I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by the Joe Higgs Music Awards committee advising me that the late Hortense Ellis has been elected to receive a Special Honor award at the 3rd annual Joe Higgs Music Awards ceremony on June 13 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Hortense in Orange Street, Kingston in 1977 (picture supplied by a friend on the Pama Forum)