The Tobago Jazz Experience returns in April 2023 after a three-year hiatus.
The event spans from April 20 to 23 and will feature top-tier local and international performers.The talent line-up for this year already features Grammy Award winners Boyz II Men and Koffee, as well as Everton Blender, Richie Spice, Theron Shaw, Tony Paul, and Vaughnette Bigford, with even more to be added to the cast of performers.On an island where there is so much to do and even more to see, it’s no wonder that one of the most incredible music experiences takes place annually.
The event will once again transport festival lovers in more ways than one; to various parts of the island. Giving you an experience like no other.Source: https://tobagofestivalscommission.com/tobago-jazz.../
Everton Blender's "Ghetto People Song" Sampled On @FrenchMontana's "Montega" Album!
Everton Blender’s “Ghetto People Song” Sampled On @FrenchMontana’s “Montega” Album!
On Friday June 24, New York Rapper French Montana released his new album, “Montega“. The 12 track project would further solidify French’s place in Hip Hop, and he brought along new hits and collaborations. While fans would be excited about the new project, a familiar sound was heard on “Higher“, the 6th track on the album.
On the opening of “Higher”, Everton Blender’s 1994 single, “Ghetto People…
Birthday Musician Finley Quaye, born 25th March 1974, Edinburgh.
Quaye comes from a musical background with Ghanaian lineage - his father was the jazz singer/pianist Cab Kaye, while his brother Caleb Quaye played guitar for Hookfoot and Elton John in the 70s, followed by a stint with Hall And Oates in the 80s. Quaye was raised in Manchester and on leaving school he returned to Edinburgh, where he worked as a paint sprayer, and often drove to Newcastle to attend gigs by artists such as 808 State and Soft Cell.
Moving back to Manchester, he embarked on a BTEC course in music and sound engineering, but did not complete his tuition. He briefly relocated to London where he joined the Donga Tribe and practised drumming. His aspirations towards a singing career began when he returned to Manchester, where he voiced a track for A Guy Called Gerald in one take. Shortly after the session, he returned to Edinburgh, where he unexpectedly heard the track on the radio, and subsequently began listening to dub music. His initial inspiration came from an unorthodox source, the New York-based avant-gardist John Zorn’s ‘Black Hole Dub’, although he was later inspired by more conventional performers.
Quaye recorded his first solo outing on a four-track tape, singing and playing drums, bass and guitar. In March 1997, he released the Ultra Stimulation EP, which demonstrated his diverse influences, including Charles Mingus, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley. He also embarked on the live circuit, debuting at Bristol’s Malcolm X centre, where he supported Luciano.
In June, he released ‘Sunday Shining’, which gave a nod to Bob Marley’s ‘Sun Is Shining’, as well as other reggae hits including Dennis Brown’s ‘Money In My Pocket’. The song, delivered in a style similar to that of a young Burning Spear, became his first UK chart hit and Quaye’s unique approach was much lauded by the critics. The promotional wheels were set in motion with appearances at the major summer festivals, including the Essential Roots Day alongside Everton Blender, Cocoa Tea and Anthony B. in Finsbury Park, London, and the release of his debut album. Further chart success followed with the singles ‘Even After All’, ‘It’s Great When We’re Together’, and ‘Your Love Gets Sweeter’, and he was voted Best Male Singer at the 1998 BRIT Awards.
I wish I could say Leither, Quaye had gone from strength to strength, but he has had a troubled life since then, appearing in several courts on various charges after unsavoury incidents, one was over an argument over Game Of Thrones. He was once booed off stage halfway through a performance at a Madness festival in 1998, billed as a pre World Cup bash, Finley endeared himself to the English partisan audience by making derisory statements concerning the England football squad’s likely performance in the competition, just normal Scottish banter, but the English didn’t see it that way!
In 2015 he played a gig in Gloucester, not turning up for the soundcheck, eventually the gig began at 9pm and Quaye started playing with his back to the audience, the gig promoter appeared and ended it, kicking him off stage telling the audience he had never seen a man act so unprofessionally and telling them he would refund their money. In 2019 he was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack.
