Creating a stage for live music seven days a week, Live Music Nation is aiming to make Jamaica the world's capital for live-music entertainment.
In recent years, live music in Jamaica has often taken a back seat to recorded dancehall and reggae, blasted over sound systems. Cries of a lack of venues, funding and attention to live music have been shouted near and far for years.
Now, through the efforts of Griot Music, Live Music Nation hopes to create a medium for live music and musicians. According to Jodi Ho Lung, vice-president of marketing for Griot Music, Live Music Nation intends to provide Jamaicans with another form of night-time entertainment.
“Currently there are four nights of live music; our goal is to have live music seven nights a week in and around Kingston. We eventually want to make Jamaica the live-music capital all across the world," Ho Lung explained.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Live Music Nation invades Christopher's Jazz Caf at The Quad; on Fridays, live music can be heard at the Village Blues Bar on Barbican Road, and on Saturday night there is also a live-music event at Heather's Garden Restaurant in New Kingston. Thursday is dubbed 'singers' night, with Tuesday and Saturday being reserved for jazz music and Friday has a little bit of everything.
In recent years, live music in Jamaica has often taken a back seat to recorded dancehall and reggae, blasted over sound systems. Cries of a lack of venues, funding and attention to live music have been shouted near and far for years.
Now, through the efforts of Griot Music, Live Music Nation hopes to create a medium for live music and musicians. According to Jodi Ho Lung, vice-president of marketing for Griot Music, Live Music Nation intends to provide Jamaicans with another form of night-time entertainment.
“Currently there are four nights of live music; our goal is to have live music seven nights a week in and around Kingston. We eventually want to make Jamaica the live-music capital all across the world," Ho Lung explained.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Live Music Nation invades Christopher's Jazz Caf at The Quad; on Fridays, live music can be heard at the Village Blues Bar on Barbican Road, and on Saturday night there is also a live-music event at Heather's Garden Restaurant in New Kingston. Thursday is dubbed 'singers' night, with Tuesday and Saturday being reserved for jazz music and Friday has a little bit of everything.
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