Look who’s representing for Canna Trade! The Lyrical Fyah himself Cali P (@calipmusic)
will be at the Cannibis Business Conference May 17 to 19 in Zurich,
Switzerland. If you’re in the business
of Cannibis, this is where you need to be.
Register today at cannatrade.ch/business.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Canadians Flock to ‘Beachorama’ For Fun in the Sun!
It is no secret that Canadians endured an exceptionally
harsh winter with temperatures averaging -20 degrees, and it is also no secret
that Canadians love to party. Wren4Life
of All Starz Entertainment and Niyah of MYC Entertainment have teamed to take Canadians
from the cold with Beachorama on Saturday April 27th, 2019 at Sabina
Park!
Created by Wren4Life,
Beachorama is a beach-based event held 4 times per year which allows
party-goers to indulge in the best music, from the best DJs on the beaches of Jamaica
as they enjoy premium beverages. When
contacted by Niyah of MYC Entertainment about hosting hundreds of travelers for
fun in the sun and sand, Wren didn’t hesitate to say ‘yes.’ “I’m glad that Beachorama has grown from
being a party in Jamaica to now being a party that hosts foreigners too. Canada is more than welcome to party with
us!”
Adding to the excitement of the Canadian presence, rapper
Rooftop Rep from New York whose catalog of music includes collaborations with
Lil Pump and Kanye West will be joining the artistic lineup. When speaking to media about making this
union happen, Niyah said “I am excited for this partnership. As a Canadian promoter, my job is to give
fans new experiences they’ll love, and Beachorama does that. Thanks to the support from Barcode Saturday’s,
Canada’s hottest party, we have a chance to take clientele from Canada to
Jamaica.”
Fans are welcome to bring their own coolers to the event as
DJs play the best in Dancehall, Soca and Hip Hop. Joining Rooftop Rep on the stage is King of
the Dancehall Beenie Man! The DJ lineup
includes Kurt Riley, Team Shella, Hattaklaps, Copper Shot (Sean Paul’s tour DJ)
and Rolexx (Konshens DJ).
Beachorama is a quarterly event that blends premium
entertainment with premium fans. Now in
its 7th year. For more
information visit www.beachorama.party
About Niyah of MYC
Entertainment:
Founded in 2001 by Niyah, MYC Entertainment has become
synonymous with connecting party and event goers with the hottest DJs and
prestigious venues. Her 18 years of
experience has seen her work showcased in Toronto’s famed entertainment
district, particularly with Club Orchid and the Barcode Saturday’s brand. Her every Saturday event sees capacity crowds
while stars such as Firekid Steenie, and MC Crazy Chris make patrons party like
it’s 1999!
Not restricted to Toronto, Niyah has produced successful
events in Montreal, Edmonton, Atlanta, New York, Jamaica (Kingston and Montego
Bay) as well as Barbados.
THE BENTWAY Announces Spring / Summer 2019 Programming “COMMUNITAS”
The Bentway is excited to launch the Spring / Summer 2019 Season of programming, informed by the theme Communitas: The Spirit of Community! Through the lens of culture and recreation, The Bentway explores Toronto’s changing landscape as well as opportunities to unite diverse communities through shared experiences.
Communitas brings together artists, urbanists, innovators, and community activators within the connective space of The Bentway to engage in radical experiments in collaboration, co-creation, and cohabitation: all of which are key to the future of Toronto.
“Does the sharing of spaces, assets and rituals lead to greater connection between people? What happens when individual needs and identities conflict with the collective?”asks Director of Programming, Ilana Altman (recently appointed with David Carey as Co-Executive Director of The Bentway). “With the theme of “Communitas” we wanted to explore some of the key questions that emerge from our increasingly populated urban landscapes. Who and what are considered part of the “community” is often hotly-contested based on identity and status, regional and personal politics, and ever-evolving civic histories.”