He was convicted of of criminal damage after he admitted throwing sign through a bus door during a row over a fare that happened in 2020.
He is back was back on stage a couple of years ago, as he celebrates the 25th Anniversary of his double-platinum debut album Maverick A Strike at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms on Wednesday 1st June and Glasgow’s Oran Mor on Thursday 2nd June 2022, he is also playing The Garage, London on May 27th.
I've not found a lot oof Finley lately, I hope he is well, I guess he does struggle with his mental health, like I do and\many more of us.
Saturday Afternoon Reggae Show
DJ LeBaron Lord King October 22, 2022
[email protected] kpoo.com
4:00 PM King Kong - Morning
4:04 PM Everton Blender - Blend Dem
4:07 PM The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror
4:10 PM Mighty Diamonds - Pass the Kouchie
4:14 PM Samory I - I Roots
4:17 PM Booba Starr - Legal
4:20 PM Monkey Marc - No Surrender
4:24 PM Horace Andy - Rock To Sleep
4:29 PM Jah Cure - Marijuana
4:33 PM Jah Mason - Prove
4:37 PM Protoje - Late at Night
4:41 PM Burning Spear - Hail H.I.M.
4:44 PM Third World - Now That We Found Love
4:49 PM Steel Pulse - Roller Skates
4:54 PM Skip Marley - Call Me Human
4:58 PM Koffee - Raggamuffin
5:01 PM Capleton - In the Game
5:05 PM Spiritual - Time Has Come
5:08 PM Snoop Lion - Smoke The Weed
5:13 PM Peter Tosh - Stop That Train (Acoustic)
5:16 PM Damien Marley - Life Is a Circle
5:22 PM Anthony B - Champion Sound
5:25 PM Cedric Myton - Rat Trap
5:29 PM Dezarie - Not One Penny
5:33 PM Shaggy - Like Never Before
5:38 PM Black Uhuru, Nicodemus & Scorcher - Bad Girl
5:43 PM The Wailers - Roots
5:47 PM Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)
5:54 PM The Fugees - No Woman, No Cry
5:58 PM Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
6:02 PM Damian Marley - Medication
6:10 PM Meta And The Cornerstones - Mind Your Business
6:16 PM Bushman - Steam
6:19 PM Queen Omega - Horror Movie
6:24 PM The Meditations/Ranking Joe - Rasta Faith Strong
6:28 PM Jah Myhrakle - Eyc On Fyah
6:32 PM Rafeelya - The Early Warm
6:35 PM Unlimited Culture - Bayerman Style
6:38 PM Protoje - Incient Stepping
6:41 PM Luciano - I Wish I Was There
6:45 PM Lutan Fyah - Mr. Two Face
6:49 PM Micah Shemaiah - Natural Man
6:52 PM Kosher/Sleepy Time Ghost - Thanks & Praise
6:55 PM Kristine Alicia - I & I
SINGLES:
CREATION REBEL- VERSION
KVON DUBPLATE
BIG SIMON FT. LUCIANO- UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
RAYMOND WRIGHT- REGGAE FUN
RSNY- SHE JUST WANNA
MILTON BLAKE FT. JR. BLESSINGTON- MAKE A MOVE
SOPHIA BROWN- STRONGER
CHADDYCUB FT. AARON FRESH- SIDE
DAMON WILLIAMS- LAST WAR
INNA VISION FT. BENGALI ARCANGEL- TROUBLES BEHIND
CAPLETON & FFURIOUS- MY TIME
RANDY VALENTINE- REAL LIKE THAT
RIDDIMS:
STIIL GO A DANCE RIDDIM
NO BAPTISM RIDDIM
POLICE AND HELICOPTER RIDDIM
LOVE WINS RIDDIM
DANCEHALL RIDDIM:
STYLO G- NEW NEW
STYLO G- SNAP
TEAM DIFFERENT- POP OFF
WENDI- TELL HER COME
TRANSPOTATION RIDDIM
MISS LANNA RIDDIM
COME BACK RIDDIM
PATEXX FT SHA SHA- TEL AVIV
REGGAE / ONE DROP:
BIG SIMON FT. EVERTON BLENDER- JAH LOVE
MUTABARUKA- I AM
DA FUCHAMAN- I FEEL GOOD
BUNNY LYE LYE- ATTENTION
LUCIANO- HE WERE GO AGAIN
JUBBA WHITE X FRASSMAN BRILLIANT- RISE AND SHINE
DENNIS BROWN- DON'T WANT TO BE A GENERAL DUB
EXCO LEVI & IBA MAHR- SWEET MAMA AFRICA
FREDDIE MCGREGOR- RASTAMAN CAMP
BARRY BROWN- ENTER THE KINGDOM OF ZION
PRINCE FAR I- HEAVY MANNERS
DILLINGER- FRESHLY
RANKING DREAD & CORNELL CAMPBELL- BANDULU
DEDICATION TO FLABBA HOLT NO. 1
“Lift your head and hold it up high.
