REGGAE CELEBRATION 2016 Goes Down Well
This
past Saturday, +233 Jazz Bar & Grill proved to be the best fun-packed place
to be for the weekend’s most classic reggaetivity treat. Fairly described, it
was a great mini festival of a kind, with its multi-national audience, royal
setting, classiness, vibrancy, rocky flavour and the various very beautiful live
performances backed by the Big Hills Band, Ghana’s number one reggae band.
Ghana really found another significance of reggae music.
The
two MC’s for the night were King Lagazee and Empress Lomo, seemingly Ghana’s famous
reggaematical couple, when it comes to reggae ceremonies. They mastered the
show flawlessly, injecting into it some intermittent fun with their hilarious on-stage
dialogue. At the control was Nana Dubwise. Some of the famous faces spotted at
the event are Afro Moses, Bull Dog, King Bash, Kendrick Yehowuda Meek, Biggest Boss and
other industy greats.
Officially
on the bill were Ras Kuuku, Osagyefo,
JahWi, Red Fyah, Iwan, AJ Lyrics, Episode, Lord Qaliba, Raja Flame, K’Danso,
Root I, Fiifi Selah, Faffa, Tsidi Fari, Fred Dread, Yasmeen, Sister Nuapa, Xali Hali, Ras Boomba, Nii Lante and
also the following absentee artistes: Jupitar, Jon Germain, Hans Becks, Nana
Fynn, and Mokin, who for some unannounced reason, didn’t show up at the show.
The
bill didn’t fail, it served the audience satisfactorily with everything reggae and
made everybody’s coming worthy. All the artiste performed flawlessly and the
audience gave a honest, positive response. The dance bursts and the song-alongs
equally made a good reception. It is believed that every artiste won some new
fans into his or her fan base with their impressive performances, even as they
were well received.
That
very first second the Reggae Celebration flight started gliding on a groovy
slow jam take-off, every partisan sensed a promising night of euphoric variety.
With acoustic music as the start segment of the event, it was obvious the
audience was being prepared for a wonderful flight. Something like a cool
sneaking breeze filled the air when Sista Onuapa stepped the stage with her
spirit-filled Acoustic-Nyiabinghi feels. She opened the show with spirituality
and consciousness, and that give birth to a show devoid of slackness. Knii
Lante also hopped on the acoustic segment with a pre-set of three tunes, sort
of his warm-up treat, but that held the audience in suspense for his later long
performance. K’Danso also proved his worth with a mature performance. Ras
Boomba, Kinte, Xali Hali, Yazmeen, and Sammy Nukpese also gave the celebrants
something colourful to remember.
The
night’s feel got shot far high into a hot crazy live jam, after the acoustic
session, when Faffa, Lord Qaliber, Yasmeen, Raja Flame, Tsidi Far I and the rest
of the bill took the stage with their loud playlists that raised the tempo to a
danceable high.The bass line and the snares were dance-inducing and thus set everybody
to a groove mode. Those who wouldn’t make a whole body movement shoot their
heads or tapped their feet.
The
audience was so colourful, made up of some of the nation’s bigger heads,
tourists, entertainment pundits, art workers and a big bundle of reggae
adherents from all walks of life.
Testifying
honestly, Reggae Celebration was an epic night of totally entertaining
performances and a positive audience response, as every artiste did remarkably
well --- with their mature ability to serve a multi-national audience
flawlessly. This is evident these Ghanaian reggae artistes can competitively do
well at the international level. They are immensely versed in stage performance
knowledge and their musical skills are of a sharper cutting edge standard,
judging from their on-stage demeanor, their working compatibility with the band
men when on stage, their skillful ability to communicate with an audience to
earn a steady attention, their lyrical delivery level and their ever-burning
zeal to excel in their career. All of this proves that they have glittering
future prospects in the music industry and several rewarding crowns made of
gold await their hardworking heads.
One
very spectacular performance that sent the audience far down the memory lane of
old was the one done by Root I, when he performed his now 21 years old song,
“Sweety Sweety”. Root I, hasn’t lost his
youthfulness yet, he still has his juvenile energy and artistic gifts fresh and
competitive, though he’s recently not professionally active with his musical
career. He seldom performs, but just a night’s treat from him can sustain you
long enough til anytime he serves you another performance.
Each
artiste on the bill is seasoned, thus, it still would be hard of any one
artiste to out-excel the others, unless he or she has a unique something that
beats the common. Both our young and veteran artistes share more similarities
in every music aspect such that they all stand denominated by a single career
factor; talentedness. In the next few years, many of our artistes will have an
equal ability level, but the artistic variety and uniqueness will still
prevail, it will then cost every artiste a few extra differences to be able to
out-excel the next artiste. They are all mastering their craft with equal
skills and speed.
Another
significant moment at the show was when Knii Lante joined Iwan on stage and
consoled him to take heart. He made this consolatory statement in regards to an
incident that happened between them last year when BASS Awards took back from
Iwan the plaque they gave him and transferred it to Knii Lante, saying they
gave the award to Iwan in error.
Big
Hills Band, again maintained their public trust, with their impressive master
performance. It’s a prove Deluge Entertainment, the organizer of Reggae
Celebration, has a trustworthy band affiliation. Wherever the band is, a
successful event is assured. This is a sure trust.
Considering
their pedigree, the Big Hills Band and Deluge Entertainment have blazed a trend
that is gradually soaring Ghana reggae through several virgin heights. It’s a
great advantage working with Big Hills as an artiste, you end up well equipped for
every potential musical career spontaneity --- such that whenever you hit
unfamiliar grounds anywhere in the world, you already are a universal pro who
can instantly adjust, conform, and smartly put up a saving performance. The band helps hone an artiste’s stage
performance skills, from microphone handling through artiste-audience
communication to professional delivery.
On
the real, the best seven excellent performances of the night came from Episode,
Fiifi Selah, Raja Flame, Red Fyah, Knii Lante, Osagyefo and Faffa. They took the night to
a different new level the entire time they spent on the stage.
The
best artiste speech of the night was made by Knii Lante, when he said “….even
if there is no Heaven or Hell, let’s practise love”, regardless of our beliefs,
culture, race, ethnic grouping, and background
Fiifi
Selah closed the show and he did that excellently. Hours prior to his
performance, his body was hot with fever, and some of us were wondering whether
he could give an impressive performance, but when he gushed out from the waiting
hall rushing to the stage for the microphone, it was clear there would be a memorable
climax, judging from his boiling energy. The impression increased when he took
off his shirt mid way his set and in his pink singlet. The power in his pink singlet
sublimely did some magic, it rekindled the ladies’ interest when he burst into
the audience to interact with them with his warm handshakes. That was an act that
glorifies femininity and he lovingly did that in the right colour, pink.
We hope Reggae Celebration will be an official
annual event that will rapidly grow in worldwide popularity and eventually
become Ghana’s biggest tourist festival, attracting several nationals into the
country. This is its subtle direction, but the tourist potential is obvious.
13play.net applauds Deluge Entertainment for a successful event and wishes them
well in their devoted quest to making reggae music a mainstream attraction
in Ghana.
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Written by Regula Rebel
CEO, 13play.net.
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Written by Regula Rebel
CEO, 13play.net.
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