Tifa is Europe Bound After Rocking the Cayman Islands

Fans in the Cayman Islands were totally satisfied after dancehall diva Tifa's performance last Friday. The dancehall diva rocked the 876 Pre-Independence party at Sparky Drive leaving fans salivating for more. It was Tifa's second time performing in Cayman and it was a huge crowd that came out to party. And what a party it was.

Laced with old and current hits, Tifa took patrons on a musical high as they sang along word for word to a string of hits. 'Cayman was a good look and a lot of people came out to the event just to have fun and to enjoy themselves', Tifa said in a release to the media.

The event was hosted by DJ Preston of Hot 104.1 FM. It also featured several local acts from Cayman. Jamaica's ZJ Chrome was also in action on the wheels of steel.

This weekend Tifa will take on Europe as she embarks on a short stint. Her European trek will kick off at the hugely popular Reggae Geel Festival in Belgium where Tifa will perform on the main stage alongside a number of major acts. Bounty Killer, Barrington Levy, Marcia Griffiths and Cutty Ranks are also on the Reggae Geel Festival lineup.

Nature Rocks Sumfest International Night 1

International Night 1 of Reggae Sumfest will be long remembered by Sumfest patrons as a night of wonderful performances.

Downsound recording artiste Nature who performed in the opening segment of the show delivered a performance that clearly shows why he is hailed by music industry insiders and music fans as one of the bright new stars in reggae.

It is obvious that Nature has a rock star mentality and the Sumfest promoters made the right choice by placing him on International Night 1.

Coming on stage after Droop Lion who delivered a strong performance, Nature knew he had to come good to please the sizeable audience gathered inside the Catherine Hall Entertainment Center, most of who were seeing him for the very first time.

Introduced on stage by MC Elise Kelly, Nature appeared on stage decked out in designer suit that helped to fuel his star presence. Aided by the Blow Wow Band and his backup singers he sang his way into the hearts of patrons. His 20 minute set was unpredictable and charged with spiritual energy as he delivered mixture of originals such as Trying Man, Waiting Time and Dennis Brown’s For You. 

One of the many highlights of his performance was when he paused from signing to reason with the audience: “I bought 3 bibles out of my pay from Sumfest to give to 3 people here tonight, because I put Jah over all things including my career, as a singer I can lose my voice and still have a lot, but if you lose the love of Jah you've lost everything,” Nature said to the crowd. Nature showed his versatility by playing the guitar as he delivered an acoustic version of the Tracey Chapman original, Revolution, which went over well with the audience. 

With a powerhouse performance of his single, World Peace, he sent a strong message to war and crime by placing a Mic stand in the middle of the stage and announced to crowd: "People let's pretend that this Mic stand is crime and I have the one opportunity to rid the world of it." Then with a strong flying kick the Mic stand was sent flying across the stage much to the delight of the patrons. It was as if he could do no wrong as his every gesture, every song and every move on stage was met went over well with the audience as they lapped up every minute of his wonderful performance. 

In an interview after his performance Nature said that he was very happy with the response he received from the crowd. “This is one of the greatest festivals in the world if not the greatest and to come here and perform and get such a positive response from the crowd it makes me feel very good. I am very happy about the support I got from the audience. 

I rehearsed and prepared for this show a lot and once the MC called my name I knew I had to hit the stage and give the people all I have and that’s what I did. From here on the plan is to just keep on improving and keep on making and singing more good music for the people,” said Nature. International Night 1 of Reggae Sumfest took place on Friday July 26 at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Center in Montego Bay.

Jack Radics Ready For Musical Moments

With countless hit singles and albums under his belt Jack Radics is easily one of the most prolific contemporary reggae singers. “I have a vast catalogue of music; I’ve done several albums over the years most of them have been released overseas. I must admit that I’ve scored some hits too here and there.

I have also travelled the world performing, writing and recording music and collaborating with a lot of other talented people and for that I am very thankful.” Jack Radics, burst onto the local music scene in the early 1990s with a slew of hits which includes songs such as Dream Merchant, Something Reminds Me and You Sexy Thing.

He went on to collaborate with Chaka Demus & Pliers to score one of the biggest hits of the 90’s, Twist & Shout. Released in December of 93 the Sly & Robby produced track raced to the top of the British Charts in early 1994. He also teamed up with legendary dancehall Deejay Super Cat for the hit single My Girl Josephine in 1994, which was featured in the movie Pret-a-Porter.

Since then Jack Radics has gone on to score countless other hits such as his smash European chart topper titled It Doesn’t Matter. He has also toured the world having developed quite a huge fan base in Europe, South East Asia, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Jack Radics is booked to appear at Musical Moments on Wednesday the 31st of July at the LIME Golf Academy.

“I’m really looking forward to performing on Musical Moments, I haven’t performed in Kingston for a number of years now and I want to give the fans in Kingston a great performance. Although I won’t be able to do my full set like when I perform abroad I will make sure that the patrons have a great time, said the artiste” Also billed to perform at musical moments are The Stylistics, Gem Myers and Stevie Face.