We know that we will win the prize”. – Everton Blender!
Photo credit: eBay
The days are running so fast – to where? We shall find out.
The weeks are almost running out for 2023.
The year is left with about 7 weeks to fully end!
That doesn’t mean that we have lost out on the prize life is offering to us.
Photo credit: NBC Chicago
Let us keep fighting;…
Everton Blender - Slavery Ship. This new single is a social commentary, which is taken from the artist's upcoming new album.
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Reggae/R&Bユニット"Westland"のメンバーとしてアルバムを2枚リリース。2009、2010年とジャパンツアー成功させた。
その他共演したアーティスト:
Anthony B, Fantan Mojah, Everton Blender, Mr. Perfect, The Skatalites, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Junior Toots, Mystic Bowie(Tom Tom Club), Chris Frantz & Tina Waymouth(Talking Heads, TomTom Club), Toussaint the Liberator(Soulive)
I will be in Jamaica on this day otherwise I would surely be at this event...BOTH Glen Washington and Everton Blender!!! You ain't said nothing but a word!!! 🤭😘❤🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🎶🎶🎶 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgzmxWsuljp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
This week’s episode is inspired by two recent performances locally by artists of which we are huge fans. Unfortunately we only got to see one of them! But both the Roots and Steel Pulse are included in this week’s show, along with a whole mess of other roots and dancehall reggae, which just sounded right to our ears on a sticky summer evening, we hope you agree. Here are the deets...
Side A
Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams
Stepping Out-Steel Pulse
A Who Responsible-Steel Pulse
Cry Cry Blood-Steel Pulse
Blood a Run-Yami Bolo
Create a Sound-Everton Blender
Right Yo Dub-Lee Scratch Perry
To Plant-Breeze
Side B
Check it Out-Marcia Griffiths featuring Tony Rebel, Buju Banton & Cutty Ranks
Roadblock-Beres Hammond
Great Train Robbery-Black Uhuru
Iggy, Iggy-Augustus Pablo and Herman
Songs My Mother Used to Sing-Dennis Brown
Extra Classic-Gregory Isaacs
Who Tells Your Story-The Roots featuring Common and Ingrid Michaelson
The Other Side-The Roots featuring Bilal Oliver and Greg Porn
Saturday Afternoon Reggae Show
DJ LeBaron Lord King July 23, 2022
[email protected] Kpoo.com
4:00 PM The Wailers - Them Belly Full
4:03 PM Everton Blender - Blend Dem
4:06 PM Jah Lightin Mountain - Them Afi Surprised
4:10 PM Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom
4:14 PM Popcaan - Silence
4:17 PM Yaadcore - Ghetto Youths
4:21 PM Kristine Alicia - I & I
4:27 PM Kabaka Pyramid & Damian Marley - Red Gold & Green
4:30 PM Sizzla - Your Culture
4:33 PM Cloud Tissa - Mr. And Mrs. Brown
4:37 PM Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread and Alive
4:42 PM ILah Medz - Bunn de Beast
4:45 PM Eek-A-Mouse - African Children
4:47 PM VADIE - Nuh Come Around
