Gyptian, Machel & Damian Marley leads IRAWMA Awards
The list of nominees for the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) are in and some of the biggest names in the region will be given an award come May 28th.
Last year hottest international Reggae star Gyptian, leads the list of nominees with eight nods, while Soca King Machel Montano and Reggae royalty Damian “Junior Gong” Marley came in second with 7 nominations. Reggae veterans Sly and Robbie received six nominations, while controversial Dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel gained five.
Other nominees include Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Jah Cure, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, I-Octane, JW and Blaze, Queen Ifrica, Shaggy, Roy Cape, Romain Virgo, Tarrus Riley, Third World, Pitt Bull, Gramps Morgan, Kernel Roberts, Marcia Griffiths among others.
The awards ceremony will be held at the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA), in Port of Spain.
A concert will be held on May 29th at the Queens Park Savannah also in Port Of Spain Trinidad, celebrating the nominees and winners.
President of Martin’s International Ephraim Martin, organisers of the event, said that IRAWMA goes beyond the realm of simply awarding and acknowledging Reggae/Jamaican music.
He notes that the ceremony also continues to recognise the wealth of regional (Caribbean) talent as evidenced by this year’s nominees comprising individuals and acts which represent the Caribbean, African and Latin American Diaspora.
Midnight carnival big hit in Barbados
BARBADOS’ first premium, all-inclusive midnight costume carnival was “definitely a hit”.
Hundreds of tourists and locals “partied like never before” as they participated in the event that started at the bottom of Holders Hill, St James at midnight last Friday.
Decked in Kalinago-themed moonlight costumes that coincided with the theme of the carnival, Settlers: The West Coast Experience, and designed by the award-winning and regionally acclaimed Toni Thorne, the revellers brought the West Coast alive.
The masqueraders had an enjoyable time as they danced to an electric fusion of local and international sounds. Painted faces and bodies full of mud went through the Glow Zone located in the Sandy Lane area.
And after they were finished chipping and jamming, under the moon and stars, the revellers assembled at the Folkestone Marine Park in Holetown where they greeted the light of the new dawn with Rayz: The Sunrise Arieto breakfast after-party.
Thorne, who also organized the event, told the SUNDAY SUN she was delighted with the proceedings.
“It is a heritage tourism product. The theme will change annually in the order of chronology. This year’s theme was focused on Arawaks, and they were the first settlers on the island. So next year, the theme of the carnival will be centred on the English settlers.”
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