Delly Ranx Property Tax Riddim Cracks iTunes Top 100 for Reggae and Dancehall!

Delly Ranx and the team at Pure Music Productions is in celebratory mode as news of their recently released Property Tax riddim cracks the iTunes Top 100 list, debuting at #91 for best Reggae and Dancehall releases.

Reflecting the musical tastes of fans who purchase Reggae and Dancehall on iTunes, the charting of the Property Tax riddim is a welcome surprise to the team who just released the riddim last week (January 29^th) via the distribution company 21^st Hapilos. 

Featuring performances by Delly Ranx, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Macka Diamond and ZJ Liquid, the riddim has become one of the most played and most added to rotation in the US, Canada and the Caribbean.  In the UK, the riddim was debuted by popular radio host, Robbo Ranx on BBC 1Xtra who, received such an overwhelming response, the broadcast had to be made available for fans to listen again and download.  Of the riddim Robbo says “excellent Dancehall production that will be played throughout 2013 for sure.”

With the expectation that the popularity will move the riddim higher on the chart, Delly Ranx commented “I love my fans and thank them for supporting the Property Tax riddim.  For the news fans we’re picking up along the way, they can expect more great music, more pure music!”

One of the most popular songs on the riddim comes from Captain Barkey whose song “Property Tax” named the riddim.  As one of the last recordings the artist performed before his untimely passing, fans are enjoying the humor behind the concept of paying ‘property tax!’ 

Buju Banton’s song “Wine and Bubble,” Liquid’s song “Wine For Me” and Ratigan’s song “Know Bout This” will each be released as singles on February 5^th through 21^st Hapilos and are expected to chart individually.

About Pure Music Productions:

Pure Music Productions is one of the premiere music productions companies in the Caribbean who has produced some of the most noted Reggae and Dancehall releases such as the Life After Lifetime Riddim featuring Bunny Rugs, Earth Strong Riddim featuring Shaggy, Turnpike Riddim featuring Gappy Ranks and the Saudi Arabia Riddim featuring Wayne Wonder.

Beyonce's World Tour Dates Announced!

After an incredible performance at Superbowl 47, Beyonce is going on tour and we have the details!

Parkwook Entertainment today announced that The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour starring Beyoncé kicks off in Europe on April 15, 2013. With stops in twenty European cities, including Dublin, Ireland; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France and a four-night stint at The 02 in London, UK, this is Beyoncé’s first multi-city tour in over three years.

Live Nation also announced that Beyoncé’s North American Tour begins on June 28 in Los Angeles, California. The tour will travel to over twenty cities throughout North America this summer, including Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center, Atlanta, Georgia, at the Gwinnett Center, Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center, Toronto, Ontario at Air Canada Centre, Montreal, Bell Centre, and Boston, Massachusetts at TD Garden.

On June 28, Beyoncé returns to Los Angeles, California as part of the BET Experience At L.A. Live at the Staples Center. She is set to headline the first of the three-night STAPLES Concert series. And continuing her successful run at international music festivals, following a headlining night at Glastonbury in 2011, she is confirmed to headline at the world’s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, on its first night, September 13 at the "City of Rock" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rock in Rio has set records for its massive crowds and its powerful media drive.

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour promises to be the entertainer’s most ambitious undertaking to date. It is expected to be bigger in scope than any of her previous shows. Slated to run for almost one year, the second wave of the tour is planned for Latin America, Australia and Asia.

Following her historic performance tonight at the Pepsi SuperBowl XLVII Halftime Show, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Beyoncé officially returns to a full-time touring schedule, her first since the I AM…WORLD TOUR in 2009, with a new, bolder state-of-the-art production.

Fans can join the Beyhive Blog for free at www.beyonce.com to access exclusive content, pre-sale tickets, VIP packages and more, including an exclusive MasterCard package to the Bey Stage. Pepsi, MasterCard and Coty sponsor The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. A complete list of tour dates, markets and on-sale dates follow. Additional information including on-sale times in all markets, available at www.beyonce.com

Beyoncé’s last tour, the critically acclaimed and incredibly successful, “I AM…WORLD TOUR was ranked #1 on Billboard’s Hot Tour chart. The show thrilled more than 1.1 million fans at more than one hundred shows in 32 countries.

