2012 Reggae on the River Artist Line Up!

With the 28th annual Reggae On The River a little over two months way on the weekend of July 21 & 22, the Mateel Community Center is gearing up for another great year of festival fun and is excited to announce the full list of confirmed talent for this year’s event.  Featuring nearly 30 classic and cutting-edge reggae and world music artists on two stages, the 2012 festival will feature Toots & The Maytals, Midnite, Lady Saw, Romain Virgo, Calypso Rose, Turbulence, Fantan Mojah, Duane Stephenson, Nkulee Dube, Tosh Meets Marley, Pato Banton & The Now Generation, Yami Bolo, Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits, Alika, Bambu Station, Reemah, Daniel Bambaata Marley, Humble Soul, Lady Passion,  i-Kronik, Winston Jarrett & Guidance Band, Junior Toots, Indubious, Casper Loma Da Wa & The Mighty 602 Band, Winstrong, Yellow Wall Dub Squad, The Lions, Streetkind, Synrgy, and Juce, plus top local DJs and sound systems.  Additionally, the event will also host more than 80 craft, food, and non-profit vendors, a lively kid zone, and an irie weekend on the banks of the majestic Eel River.  

Tickets are on sale now at www.reggaeontheriver.com  and at select local and North Bay outlets for a price of $110 for the weekend pass.  Advance tickets are advised as this event sells out.  Please visit the ticket page of the festival website for a list of current ticket outlets and please note that single day tickets will only be available at the gate this year.

Riddim Shower Time Playlist - July 22nd, 2011

 Busy Signal - The gambler (Dean Fraser)

Mo Zhai - Miss Anonymous (Donovan ‘Don Corleon’ Bennet)

JOE, Ky-mani Marley & Krazie Bone - Introduce myself (Gavin Blair)

Beenieman - Sex on the beach (Sean ‘Seanizzle’ Reid)

Charley Black - Sweetest touch (Reid)

Jah Vinci - I love you (Reid)

Tarrus Riley - Come ova (Reid)

Assassin - We dem a watch (Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor)

Aidonia - Bad pickney (McGregor)

Chino - Cyaan do wi nuttn (McGregor)

Di Genius - Nuh beg friend (McGregor)

I Octane - Meant to be (Arif Cooper)

Babyboom – Bag a man (Back 2 the Future)

Mr Diamond – We nuh pree man (Back 2 the Future)

Dekly Ranx – Like a bicycle (Back 2 the Future)

Wayne Wonder - Put your drinks up (Von Wayne 'Wonder' Charles)

Briggy Benz – Father God nuh lef mi side (Frenz for real)

Kemikal – March pon dem (Frenz for real)

Bunny General – Dem naah dance (Frenz for real)

Jah Cure – Ghetto we come from (Keno 4 star)

Baby G – Dem cyaan get me out (Keno 4 star)

Mavado – Fly Again (Keno 4 star)

Chan Dizzy - Our place (Geddys 'Stratdon' Ferguson)

Bitty McLean - In and out of love (Guillaume Bouchard, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare)

Gappy Ranks - Life goes on (Tricia ‘DJ Sparks’ Spence & Dynasty Records)

Don Corleon - Wrong side of the dub (Bennet)

 

Justin Hinds - No good rudie (Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid) 

Danny & Lee - Sentence (Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry)

Reggie Anthony - So many ways (Perry)

Upsetters – Version (Perry)

Prince Jazzbo - Good things (Perry)

Cornell Campbell - My baby just cares for me (Edward ‘Bunny’ Lee)

Melodians - Rivers of babylon (Leslie Kong)

Beverley’s allstars – Version (Kong)

Maytals - Pressure drop (Kong)

Ken Boothe – I’m not for sale (Lee)

Sugar Minott – I’m not for sale (Lloyd ‘Prince Jammy’ James)

Frankie paul – Gunmen around (Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith)

Dennis Brown – Old man river (Dennis Brown)

Dennis Brown – Madonna 12” (Brown)

Winston Reedy – baby love (Jackie Mittoo)

Gregoy Isaacs - Love without intermission 12” (Kenneth ‘Skeng Don’ Black)

Frankie Paul - Don't pressure me (Phillip 'Fattis' Burrel)

Pinchers – Grammy (Burrel)

Little John - Champion bubbler(Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare)

Half Pint - Cost of living (Dunbar & Shakespeare)

Taxi Gang - Version (Dunbar & Shakespeare)

Al Campbell - Back off (Dunbar & Shakespeare)

Taxi Gang - Version (Dunbar & Shakespeare)

 

3rd hour; Riddim Shower after Hours

Bob Marley – Get up Stand up (live) (Bob Marley)

Zap-Pow – Reggae music (Harry ‘J’ Johnson)

Tidals – Put those fools (George ‘Phil Pratt’ Phillips)

Al Campbell – When spring is around (Phillips)

Scotty – Sesame street (Derrick Harriot)

Carlton & the Shoes – Better days (Perry)

Talent Crew – False rumour dub (Tommy Cowan)

Ice Breakers – Who cares (Karl Pitterson)

Tommy McCook – Determination skank (Glen Brown)

Sugar Minott – Jah Jah children (Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd)

Judah Eskander Tafari – Jah light (Dodd)

Burning Spear – This population (Dodd)

John Holt – I see your face (Reid)

Larry & Alvin – Your love (Dodd)

Well Pleased & Satisfied – I took my baby to a dance (Jerry Baxter)

Revolutionaries – Version (Baxter)

Upsetters – Iron side (Perry)

Max Romeo – Smile out of style (Perry)

Rude Walkin’- Old dog (Rude Walkin)

Buju Banton – Destiny End tune (Donovan Germain)