In The
Park & Backstage At The 6th Annual Caribbean Reggae Fest,
Miami, Fl. Nov 16th 2003
Interviews &
Pictures By Lady Cham
The day had finally arrived! Throngs of
patrons almost 40,000 strong, filed into the park from 12 noon
to around midnight (obviously the late comers had select
artists they wanted to see!)
There was much activity backstage and out in
the crowd, the majority of the artists supported each other
which was great to see and there were up and coming artists
who were plugging themselves. Security was tight and the
promoters made sure we had access to electricity and anything
else we required. Thanks again to Anchor/Minott!
Lady
Cham & Sizzla
Lance
O from Kulchashok.com and Ritchie B from Jamaica's Hot 102FM
radio station
Lady
Cham and Garfield from Simone Entertainment
Erik (VP Records New York & Sampson (VP Records
Miami)
DJ
Squeeze interviewing Lady Saw for WRTN 93.5fm
Lady
Saw's Manager Pat in the fatigue top
Interview
with Pinash who recognized me from his travels to VA, he
approached me and said I was a wicked woman for taking a
picture of a lady who borrowed my chair for 5 mins and never
returned it!
Pinash
– "Greetings to everybody out
there, I remember Lady Cham from way back when, inna di
90’s coming through VA for night after nights with nuff artist
like Luciano, Buju Banton, to name a few, big up to April the
hairdresser, ah mi sistrin dat! An Lady Cham mi meet you an
yuh family at di Cocoa T/Luciano show, big up to you husband
and daughter you was taking picture but true mi is not a
regular picture man mi nuh inna you magazine but I give thanks
mi in dey now!"
Lady Cham
– "Are you a musician? Do you tour with the artists?"
Pinash
– "I am a promoter, and a juice man, I man juice up di artist
dem before dem go pon stage"
Lady Cham
– "They actually have a juice man?"
Pinash
– "Of course! Yuh haffi have a juice man! If dem don’t get
di juice dem can’t perform with strength both physically and
mentally. I n I strengthen all artist, I nuh
specialize, I deal wid all artist, is not di money mek mi deal
wid dem but di love mi have fi reggae music to carry it to di
next level."
Lady Cham
– "And you make sure they’re doing
it right."
Pinash
– "That’s perfect! The only way we can do it in Jah sight is
to do it right, put di love out dere fi di people, good food,
good juice, good love!"
The
guilty lady with my missing chair!
Howie
from VP Records, Miami with Reggae Rhythms Debbie Allen and
Lady English
Reggae
Rhythms interviews Lady Cham from West Indian Times
Anchor/Minott
Promoter
Lady
Cham Interviews Kevin Little – Soca Artist
Kevin
Little: Thanks to all my fans all
over the world and in Virginia for supporting me, it’s been a
blessing and look out for more great music.
Lady Cham:
Where are you from Kevin
Kevin Little: I’m from St.
Vincent & Grenadines, that’s a little island in the
Caribbean. Everybody thinks I am a Jamaican, who don’t think
I am a Jamaican think I am a Bajan, who don’t think I am Bajan
think I am Trinidadian and some think I’m American but me ah
Vincentian, Caribbean born.
Lady Cham:
Do you only perform Calypso music?
Kevin
Little: I actually do Soca music,
but my music is a sort of Soca crossover, a mixture of Soca,
Reggae, R&B and a lot of different exotic sounds.
Lady Cham:
What’s the difference between Soca and Calypso?
Kevin
Little: Calypso is like reggae and
Soca is like dancehall. Calypso is the foundation, the one
that they use as the roots of the Caribbean carnival music.
Calypso is the music used to go on stage and talk about all
the issues in the community and the Soca is the dance music,
the party music, the hype up music.
Lady Cham:
Will you be traveling to Virginia soon?
Kevin
Little: I don’t know, I’ve never
been there, whoever is out there promoting, hire Kevin
Little!!
Lady Cham:
Thank you so much for talking to West Indian Times Kevin.
Interview
with Reuben from Buju’s Camp
Lady Cham:
Reuben, It’s a long time we’ve known you but we need to get
this straight. Are you Buju’s manager, personal trainer, best
friend?
Reuben:
All of the above
Lady Cham:
How long have you been working with
Buju Banton?
Reuben:
For the past 10 years we’ve been together
Lady Cham:
Buju’s latest album ‘Friends For
Life’ is really hot, is he still promoting the album or is he
in the studio working on the next project?
Reuben:
We are still promoting ‘Friends For
Life’ and we are always working on new material. We have new
material on the Axum, Penthouse and Gargamel labels so all
Buju fans can check out the new singles.
Lady Cham:
Where are you based?
Ruben:
We are international so we are based
all over but we are wherever the fans need us to be.
Brice
Ambrose is a young man based in California who is creating a
documentary for Island Records on roots reggae culture and the
Rastafarian movement. The documentary itself explains the
times and experiences of Rasta’s as well as trying to express
to the general public what it is to be Rastafarian.
Kip Rich & Elephant Man After The Show
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Coverage Of Club Hibiscus In Ft. Lauderdale
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Of Lady Cham Having Pre-Show Fun
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Of Onstage Performances
