Friday, October 22, 2010

All about Flow


If persons in Montego Bay expected a low-keyed inaugural opening of the state-of-the art Flow store over the weekend then the ultra-VIP party on Friday and then a major stage on Saturday must have been a dream.

Flow made no exception and pulled out all the stops to ensure that the presence in the second city was felt over the weekend and to cement their commitment to their investment in expanding in western Jamaica.

The lightening speed internet provider transformed the Fairview Shopping area into a den of entertainment on Friday to ensure that their specially invited guests partied in style and luxury. From the décor to the exquisite culinary delights courtesy of Ashbere guests were entertained under the allure No-Maddz band.

No-Maddz band
The unique sound and style of music by the dub poet musicians No-Maddz quickly gain traction among the guests who showed deep interest in what these musicians had to say. The members, who are also stars in the Better Mus Come Jamaican movie now in theatres, performed their hit single Rise Above Profanity which earned them some cheers for their ingenuity.

Among those who attended the VIP cocktail event were Minister of Education Andrew Holness, Tourism minister Edmund Bartlett, Water and Housing Minister Dr. Horace Chang, Member of Parliament for West Central St. James Clive Mullings , Mark Kerr-Jarrett and his wife Paula, renowned cardiologist Dr. Claudine Lewis among several other social elites in Montego Bay.

Flow’s store opening fete culminated over the weekend with a free concert performance from Lady Saw and Konshens to official stamp their presence in the second city.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Fueled on I-Octane

Fast rising reggae and dancehall entertainer I-Octane easily stole show at the Fuel Cell Energy Drink’s Honouring Dancehall Heroes fete at the Jungle in Negril over the Heroes weekend.

Every since his stellar performance at this year staging of Reggae Sumfest I-Octane has kept going, fuelled with positive music and delivering at each live performance that he attends and entertaining fans at the Jungle was not different.

The Lose A Friend musician and the new face of Digicel promotional campaign seemed to have sipped on a Fuel Cell Energy Drink before entering onstage to a entertain a capacity-filled Jungle showground as his high energy  performance continued untamed throughout his near 20- minute stint. From Mama Yu Alone to his recent hit My Life his message resonated with patrons some of who journeyed from as far as the United Kingdom to indulge in this celebration of musical excellence.

His timing onstage came after emcee Ragashanti announced that the highly anticipated performance from the ‘doctor’ Beenie Man would not materialize as he was in Africa and could not be at the stage show. However I-Octane’s performance made up for that shortcoming.

No Beenie, no problem as while not originally billed to perform at the event, international reggae star Jah Cure gave the audience a superb consolation prize package of entertainment that had patrons shouting for more after his performance.

Making his entrance on the Drop Leaf Rhythm that is shared with TOK (who was also onstage when he made his entry), Jah Cure told his fans why he was Longing For his time to perform for his fans who continues to support his musical endevours.  Though shorter than most would have liked, Cure showed his fans Unconditional Love that they will never forget.  With To Your Arms Of Love and Call on Me Jah Cure continued to show his dominance and unyielding presence in the music industry.

Dancehall group TOK was entertaining and while they had to work through a series of technical difficulties with the microphone, the group rebounded to give patrons a performance worth seeing.

Bounty Killer was his usual lyrically witty self but did mostly hits from the early and late 90s that had the crowd engaged in a sing along. Not to be outdone, his dancehall protégé Mavado was brilliant. There was not enough time for Stulla artiste to give his large catalogue of hits nonetheless Mavado did his best to keep fans enthralled with what little time he had to perform.