Jolly Boys rock the Secret garden Party last weekend
Jolly Boys kicked off their European tour at the Secret garden Party last Saturday. They rocked the crowd, got encores, frolicked with their new fans. Watch this fun clip. also check out www.facebook.com/jollyboys and become a fan, visit the website at www.jollyboysmusic.com
The Jolly Boys rehearsing Rehab and Blue Monday
Jolly Boys rehearsing “Blue Monday” by New Order and “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse in Rehearsals on Sat, July 3, 2010. Footage taken by Sarfraz Manzoor, journalist from the UK.
Jolly Boys doing Rehab LIVE @ Redbones…
Yowwwwww mento a get forward. Mad thing, was just enjoying the show. This is the Jolly Boys doing rehab at the redbones. It was a lovely night.
The making of “I know by I.eye”
Check out this other song that I produced for I.Eye, called ‘I Know’. The video shows her doing her video shoot for her upcoming video. I.eYe -The making of- “I know” from Tony Fisher on Vimeo.
Alicia Keys – Unthinkable I’m Ready (LIVE on GMA) – i love this song
Alicia Keys On Good Morning America June 25 2010 Alicia Keys was on Good Morning America Friday June 25th to promote her album “The Element Of Freedom” which features collaborations with Beyonce and Drake PLUS part two of her and Jay-Z’s hit song “Empire State Of Mind”! She was interviewed and performed her new single [...]
The Jolly Boys – Iron Bar – Free Download
MENTO was the music of the Jamaican dancehalls before ska, rocksteady and reggae came along. A people’s music typically played in the countryside on acoustic–sometimes homemade–instruments, it dates to the late 19th century. Its lyrics generally dealt with rude or slack topics, or addressed the social issues of the day. Although often confused with calypso (largely [...]
Jolly Boys @ Redbones Cafe//July 3, 2010
On Saturday July 3, Geejam Productions will heat up the summer at Redbones Café in Kingston with Geejam Nights, a one-night-only concert event and party showcasing the Jolly Boys featuring Albert Minott and their new, modern take on mento, Jamaica’s first-time dance music. First set begins at 8:00pm with a performance of the kind classic [...]
Rehab – The Jolly Boys
Music video by the Jolly Boys performing Rehab. From their forthcoming album Great Expectation, (C) 2010 Geejam Recordings. For more information, please visit www.jollyboysmusic.com.
Take you home – Melloquence
This is a new song by Melloquence, Mad ting!!!! produced by: Redbull on Big Already Entertainment Label
Old Jamaican Ginger Beer/Great balls of Fire
I did this tune @ Geejam for the Jolly Boys project and it was featured for the Old Jamaican Ginger Beer advertisement. Nice tune. Check it out.
THE JOLLY BOYS:Half a Century of Mento Madness
Taken from www.jollyboysmusic.com Written and researched by Dr. Daniel Neely, Pls. check out www.jollyboysmusic.com and become a fan on facebook @ facebook.com/jollyboys In winter of 1946, Errol Flynn purchased Navy Island for the princely sum of US$80,000. For the next decade that small swath of land, not even 100 yards from the beaches of Port [...]
Hour Glass by Nordia Witter (Tribute to Oneil Edwards of Voicemail)
This is a song I produced at Geejam Studios for Forward Recordings. The singer is Nordia Witter, check her out at www.myspace.com/nordiawitter Also we are dedicating this song to to the family and friends of Oneil Edwards. RIP Oneil, you a one of the good yute dem. Also I want to also dedicate the song [...]
Video director defends gangster plot (Drake “Find your love”)
Krista Henry, Gleaner Staff Reporter Anthony Mandler, the director of American rapper Drake’s Find Your Love video, which was shot in Jamaica in April and features singjay Mavado as the ‘villain’ of the plot, has come out in response to Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett’s comments last week, warning local acts to be careful in [...]
Pioneering studio engineer Sid Bucknor dies in England
The Jamaican music industry has lost another pioneer with the passing of veteran studio engineer Sid Bucknor, who died of cancer at the St Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove in London on Sunday. Bucknor, who migrated to the UK in 1970, was one of the early innovators responsible for the evolution of Jamaican music from ska [...]
Myspace goin luuu
Whats the matter with Myspace. Dang. I had Serious Times by Gyptian on my page and Cecile’s song, “Waiting Remix” on my page and they block my account. I even had them there before the albums came out. I worked on these tunes, and my name is on the Song Credits. ahhhhh… Suh what? producers [...]
Dan Parry (Tom Elmhirst’s ASSISTANT)
I met Dan AT Geejam Studios working as an assistant for Tom Elmhirst. Cool dude, he knows his stuff. NIce vibes, check out his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/danielparry DANIEL PARRY About me: Have been working in studios since I was 18, firstly with Soul II Soul who owned a commercial studio in Camden Town and for [...]
Clovis Cartoon – Beenie & Bounty Take To The Seas
Clovis Cartoon – Beenie & Bounty Take To The Seas No, we just can’t get enough of these hilarious Clovis cartoons that spoof the ongoing United States visa saga facing some Jamaican artistes. The Clovis cartoon below was featured in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, and shows popular dancehall deejays Beenie Man and Bounty Killer (whose [...]
Damian Marley & Nas’ Distant Relatives Album Cover Revealed
After much delay, the highly anticipated Nas and Damian “Junior Gong” Marley’s ‘Distant Relatives’ album is finally set and confirmed to be released on Tuesday, May 18th. The album cover was revealed recently, and we’ve featured it below. According to the artistes, the album album traces Hip-Hop’s roots in Africa, and how it was transported [...]
BMW wanted!!
Anyone have any BMW for sale? anybody know anyone who is selling a X5, 5 series, or a 3 series. In Jamaica Have to be 1999 and younger…. Cheers Diz
Tom Elmhirst
Tom Elmhirst (born 8 June 1971) is a British specialist music producer and mix engineer. He began his career at SARM studios in the early 90s at a time when digital audio was already becoming mainstream. Elmhirst’s experiences at SARM and with Trevor Horn have clearly influenced his current working methods. It shows in his [...]
A Nuh Me That – Richie Spice
Mad Tune, mi like this tune too… I played for him on a show in St. Lucia, it was wicked. Great performer. Check out the other live performances below
My music Update, check it out
Hi Folks, I’m like trying to get out all of ma music off my hard drive. Everytime i look on my hard drive and see how many tunes i had recorded in the past, I get very depressed. And u know what, the gospel message needs to get out. So hear what, Imma be releasing [...]
SK! GOOGLE GIRL
First Official Single From our 4thComing Album “WHEN DARKNESS FALLS” 2010 Produced By SK!/Magnedo7 Wiil Be Available In All Digital Stores For Purchase In FEB…www.skcrew.com I LIKE THIS TUNE… BIG UP MI YUTE DEM, DEM YUTE YAH START OUT WITH MI IN PORTMORE…