Beyoncé is one of the most widely recognized and highly respected women in pop culture. A solo recording artist, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman, she has released four #1 solo albums and has sold over 75 million albums worldwide. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 16 Grammy Awards. Billboard named her the Top Female Artist and Top Radio Songs Artist of the 2000s decade. The Recording Industry Association of America also recognized Beyoncé as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s.

The critics have consistently praised her energetic stage shows likening her to the best entertainers of the past with her own brand of sass and class that makes her the artist of the future.

On February 16, HBO will premiere Life Is But A Dream, an intimate feature-length documentary film directed and produced by Beyoncé for Parkwood Entertainment. The film provides unprecedented access into the on and off-stage world of the entertainer.

The North American tour is promoted by Live Nation Global Touring and is produced by Parkwood Entertainment.

The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Starring
BEYONCÉ
WORLD TOUR 2013
ITINERARY NORTH AMERICA:

June 28 Los Angeles BET Experience/Staples Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jun-29 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-2 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-5 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-6 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-9 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-10 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-12 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center On Sale Sat. Feb. 16
Jul-13 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-15 Houston, TX Toyota Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-17 Chicago, IL United Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-18 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-20 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-21 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-22 Montreal, QC Bell Centre On Sale Sat. Feb. 9
Jul-23 Boston, MA TD Garden On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Jul-25 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-26 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-27 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Jul-29 Washington, DC Verizon Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11
Aug-2 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun On Sale Fri. Feb. 15
Aug-3 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center On Sale Mon. Feb. 11

BridgeZ Says Take Your Time!

Alliance First Lady Bridgett “BridgeZ” Roache has released a video for her hit single “Take Your Time” featuring Big Wayne, which encourages men and women to take their time when entering a new relationship.

The singer especially hopes to target young women with the song.

“It can boost a young lady’s confidence that you can be sexy without flaunting it and showing all over, and you can be sexy without rushing into things. Once you know your value its natural to want a man to take his time,” says the singjay who is managed by Bounty Killer.

Filmed by Chris “Icey Jace” Campbell on location at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston, the video shows BridgeZ prepping for a photoshoot while a man (who locked eyes with her in the lobby) tries to find her room. The attractive lead is given the room number by the bell boy only to face BridgeZ strict manager who refuses to let him in. She glimpses him and gives him her assistant’s number as she would be on set all day. Bridgez meets her love interest later that night for just a drink. Shots of BridgeZ and Big Wayne as well as Big Wayne and his love interest play in between these scenes.

The song was written by BridgeZ, Bounty Killer and Munga Honorable and produced by Zum (Good Good Productions) on the Freezing Point Riddim and has been getting frequent airplay both locally and overseas.

The“Take Your Time” video premiered on On Stage with Winford Williams earlier this year.

Canadian Radio Music Awards

Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce nominations for the 16^th annual Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMAs). Sponsored by Astral Radio, the awards, celebrating first-time charted artists and honouring individuals or groups among them with some of the most played songs at Canadian radio, will be handed out on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, doors 7 p.m. at Kool Haus in Toronto. This year, for the first time, the show will be open to the public and will serve as the official kick-off event to Canadian Music Week 2013 activities. Winners will be announced throughout the show, highlighted by performances from nominees Anjulie, Dallas Smith, Elise Legrow, Jesse Labelle, Monster Truck, Shawn Hook, USS and Victoria Duffield.Massari, who’s latest single “Brand New Day” was just certified gold, will also perform. Fans’ Choice nominees Marianas Trench, who recently completed their first cross-Canada arena tour, will headline the awards with a special guest performance before embarking on the second leg of that tour, running March 23^rd – April 19^th. 

Leading the way with three nominations apiece are My Name is Kay with the song “Strangers”, Victoria Duffield with “Feel”, and Carly Rae Jepsen with two SOCAN Song of the Year nominations – one for “Call Me Maybe” and a second for “Curiosity” - as well as a Fans’ Choice nod. Mia Martina and Shawn Hook follow with two nominations for their hits “Burning” and “Every Red Light”. Marianas Trench complement their two nominations – Fans’ Choice and Song of the Year for “Fallout” – with a songwriting nod for frontman Josh Ramsay in his role on Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”.

