Details below…check out the interview after the jump…
Suite903’s worldly reach has zoned in on Haiti with an interview with Rosemond Jolissant. A past winner of Digicel Stars (the American Idol of Haiti), he is one of the most promising artists coming out of the country. We sat around, chatted (in CREOLE no less), and then he played some music for us. Besides getting over his shock of flying to New York in the middle of snowicane, from a country where the average temperature is 85 everyday, he was pretty chill and super sweet. He was on a trip to raise funds for the organization that he works with, SOIL, a cause now spotlighted in the media due to the devastating earthquake, which he experienced. We were glad to have him come by and cheer up the office on a dreary Friday evening in the midst of his hectic schedule. Don’t get it twisted though, this kid is the one of the most laid back people we’ve ever met. You’d never guess he’s flying all over the world, recording albums with international musicians, raising funds for his country and still going to high school…
Supreme releases a video interview with Lee Scratch Perry, Jamaica’s Musical Shaman. The interview gives us an overall brief history into the life of Lee Perry, one of the most important creative, artistic and musical figures to emerge from Jamaica in the latter half of the 20th Century. Along with his musical achievements, he has also directly influenced numerous important figures active in other genres, including everyone from Paul McCartney and Brian Eno to the Clash, the Beastie Boys and Jay-Z. For Supreme’s 2010 Spring Collection, they collaborate with Lee Perry on two t-shirt designs featuring his written word and original artwork
Vice Magazine recently published a great interview with the director of the classic Jamaican film Rockers, where he speaks on his life during and after the making of the film. Check out the quote from the interview below, on what became of most of the film’s stars…
“Most of them are dead. Half were murdered. Dirty Harry, for instance, was killed in New York. He went to jail for two years, probably for drugs or a fight. I’m not sure, I didn’t ask. Six months after he got out of jail someone killed him. The same with Natty Garfield.”
New reggae/dancehall blog Soundclash kicked off their new blog in a big way: by sitting down with Gee-Fus of The Immortal Stone Love. Check out the details below…
…The flat-out best way to listen to Jamaican music is outside, late at night, and earth-shakingly loud—and the perfect formula for this experience is Stone Love. A soundsystem, a label, and a studio, they’re set for worldwide domination. They aren’t called the “Immortal Stone Love” for nothing. The Mirror spoke to one of Stone Love’s 30-plus staff and star selector, Gee-Fus, from the home base in Kingston, Jamaica….
Homeboy Sandman has an upcoming show at Santos Party House this Saturday. So I thought I would add a little bit of a prequel to it with an interview clip where he breaks down the meaning of his name and why he choose to be an MC. Oh, and as an added teaser I also decided to pack this post with a little promo freestyle from some of the artists in Saturday’s show. Enjoy.
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I meant to get this post out earlier but somehow it got lost among all the things I was doing. In any case, Dahved Levy recently interviewed Vybz Kartel on his radio show. He is what the interview produced Gaza v Gully….
Jaicko is an up and coming artist from Barbados who mixes Caribbean influences with R&B. Riri, has definitely opened the door for more Bajans, so I’m sure that this will not be the last you hear of him.
Check out a little performance by the kid after the jump…
