47 ❤ Festival Guide 2005 ------❤ Annual MOBO (Music of Black Ori th Annual JUNO Awards held April 3, Annual 2005 JUNO in Awards Win th Canadian reggae singer, Sonia Collymore, was an also has its own version of the Grammys, with A new awards show is the BIGGA Caribbean Music In the U.K., the 10 Russell Gerlach (aka “Reggae Russ”) is the owner of Foundation nounced as the 2005 JUNO Award winner of Best Reggae Get, You What is See You What CD, debut her for Recording at the 34 nipeg, Manitoba. The Juno Awards are considered by music industry the as the Canadian equivalent of a It See Grammy. Won’t win for Sonia (“You was the second JUNO Award Brown, Leroy artists, Canadian 2003). in won single Cry” Me gin) Awards will be held this October in London. Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder have performed and won the last two produced by Hi Class Promotions. and Morgan Morgan and Hammond Beres Promotions. Class Hi by produced winners. big year’s last among were Heritage Media (www.foundationmediapr.com), an international reggae promotion, music marketing and publicity company working with top reggae artists, labels and festivals/concerts. He continues work in other fields of radio/ veteran a as years plus 15 last the over industry music reggae the [email protected]. club DJ, journalist and avid record collector. years for Best Reggae Recording. the annual Jammies held in Kingston that started in the ‘80s. Unfortunately, the last Jammies awards ceremony was held in the mid ‘90s. Another consistent awards ceremony is the Jamaican Federation of Musicians Awards, with ceremonies in Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Kingston. Artists who took home awards last year were Dean Fraser, Richie Spice and for Album of the Year. 2005 November it hosting be will Promotion Ites Iyah Awards. music the within persons acknowledge awards The Croix. St. in music. Caribbean towards contributed have who industry Reggae Awards Calendar: May 2005 - Jamaica Federa and the band, The Sattalites were top winners in 2004. and the band, The Sattalites were top [email protected]; February 2006 - 48th Annual Gram tion of Musicians Awards; May 2005 - 24th Annual IRAWMA Awards - City - irawma.com; June 2005 - Reggae Toronto Music Awards - Toronto, Canada - canadianreggae world.com/TorontoReggaeMusicAwards; September 2005 PerformingBroward - Awards Music Soca Reggae Annual - 12th Arts Center - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - reggaesocamusicawards.com; October 2005 - 10th Annual MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards - London, - mobo.com; November 2005 - 1st iya - Islands Virgin Croix, St. - Awards Caribbean Bigga Annual my Awards - grammy.com; March 2006 - Canadian Reggae Awards - Canada - canadianreggaemusicawards.com; March 2006 - Washington DC Reggae Awards - - Canada - juno-awards.ca com; April 2006 - Juno Awards dcreggaeawards. - - - - by Russell Gerlach Time Time was when the only

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