This year’s music categories include: Mainstream AC, Hot AC, Rock, CHR, Dance/Urban/Rhythmic, and Country as well as the SOCAN Song of the Year and three newly added categories for International Group of the Year, International Solo Artist of the Year and Heatseeker Award.

Nominees comprise artists who have hit the Canadian charts for the first time and who have achieved top airplay in different formats based on radio “spins”, as recorded by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) in 2012. Votes cast by program directors, music directors, and on-air personalities determine the winners.

Radio listeners from across the country can vote online for the CRMA Fans’ Choice Award, International Group of the Year, International Solo Artist of the Year and Heatseeker Award at www.cmw.net. The voting window opens February 4th and will close on March 20^th at 8:00pm.

Two additional non-voting awards will also be presented at this year’s ceremony: the FACTOR Breakthrough Award for top airplay for a new FACTOR supported artist; and the Chart Topper Award for top overall airplay.

And the nominees are…

ROCK

GLORYHOUND – ELECTRIC DUSK

JAPANDROIDS – THE HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT

MONSTER TRUCK – SEVEN SEAS BLUES

SAID THE WHALE – HEAVY CEILING

YUKON BLONDE – STAIRWAY

CHR

FELIX CARTAL FEAT. POLINA – DON’T TURN ON THE LIGHTS

MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS

SHAWN HOOK – EVERY RED LIGHT

THE WEEKND – WICKED GAMES

VICTORIA DUFFIELD - FEEL

DANCE/URBAN/RHYTHMIC

DIRTY RADIO – FOUND YOU

MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS

SULTAN & NED SHEPARD - WALLS

TEGAN & SARA – CLOSER

VICTORIA DUFFIELD – FEEL

HOT AC

ESTHERO – NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO

JESSE LABELLE – HEARTBREAK COVERUP

MY NAME IS KAY – STRANGERS

SHAWN HOOK – EVERY RED LIGHT

VICTORIA DUFFIELD – FEEL

MAINSTREAM AC

ELISE LEGROW – NO GOOD WOMAN

JODI KING - HAPPY

LIZ COYES – BUTTERFLIES

MIA MARTINA – BURNING

SCOTTY JAMES – WANNA BE LOVED

COUNTRY

BOBBY WILLS – SHOW SOME RESPECT

CLAYTON BELLAMY 0 EVERYONE’S A DREAMER

DALLAS SMITH – SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE

JAIDA DREYER – GUY’S GIRL

SMALL TOWN PISTOLS – COLOUR BLIND

FANS CHOICE

CARLY RAE JEPSEN

DRAKE

HEDLEY

JUSTIN BIEBER

MARIANAS TRENCH

SOCAN SONG OF THE YEAR

BURNING – Songwriters: Mia Martina, Ovidiu Bistriceanu - Recorded by: Mia Martina

CALL ME MAYBE - Songwriters: Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe, Josh Ramsay– Recorded by: Carly Rae Jepsen

CURIOSITY – Songwriters: Carly Rae Jepsen, Ryan Stewart - Recorded by: Carly Rae Jepsen

FALLOUT – Songwriter: Josh Ramsay - Recorded by: Marianas Trench

SUMMER PARADISE – Songwriters: Pierre Bourvier, Charles-Andre Comeau, / Emanuel Kiriakou, Sean Paul - Recorded by: Simple Plan

INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

FUN.

LADY ANTEBELLUM

MAROON 5

ONE DIRECTION

THE WANTED

INTERNATIONAL SOLO ARTIST OF THE YEAR

DAVID GUETTA

FLO RIDA

KATY PERRY

PITBULL

RIHANNA

HEATSEEKER AWARD

ANJULIE – YOU AND I

ARTISTS AGAINST – TRUE COLOURS

SERENA RYDER – STOMPA

SHAWN DESMAN – DUM DA DUM

TEBEY – SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY

Drink and Rave with Konshens!

