Spotlight on Winston Hewitt Founder/Promoter/Artist
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS “'EVERYTHING REGGAE - WHETHER NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY” REGGAEXCLUSIVE'S 1ST ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS ISSUE FREE? WOW! SPOTLIGHT ON WINSTON HEWITT Canadian Reggae Music Awards FOUNDER/PROMOTER/ARTIST/PRODUCER *Special Feature Inside CULTURAL NEWS, VIEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS VOL. 2 ISS. 1 MARCH 2004 The Long Awaited Reggae Gospel CD IN STORES NOW. IT'S HOT! HOT! HOT! Info/Bookings: Ph: 905-824-8121 OR 416-844-7038 Online-purchase: www.kaymorris.com - Email: [email protected] IT’S HERE BKACK-X-KIMO ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS THE LONG AWAITED CD COMPILATION CODE 4-1-6 MUSIC IN STORES NOW SKILLO PURE PLEASURE PREZIDENT BROWN I A LION RAS MAGIC DESTRY DON HOWIE SMART DENNIS HARRIOT BAD FOWL SPIDA & LLOYD EXODUS LYRIC BANTON Info: [email protected] (416) 824-5903 reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 2 SIZZLA KOLONJI The 1980’s witnessed a Kick starting his rec o rd i n g year later with the follow-up, dancehall explosion and with ca r eer with a release throu g h ‘Praise Ye Jah’ (Jet Star). His the music came the lifestyle; the Zagalou label, he then major brea k t h r ough came with drugs, guns and “slackness” teamed up with Bobby ‘Digital’ the release in 1997 of the now (vulgarity). Sizzla watched Dixon for a series of singles. classic album, ‘Black Wom a n ca re f u l l y , collecting his lyrical Extensive touring with fellow and Child’ (Greensleeves). The ammunition. Formally roots and culture artist evocative title track, issued as adopting the Rastafarian faith, Luciano followed, earning a single, rapidly achieved with it’s “no holds barred ” Sizzla critical acclaim. anthemic status. Pres e n t l y , advocacy of rep a t r i a t i o n , Sizzla is experiencing slavery reparations and the 1996 marked an important worldwide success with his use of ganja, he joined the turning point for Sizzla who track “Just One Of Those ranks of the Bobo Ashanti in began working with prod u c e r Days” and “Thank You Mama”. the mid 1990’s. Phillip ‘Fatis’ Burrell of Embracing his roots and we n t y - t h r ee year old Ja m a i c a ’ s foremost modern cu l t u r e heritage, Sizzla has Sizzla began his journey T Sizzla began to develop his roots stable, Exterminator. A taken all that is great in reg g a e s Miguel Collins, born of own uncompromising style run of successful singles led to music and made it his own. evout Rastafarian paren t s whilst serving his musical the release of Sizzla’s debut nd raised in the close-knit ap p r enticeship with the album, ‘Burning Up’ (RAS). The reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 3 What’s Inside ReggaeXclusive’s 5th Issue Alton Ellis; Winston Hewitt - p 5 Tor onto 1; Reparations; pop-ups - p 6 Reasoning with Dr. Miguel Brooks - p 7 Pr ezident Brown - p 9 Publisher: Patrick Roots reggaeXclusive Trevor Bindoo Calgary Stage Shows Review - p 10 Publications 647-435-0637 Marketing & Sales: Ba n d / G r oup Spotlight; Casper - p 11 All rights reserved. Fitz Knight No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted Loraine Gomes Charlie Abrahams; Jo Jo Bennet; Gilligan - p 12 in any form without prior permission from the Publisher. Photographer: (c) 2004 reggaeXclusive Johnny Clarke; Dobby Dobson; Ken Booth; KIng Turbo - p 13 Halina T. DiLallo Editor: Peculiar I Fr om a Radio DJ’s Perspective; cd catalogue - p 16 Loraine Gomes Send Photo and ads to: [email protected] United Groove; George Nooks; Mallory Williams - p 17 Writers: ( 300 lines Tiff, EPS or Glynn Taylor Quark 4, no “gif” from Singers Spotlight - p 19 Halina T. DiLallo the web or Corel Draw). Junior Magnum gospel spotlight - kay morris; barbara jones - p 20 Ryan Bailey On The Web: Email: reg g a e x c l u s i v e ReggaeXclusive Top of the Tops - p 22 Layout & Design: @ro g e r s . c o m Paul Murton from www.caribbeanmusic.ca radio personalities - Dudley George; Sir B - p 23 dbsduplication.com /reggaex Singjays/Deejays Spotlight; Ryan’s Views - p 24 Contributing Writers: David Bassie New Voices in Reggae - p 