The Bentway’s Spring / Summer 2019 Season kicks off on Saturday, May 11, 2019 withNew Monuments for New Cities, a joint art exhibition with five members of the High Line Network—a group of 19 North American infrastructure reuse projects. This ambitious touring public art exhibition will be displayed across The Bentway Skate Trail and in front of the Fort York Visitor Centre. It will showcase provocative works by 25 acclaimed artists from Toronto, Houston, Austin, Chicago, and New York that explore new monuments for today’s changing social and political landscape. The Bentway is the only Canadian partner and will open the exhibition on May 11 with Toronto’s first-ever Monuments Summit. The full exhibition of New Monuments for New Cities runs May 11 – August 30.
Toronto artists include: Coco Guzman, a visual artist whose work addresses the dynamics of exclusion and normalization; Life of a Craphead, the collaboration of Amy Lam and Jon McCurley, whose work spans performance art, film and curation; Susan Blight, an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker from Couchiching First Nation, Anishinaabe, Turtle Clan; Quentin VerCetty, whose work addresses issues of representation, immigration, and decolonization through the lens of afrofuturism; and An Te Liu, currently engaged in sculpture and installation work which explores issues of function, occupation and cultural coding.
The Monuments Summit (May 11) is a day-long public event that will introduce the public to the New Monuments exhibition, the contributing artists from several participating cities, and the issues the exhibition raises. The day will be structured around a series of conversations and participatory activities asking the public to reflect on the same set of questions posed to the artists, and to engage in a collective dialogue about issues of representation, civic histories and monumentality.
On June 7 & 8, The Bentway presents Dérives, a site-specific commission that explores and celebrates the architecture of The Bentway, by acclaimed Canadian choreographerNoémie Lafrance. The performance invites performers and audiences to participate in an exercise in psychogeography, and emerges from collectively scripted instructions to be enacted by a group of 60 performers, and the audience, while traveling The Bentway.
Noemie Lafrance is known for her innovative approach to public space interventions. Her company Sens Production has produced numerous site-specific works in public spaces in New York City and internationally. Lafrance’s work includes Agora, which reclaimed the abandoned 50,000 square feet McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Rapture, staged on the architecture of Frank Gehry. Her work was presented as part of the Whitney Biennial, Festival de Cannes, and Festival TransAmerique. She has choreographed for artists such as David Byrne, Feist, Justin Timberlake, Carly Rae Jepsen, Snow Patrol, and Amanda Palmer.
As part of the epic creation of Dérives, Lafrance will hold a series of public creative process workshops from March 23 – May 14, inviting people of all ages, including professional dancers, actors, members of the community at large, and future audience members to participate in round table discussions, collective writing exercises and group improvisations in movement and voice. (pre-registration required). For more information about the workshops and to register to participate, visit thebentway.ca/lafrance-workshops.
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival returns to The Bentway with A Nation Outside a Nation from Dutch artist Nadine Stijne. This long-term photographic project documents the Filipino labour migration from 2012–2014 in the Netherlands, Dubai, Sweden, the U.S. and Canada. A Nation Outside a Nation is co-presented by Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and The Bentway. The exhibition runs May 1- August 30.
The ever-popular Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf celebrating their 20th anniversary, also returns to The Bentway in May (May 25-26). This year’s events include an inspiring panel discussion on the past and future of Toronto’s development, a public reception for urban designer Ken Greenberg’s forthcoming publication, and tours of The Bentway site and New Monuments for New Cities.
Beginning in June and running through to August, The Bentway will be offering a variety of recreational activities for both residents and visitors to Toronto. The Bentway will be partnering with Tai Chi instructor Eti Greenberg to offer an intimate bi-weekly Tai Chi practice, and with Tribe Fitness for weekly large-scale outdoor Yoga classes. TheCommunal Table is a weekly dining experience featuring local chefs, food offerings as curated by the innovative Toronto food venue and pop-up hub, The Depanneur.
