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| THE GOSSIP David Rudder is working on a musical based on his song: The Brand New Lucky Diamond Horseshoe Club. Read the February newsletter for our full interview with the musical messiah. Accomplised playwright Tony Hall is working on the project which will launch in Trinidad during carnival 2005. Tony Hall is also working with Machel Montano on the movie Riddim Riders and has received much acclaim for his play Jean And Dinah, based on Sparrow's 1956 Road March tune. Listen to DJ Slic of the BBCUK1xtra show interview Christine Johnson and Susan Abraham, two actresses playing Jean and Dinah. Muchas gracias to Crispin and Slic for a copy of the interview. Tune into their radio show every Monday morning British time from 1-3 am.
Tempted to Touch, written by Rupert Clark aka RUPEE and co-produced by Darron Grant. Will this be the soca song to make Billboard? Rupee, like Kevin Lyttle has just signed a contract with Atlatic Records. We wish him the best. Machel Montano signed with Atlantic in 2001, but walked away after he felt that none of the producers were really trying to do any soca music or do anything for soca. Let's hope Atlantic does not make the same mistake again. Already Kevin Lyttle's re-released song Turn Me On is topping the British charts. |
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| WHAT's NEW on JOUVAY.COM
Mini Interview With Luciano by Maya Trotz for Jouvay.com (August, 2003)
Jouvay.com: Thank you so much, that was an amazing show. Luciano: Thank you very much. Empress Maya? Jah Bless. J: It was lovely to see you have Empress Rashaun who sang with you. I know you have spoken before of women not.. L: We need the female tradition yuh know because man alone cannot do it. When you educate one man you educate a man, but when you educate a woman you educate a nation. So give thanks and praises to all of the empresses and lioness who keep strong in the Gideon. J: When did Dean Fraser join back with you? L: At the end of last year. We realized that we could not work without each other’s energy. I think Mr. Fraser and myself, we really were sent on this mission. And the great energy that we have there is no way we can be apart so Jah has brought us back to fulfill the mission and I am very grateful. It’s a great honor and pleasure to be working with Mr. Dean Fraser. Very few artists have this privilege. I give thanks that Jah has afforded me this opportunity. J: It was definitely a blessing to see you together tonight. You grew up in an Adventist home, how did you grow into Rastafarianism? L: My growth into the Rastafarian tradition is as a result of my search for the truth because while I was in the church I was still searching. I realized that the missing elements were the roots. It’s all good when you can hear about going to heaven or going to Zion or going to a place where the streets are gold and walking and sitting on the walls of jasper drinking milk and honey and living in a place where there is no war, but at the same time we need to know where we are coming from. Here we are some Africans who found ourselves in Jamaica, a Caribbean island now depending on what they been teaching us. As a result of reaching out back to my roots I grab hold of Rastafari because I see as I turn to Africa there is one emperor and king for all of us. King of King and Lord of Lords, His Emperor Haile Selassie I crowned in Ethiopia in 1930. And from that acknowledgement I turn to Rastafari. So as a result of reaching back to my roots I grab hold of Rastafari. King of Kings so I and I give honors and respect. And from that acknowledgement I just keep moving towards Rastafari. When I realized that he embraces the Christian faith and he himself built over 6,000 churches. As it was written in revelations. Jouvay.com: And you use your music to spread the word of the Rastafarian? L: Music is definitely our arc of the covenant that we use to educate and unite humanity. J: How did Baba Maal and you get together? Luciano: We got together through island records. He’s an artist with island records. At one time there was an album deal that we had and as a result we had a great combination, Africa Unite. Luciano performed with Mikey General at SLIM's. Thanks to John Bent for arranging the interview. We promised to go to Jamaica for an extensive interview...soon come. |
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2003
was a busy, challenging, and exciting year for us at jouvay.com
in all aspects of our lives and business. We:
We've
added a 
With
over 4 million people on a tropical island not twice the size
of Barbados, Singapore is a handful with enough rules for everyone.
Warning signs that drug dealers face the death penalty greet you
at the airport (any marijuana found in your blood stream results
in a few lashes and a year in prison). The well laid out city
is efficient, clean, safe and adorned with lush vegetation. On
very rare occasions people spit in the open and though "regular"
chewing gum is illegal "sugar free" gum that improves
dental health (Orbit and Orbit White, both made by Chicago-based
Wrigley) will soon be sold in pharmacies. With the foreign media
hype on Singaporean canings and McDonald's sponsored TV competitions
like "Singapore's Brainiest Child" during prime time,
one might not expect Singapore to have a most happening night
life seven days a week, or even a local reggae band sporting long
locks and singing the words of Bob Marley. More surprising might
be a drive through the crowded streets of Geylang Way where red
lanterns over doorways indicate the location of a legal sex worker
(usually requested to get tested regularly, provide a health certificate
for her customers, and only allowed to work during set hours),
or hearing Kevin Lyttle's newly released soca song featuring Spragga
Benz "Turn Me On" on the local radio, or seeing Bollywood's
leading star Shahrukh Khan live. 
With rising rates of HIV infection and increasing mortality from
AIDS in the Caribbean, forecasts for a healthy population look bleak
unless something is done immediately and effectively. Believing
that Caribbean entertainers have the power to move crowds, Maya
has become pre-occupied with a project that will systematically
incorporate the entertainers to fight the disease (concert tour,
CD, Public Service Announcements, Outreach Programs). The project
is a campaign to protect people from not acquiring HIV/AIDS, and
ensure that those already infected remain healthy, active and contributing
members of society with access to drugs that will save their lives.
Surveys were sent to local and international organizations working
in the Caribbean as well as entertainers and promoters to gauge
what issues should be addressed in Public Service Announcements
and who in each island would be most effective (artists, script
writers, promoters etc.). As the project details get ironed out
and funding sources are tapped, much is being done to build the
site phiva.net. On Boxing day Bevan Springer of WLIB invited her
to speak on the project; in December Rory Dunn was asked to interview
Karen (strongblackprincess on islandmix.com), a Tobagonian woman,
mother and advocate who has been living with HIV for over five years
now; over the holidays Maya met with Janice Dayle, a Jamaican woman,
mother and grandmother who is on the board of directors of the Global
Network of People Living With HIV and AIDS to discuss the project.
Many people have critisized the entertainers for gay bashing (particularly
in the case of the dancehall selectors), and encouraging "slack"
behavior (particularly the soca singers). It is excatly because
of this power that the entertainers have that they must be incorporated
into fighting the disease and the stigma associated with the disease.
Check out 
Recharting the Ruin: The Pointer Men. Video interviews with painters/artists
leRoy Clarke of Trinidad and Tobago, Philip Moore of Guyana and
Soekl Iordolkrono of Suriname. $20. Email errolbrewster@hotmail.com
for ordering. 100 minutes of Carifesta also avaliable. Carifesta
(Caribbean Festival of Arts) was held in Suriname in 2003. 
