'LIONHEART PROMOTIONS SHOWCASES EEK-A-MOUSE IN VA

Published April 22, 2004

Article by Arleen Brooks   
 

On Friday, April 16, 2004,  'Lionheart' promotions in Virginia brought the Eek-a-Mouse show to town.  The show was opened by Steve of 'United Souls' who performed a few songs such as "I know",  he was also joined onstage by Ed who sang "Easy Life" and also Ericka J. Bryant who had little baby boy, Fyah, on her back.  After their performance, Jr. Kuchie from Lionheart  announced the next artist up to the stage.  British (who has appeared in a few Sean Paul videos), Cnyl, and Jett of the BIM Squad did a few short tunes for the patrons.  They were greeted with excitement and danced as the artist sung.  The crowd was also entertained by the performance of Ancient King who had Rude bwoy 'Roots' waving the flag of the Lion of Judah as he performed a few tunes for the audience.  The crowd was really hyped and Kidd Walker helped them as he call up the other members of the United Souls to play back-up for Pankhi.  

When Pankhi came on the stage the patrons cheered and yelled out as he greeted them in song.  The patrons danced up and down as he perform some of his tunes, which included, "Journey, "Refugee", "Earth day", and "Chalise Inna". Pankhi was extremely energetic and worked the crowd who responded well to him. 

He has certainly grown as an artist and the crowed called him back for an encore and he closed with "Princess of the Raindrops".  All of the tracks he performed can be found on his debut album 'Marvelous Journey' produced at Indigo International Studios.  The people had so much love for his performance, it was truly a great night for Pankhi. 

Before Eek-a-Mouse came on stage British and another dancer called two young ladies onto the stage and they showed their skills!  The young ladies: Sugar and Chell of Norfolk were delighted to be a part of the show and the crowd cheered and applauded.  

While the band changed Kidd Walker kept the crowd jumping with the latest dancehall and the best in concious reggae!

 

Now it was time for Eek-a-mouse to enter the stage and he came out strutting across the stage, the entire Norva crowd of people erupted, cheering for Eek-a-Mouse.  He danced and touched the hands of his fans as he pranced across the stage.  I'm not really sure if they understood the words he was saying but still they rocked back and forth and danced around and enjoyed the music. The ladies screamed as he sung and flashed his lizard like tongue in and out of his mouth.  

Eek-a-mouse, tall and well built, danced across the floor as if he was as light as a feather. He moved slowly with grace and ease as he performed.  The crowd had him come back for an encore and he performed until close to 2 am.  In fact he sung from the stage and all the way up the elevator.  He sung so long the crowd started to die out from the late hour of the show, but the old faithful fans stuck in there until the end.  

 

I found that Pankhi's performance was greeted by the fans with a little more excitement than Eek-a-mouse.  Regardless, the night was full and the Norva was packed with fans from the stage all the way to the back door. Once again the night was filled with live music and the lively sounds of Reggae music to be remembered by all.

Article by Arleen Brooks