The Bentway will participate in the 2019 Indigenous Arts Festival, presented by the City of Toronto and Fort York National Historic Site, in June. The Indigenous Arts Festival is an annual celebration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music, dance, theatre, storytelling, film, crafts and food.
Save the date today for The Bentway Block Party; Sunday, July 7, Noon – 9pm. The Block Party will kick-off The Bentway’s popular Sunday Social music and open-air bar series. The Sunday Social series runs July 7 – August 25 with the Exclaim! Stagefeaturing Toronto’s hottest musical acts on the coolest covered patio in town!
The Bentway
Spring / Summer 2019
May 1 – August 30, 2019
For more information, please visit TheBentway.ca
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using @TheBentway and YouTube
#TOBentway #Communitas
Access to The Bentway is Always Free and Accessible
Enjoy free WiFi Courtesy of Beanfield
Communitas brings together artists, urbanists, innovators, and community activators within the connective space of The Bentway to engage in radical experiments in collaboration, co-creation, and cohabitation: all of which are key to the future of Toronto.
“Does the sharing of spaces, assets and rituals lead to greater connection between people? What happens when individual needs and identities conflict with the collective?”asks Director of Programming, Ilana Altman (recently appointed with David Carey as Co-Executive Director of The Bentway). “With the theme of “Communitas” we wanted to explore some of the key questions that emerge from our increasingly populated urban landscapes. Who and what are considered part of the “community” is often hotly-contested based on identity and status, regional and personal politics, and ever-evolving civic histories.”
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| 'Memoria' An Te Liu |
The Bentway’s Spring / Summer 2019 Season kicks off on Saturday, May 11, 2019 withNew Monuments for New Cities, a joint art exhibition with five members of the High Line Network—a group of 19 North American infrastructure reuse projects. This ambitious touring public art exhibition will be displayed across The Bentway Skate Trail and in front of the Fort York Visitor Centre. It will showcase provocative works by 25 acclaimed artists from Toronto, Houston, Austin, Chicago, and New York that explore new monuments for today’s changing social and political landscape. The Bentway is the only Canadian partner and will open the exhibition on May 11 with Toronto’s first-ever Monuments Summit. The full exhibition of New Monuments for New Cities runs May 11 – August 30.
Toronto artists include: Coco Guzman, a visual artist whose work addresses the dynamics of exclusion and normalization; Life of a Craphead, the collaboration of Amy Lam and Jon McCurley, whose work spans performance art, film and curation; Susan Blight, an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker from Couchiching First Nation, Anishinaabe, Turtle Clan; Quentin VerCetty, whose work addresses issues of representation, immigration, and decolonization through the lens of afrofuturism; and An Te Liu, currently engaged in sculpture and installation work which explores issues of function, occupation and cultural coding.
The Monuments Summit (May 11) is a day-long public event that will introduce the public to the New Monuments exhibition, the contributing artists from several participating cities, and the issues the exhibition raises. The day will be structured around a series of conversations and participatory activities asking the public to reflect on the same set of questions posed to the artists, and to engage in a collective dialogue about issues of representation, civic histories and monumentality.
On June 7 & 8, The Bentway presents Dérives, a site-specific commission that explores and celebrates the architecture of The Bentway, by acclaimed Canadian choreographerNoémie Lafrance. The performance invites performers and audiences to participate in an exercise in psychogeography, and emerges from collectively scripted instructions to be enacted by a group of 60 performers, and the audience, while traveling The Bentway.
Noemie Lafrance is known for her innovative approach to public space interventions. Her company Sens Production has produced numerous site-specific works in public spaces in New York City and internationally. Lafrance’s work includes Agora, which reclaimed the abandoned 50,000 square feet McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Rapture, staged on the architecture of Frank Gehry. Her work was presented as part of the Whitney Biennial, Festival de Cannes, and Festival TransAmerique. She has choreographed for artists such as David Byrne, Feist, Justin Timberlake, Carly Rae Jepsen, Snow Patrol, and Amanda Palmer.