4:52 PM Yabby U - Jah Over I
4:55 PM Ranking Joe - The Loving Feeling
4:58 PM Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me
5:07 PM Projete - Weed & Ting
5:08 PM Capelton - In the Game
5:08 PM The Scientist - Steppers
5:13 PM Baba Ras - Real Vegetarian
5:16 PM Puppa Lëk Sèn - Fire is Burning
5:19 PM Snoop Lion - Smoke the Weed
5:23 PM Luciano - Here We Go Again
5:26 PM Lee Fry Music - Di General
5:30 PM Anthony B - Raggamuffin
5:35 PM Skip Marley - That's Not True
5:38 PM Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
5:42 PM Toots & The Maytals - Do You Remember
5:46 PM Roy Richards - Dead and Wake
5:48 PM Omar Perry - No Pam Pam
5:53 PM Chester Miller - Come Over This Way
5:57 PM Garnet Silk - Every Knee Shall Bow
6:00 PM Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
6:04 PM Dezarie - Not One Penny
6:07 PM Shaggy - Mad Mad World
6:11 PM Matisyahu - Step Out Into The Light
6:19 PM Burning Spear - Walking in Dub
6:22 PM Chronixx - Dela Move
6:26 PM Biblical - Inna d Ites
6:31 PM King MAS - Age of Knowledge
6:35 PM Black Uhuru - Shine Eye Gal
6:40 PM Barrington Levy - Dancehall Rock
6:44 PM Burning Spear - Calling Rastafari
6:48 PM Yellowman - Soldier Take Over
6:52 PM Steel Pulse - Steppin' Out
6:56 PM Burning Spear - Jah Is Real
(Motif-Radio) Reggae Pon Top # 20 2022 Tracklisting:
INGLES:
DEAN FRASER & ERNIE RANGLIN- MI NUH KNO
VIVIAN JONES MEDINA DUBPLATE
TALEBA WAX- SKY BLUE
META & CORNERSTONES
LOUIE CULTURE- ROUGH TIMES
SANCHEZ- GOODNESS OF GOD
RICHIE SPICE & DRE ISLAND- HIGH GRADE SMOKE
MICHAEL GORDON- LOVE HEMISPHERE
TONY CURTIS- AFRICA
MIKEY SPICE- RISE & SHINE
LION D & BUSY SIGNAL & BIZZARRI- FIGHT TO WIN
KENYA MORRIS- MOMMA DON'T CRY
ZION HEAD- NAH GET MI SELF IN TROUBLE
RIDDIMS:
MONEY IN MY POCKET RIDDIM
VIRTUOUS RIDDIM
ISOLATE RIDDIM
NEVER GIVE UP RIDDIM
WORRY RIDDIM
DANCEHALL RIDDIM:
NATION BOSS- SEARCHING
MIKEY DANGEROUS- GIANT
CHARLY BLACK & IT'S DIA- SUNDAY TO SUNDAY
JAHVILLANI- MONEY, POWER, RESPECT
SQUASH- DON DADA
RICHIE LOOP & JOLI ROUGE- WAKA
BUCKY JO- TURNED UP
DING DONG- BOUNCE
SERANI & OXLADE- SLOWLY
E-DEE- VICTORIOUS
STYLO- G- LIKE
SILVERDON- BYE, BYE, BYE
MISS LANA RIDDIM
TRANSPORTATION RIDDIM
ONE DROP/ROOTS REGGAE:
ZION HEAD- JAH WATCHING
ADMIRAL TIBET- PERMISSION
JAHMALI- RETRIBUTION
CARLENE DAVIS- JAH SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS
LUCIANO- NO WAR
BIG SIMON FT. EVERTON BLENDER- JAH LOVE
CLUTCHEYE- JAH RULE
CLUTCHEYE- CONNIVING
LINVAL THONPSON- WHAT'S GOING ON
EARL 16- ISRAEL
BUNNY LYE LYE- PUT YOUR TRUST IN JAH
EMETERIANS- RIVER FLOW
EARL 16 MEDINA DUBPLATE
Everton Blender: From Then Till Now (The Interview)
#Interview | Everton Blender: From Then Till Now | In the Entertainment Report Podcast, the singer tells about his career and more! #entertainmentreportpodcast #evertonblender #reggaeinterview #reggaelegend #jamaica
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