Last year was a good year for Jamaica Entertainment and an even better year for entertainer – Konshens. It saw him releasing his critically acclaimed Mental Maintenance album which wowed audiences the world over and secured top spots on most Reggae charts. He made an appearance on America’s Next Top Model, toured everywhere from the Caribbean, across America, throughout Europe and who could forget Africa. The year found him being the golden voice on dancehall tracks; it was no surprise that his name became synonymous with chart topper throughout the year. He penned his signature at the end of the year by recording what many consider to be one of the biggest hits to open the door to 2013.

The track -Drink and Rave was written by Konshens in celebratory tone; commemorating his success in an industry which is unexpectedly turbulent on a good day. The vibe and energy of the song encourages enjoyment and is no surprise that it was quickly accepted in the dancehall space.

Both Konshens and dancehall's dynamic duo - Razz & Biggy (producers of the track) are enthused about how well audiences have taken on to the song, this enthusiasm has powered the initiative to give the song the added power of visuals, the team has decided to produce not one but two videos to accompany the song, set for production in early this year. The concept for the music videos will be – ‘Mad Memories’. One video will be solely for the fans and will allow them to be global stars all courtesy of Konshens and the production team.

"Amidst all the drinking and raving I try to never ignore the fact that the fans are the real reason that I am in the position that I enjoy and I constantly try to find ways to allow my fans to play a part in my musical journey", were the sentiments of an ever well spoken Konshens. To this end the team has decided to give the fans the opportunity to play integral parts in the music video, no matter where in the world they are located.

Fans are being encouraged to send photos and/or videos (length not exceeding 30 seconds) of them and their real friends drinking and raving to drinkandrave@gmail.com . These captures should embody the true essence of the song; showing the vibe and energy of enjoying drinks and raving; a true celebration. The best photos and videos will be added as ‘cut-aways’ during the production of the official fan video for the song. The photo or video which is voted the ‘ultimate drink and rave’ will win prizes courtesy of Konshens, Subkonshus Music and Razz & Biggy. The winner will be chosen by the team and weighed with the likes/votes tallied on the Razz & Biggy Facebook fan page – www.facebook.com/razzandbiggy.

To give an understanding of how the team rewards their fans, a member of the Subkonshus Music management team did not hesitate to mention that “the last prize winner of a Konshens competition won an all expense paid trip for two; tourist style”.These prizes should be just as good.

Submissions may be sent starting January 28, 2013 and will continue for two weeks; final submissions must be received on or before February 10, 2013.

When commenting on the plan for the video, half of the production duo – Razz saw it important to state that “Though we endorse the ‘Drink and Rave’ movement we still want to implore everyone to ensure that if they are drinking they do so responsibly.”

A Taste of Africa featuring SHEBA at Taj Lounge in New York!

Thursday, February 7^th at 7 pm it will be “A Taste of Africa” featuring a performance by Sheba!

The event doubles as a preview for Sheba’s new forthcoming album and she will be performing live with her full band so you can look out for an evening full of great music in Sheba’s signature style blend of African, Caribbean, European and American musical elements. The artist will also be giving away free music and is ready to mingle with old and new fans alike.

Several of New York’s best African restaurants will serve delicious food and tasty treats so be there and enjoy a fantastic music, food and culture event at the infamously fabulous Taj Lounge.

Please tweet your RSVP to @therealsheba using the hash tag #QUEENOFHEARTS and you will receive an extra special gift at the event!

The Heillig Manoeuvre CD Launch

Live at the Paintbox Bistro on Friday February 1st!

This band, originally formed by bassist Henry Heillig in 1997, is celebrating the release of a new CD ‘Toons, the first recording since 2004. Heillig is best known as co-founder and musical director of Manteca, a group which Heillig recently left in order to re-launch the Manoeuvre.

Heillig describes the repertoire as “friendly jazz, more songbook than doctoral thesis”.

His Manoeuvre mates are: 

Alison Young, sax; Stacie McGregor, piano; Charlie Cooley, drums.

www.heilligman.com