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| 'Dérives' Noémie Lafrance |
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival returns to The Bentway with A Nation Outside a Nation from Dutch artist Nadine Stijne. This long-term photographic project documents the Filipino labour migration from 2012–2014 in the Netherlands, Dubai, Sweden, the U.S. and Canada. A Nation Outside a Nation is co-presented by Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and The Bentway. The exhibition runs May 1- August 30.
The ever-popular Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf celebrating their 20th anniversary, also returns to The Bentway in May (May 25-26). This year’s events include an inspiring panel discussion on the past and future of Toronto’s development, a public reception for urban designer Ken Greenberg’s forthcoming publication, and tours of The Bentway site and New Monuments for New Cities.
Beginning in June and running through to August, The Bentway will be offering a variety of recreational activities for both residents and visitors to Toronto. The Bentway will be partnering with Tai Chi instructor Eti Greenberg to offer an intimate bi-weekly Tai Chi practice, and with Tribe Fitness for weekly large-scale outdoor Yoga classes. TheCommunal Table is a weekly dining experience featuring local chefs, food offerings as curated by the innovative Toronto food venue and pop-up hub, The Depanneur.
The Bentway will participate in the 2019 Indigenous Arts Festival, presented by the City of Toronto and Fort York National Historic Site, in June. The Indigenous Arts Festival is an annual celebration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music, dance, theatre, storytelling, film, crafts and food.
Save the date today for The Bentway Block Party; Sunday, July 7, Noon – 9pm. The Block Party will kick-off The Bentway’s popular Sunday Social music and open-air bar series. The Sunday Social series runs July 7 – August 25 with the Exclaim! Stagefeaturing Toronto’s hottest musical acts on the coolest covered patio in town!
The Bentway
Spring / Summer 2019
May 1 – August 30, 2019
For more information, please visit TheBentway.ca
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using @TheBentway and YouTube
#TOBentway #Communitas
Access to The Bentway is Always Free and Accessible
Enjoy free WiFi Courtesy of Beanfield
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Morgan Heritage and Patoranking say "Pay Attention!"
GRAMMY
award winning super Reggae group keeps making history, and this time they’re
doing it in Kenya, Africa!
The
billboard chart topping group known for hits “Down By The River,” “She’s Still
Loving Me” and “Psalms 23” featuring Buju Banton, teams with Nigerian star and
sensation Patoranking with a song that is an ode to the ladies!
An all around labor of love, all artists involved gained worldwide success on their own merit, and genuinely enjoy being representatives of each others country, and musical genres. "It’s truly an honor when we can work with our peers in the music industry around the world and see their professionally first hand. Though he has become a giant of an artist in Nigeria, Pato is extremely humble and while filming the video in Nairobi, Kenya it would seem like we knew each other for years by the way we clicked. We are looking forward to sharing more music from our new album coming later this Spring and hope the world will love the musical journey we will be taking our fans on. Jah Bless!" - Peetah Morgan
Filmed in Nairobi and Masai Mara, Kenya, the video is giving viewers an insight into Brand Kenya
Roots - Rock- Reggae - Better Tomorrow with Raging Fyah!
If you're a roots, rock, Reggae fan, you are going to love the new release from Reggae group Raging Fyah!
Focused on building a bridge instead of creating a wall, the
song is literally and figuratively a metaphor for one love and unity. In a politically divided time, and with the
need for all people to be recognized, respected and appreciated, Raging Fyah
shows us that love and unity is the answer and division will only tear us
apart.
“Better Tomorrow” is the second single following up the 2016
Grammy nominated album ‘Everlasting,’ and the first Raging Fyah release with new
lead singer Journey. Raging Fyah stays
true to their sound in this brand-new song.
Focused on building a bridge instead of creating a wall, the
song is literally and figuratively a metaphor for one love and unity. In a politically divided time, and with the
need for all people to be recognized, respected and appreciated, Raging Fyah
shows us that love and unity is the answer and division will only tear us
apart.