25 reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 4 REGGAEXCLUSIVE’S INTERVIEWS 1972, where he now resides in st r eam it becomes a Number Middlesex and has established 1, for example, UB40's "Red, his own Alltone Label. Red Wine", Ken Boothe's "Everything I Own". Same as We talked about his upbringing to d a y , although they have and the struggle for artists in the changed the beat of the AL TON ELLIS early years. Alton was born into reggae beat, artists like Sean a musical family, and he first Paul and Elephant Man have By Halina T. Di-Lallo rec o r ded in the late 50s as part of reached the main strea m . a duo with singer Eddy Perkins WINSTON HEWITT Un f o r t u n a t e l y , most of our ack in the 1960's when the for Randy's and Studio One as Canadian artists do not have ska and rock steady sound By Halina T. Di-Lallo B Alton And Eddy. They enjoyed the funds, theref o r e they go swept through Jamaica and later some success in the R&B style independent". He continues in England, it offe r ed a start to a and "Muriel" was a massive hit inston Hewitt took me to say, "A lot of the people who number of artists whose caree r s for them. Perkins departed soon back 20 years ago pr oduce here do not have the still continue to this day. Such af t e r w a r ds for a solo career and W when he first came up with the funds to use prof e s s i o n a l veterans were the Maytals, Alton continued with Studio One ideal of a Canadian Reggae studios but use demo studios Wailers and the most influential at Bren t f o r d Road, as well as instrumental ska band was the working with Coxsone Dodd's Music Awa r ds. He tells me to do their rec o r ding and Skatalites with solo artists such ar ch-rival in the business, Duke "Back in 1984 I had been a th e re f o r e cannot compete. as Prince Buster, Derrick Reid, at his Trea s u r e Isle Studio reggae artist for years, I was These artists that are Mo r gan, Ken Boothe and Alton in Bond Street, initially as Alton working construction with my struggling do not use prop e r Ellis and the Flames to name a Ellis And The Flames. br others. One night, I was engineers. When you go into a fe w . Songs like "Warpaint" by sitting down watching The real studio they spend hours Basil Gabbidon, "Shake A Leg" by Alton expressed to me how American Music Awa r ds. The and hours on one line on the Derrick Morgan, Alton and Eddy's disillusioned he has become over Eagles had a song out called co n t r ols to balance the music "Muriel" and the biggest hit of all the years with reggae music. He "Hotel California" which in my pr operly to get the prop e r these early tunes, set the pattern enlightened me about how his mind was reggae, Culture sounds, most studios do not for the early new wave to rhythms have been plundered Club's big hit was "Do You have compressors to make the vocalists and harmony grou p s . and given a sometimes- Want To Hurt Me", Tina music tight. The artist, excessive number of new Turner's "What's Love Got To engineer and producer have to Pr oducers offe r ed these artists tr eatments. Vintage rhythms Do With It" and lots of other know what sound they are up to $10 a song and clubs paid now sound as if they have been songs won Awa r ds during this looking for". $2 for an artist to perform on a specifically built for "new songs". period in 1984. No reg g a e Sa t u r day night if they had a hit in Alton says, "In one way it is cred i t artist had been nominated Winston continues to say, the charts. There were no that they are using my music, but an y w h e r e, like Bob Marley, "That you get what you pay for. royalties in those days and most di s c r edit comes from not being Gr egory Isaacs and Dennis Also the environment that you artists would have their songs on paid. Even if someone uses my Br own to name a few. I then live in has a lot to do with what white labels and not even have a baseline, or a portion of my realized that for reggae artists you eat or drink, has a lot to do mention. These performers music - the credit has to given". to have Awa r ds to put up on what you are listening to and invested everything with the He tells me that over the past 10 their wall, they were not how you carry yourself.