Our new political agenda is to have a better tomorrow where
we all live beautifully! Make sure you
request this song from your favorite DJ! Sources tell me the single will be available on social media (streaming platforms) soon!
Originally published March 19th at 12:12 EST
Christopher Martin's New Single and Video - LIFE
Christopher Martin’s video for “Life” premiered today on Billboard! The focus single from his
upcoming album Then and Now, out May 3rd, is an up-tempo, feel good song about not taking life for granted. The single was released on Friday, March 15th and is available on all streaming platforms.
upcoming album Then and Now, out May 3rd, is an up-tempo, feel good song about not taking life for granted. The single was released on Friday, March 15th and is available on all streaming platforms.
Directed by Dameon Gayle, the video starts with flashbacks to Chris’s childhood and playing soccer, then fast-forwards to now, of him at a pool hall with friends, enjoying and cherishing the moment. The video also has a cameo appearance of Reggae super star Busy Signal.
Produced by Omar Anthoneil Samuels and Cory William Stoneman, and written by Christopher Martin, Omar Samuels and Cory Stoneham, the song follows other album singles “Bun Fi Bun,” “Can’t Dweet Again” and “Come Back” which has over 1 million views on YouTube.
“The video has good vibes, it was good to have my brother Busy Signal” said Christopher. “We just wanted a simple video that captured the message, showing the simplicity of life
and just hanging out.”
and just hanging out.”
And Then is the follow-up to Martin’s debut full length album “Big Deal” which reached top 5 on the Reggae Billboard Charts in 2017.
You can read the full interview with Christopher in the February, 2019 issue of L3 Magazine here: Christopher Martin
Monday, March 18, 2019
"ALAI!" EL NUEVO SINGLE DE CHIKI LORA!
Chiki Lora sigue regalándonos singles de su inminente álbum, "Ura", que verá la luz este viernes 22 de marzo publicado por Satélite K. Tras "Caminando", "Consuelo" y "Por hablar" nos llega ahora "Alai", donde se rodea una vez más de exquisitas colaboraciones: Igon Olagüenaga, co-autor del tema, a la trikitixa, Jordi Tugores a la guitarra acústica y su compañero y co-productor de "Ura", Juanito Makandé, al cajón.
Chiki Lora está dispuesto a no darnos respiro con "Ura", su inminente nuevo disco, y del que ya nos ha obsequiado cuatro adelantos: "Caminando", "Consuelo", "Por hablar" y este "Alai" que nos llega ahora en doble vertiente: como video en acústico y como nuevo single disponible en plataformas digitales.
Nacido en Málaga cuando España se calzaba las botas de Naranjito, Chiki Lora maduró en Madrid y ha acabado con sus huesos –y sus canciones- en el País Vasco. Trotamúsico por naturaleza, como atestiguan tantos kilómetros recorridos en compañía de los demás miembros de Canteca de Macaodurante tantos y tantos años -formación en la que era compositor, cantante y guitarrista- Chiki Lora ha encontrado en su aun breve carrera en solitario el remanso de paz que ansiaba.
Chiki Lora está dispuesto a no darnos respiro con "Ura", su inminente nuevo disco, y del que ya nos ha obsequiado cuatro adelantos: "Caminando", "Consuelo", "Por hablar" y este "Alai" que nos llega ahora en doble vertiente: como video en acústico y como nuevo single disponible en plataformas digitales.
Nacido en Málaga cuando España se calzaba las botas de Naranjito, Chiki Lora maduró en Madrid y ha acabado con sus huesos –y sus canciones- en el País Vasco. Trotamúsico por naturaleza, como atestiguan tantos kilómetros recorridos en compañía de los demás miembros de Canteca de Macaodurante tantos y tantos años -formación en la que era compositor, cantante y guitarrista- Chiki Lora ha encontrado en su aun breve carrera en solitario el remanso de paz que ansiaba.
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