KINGSTON, Jamaica – On Thursday, February 29, 2024, the ultimate day of Reggae Month, the Ministry of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sport by its company the Jamaica Cultural Improvement Fee (JCDC) and sponsor Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum will host the Reggae Gold Awards and Jamaica Music Museum Induction on the Nationwide Indoor Sports activities Centre in Kingston.
The Reggae Gold Awards developed in 2019 to function a platform to protect and promote Reggae’s cultural heritage, making certain it continues to encourage future generations, has, since its inception, set its intention squarely on being a unifying platform for trade gamers to have fun their achievements and really feel valued.
In a transfer to additional acknowledge monumental figures in Reggae Music, the 2024 version of the award ceremony will unveil inductees to be named to the Jamaica Music Museum. Created to be a well-deserved Corridor of Fame for the best members of the trade the Museum celebrates their contributions to the music.
Government Director of the Jamaica Cultural Improvement Fee (JCDC), Lenford Salmon, famous the importance of the transfer to award the artistes.
“With out these awardees, Jamaican music, basically, and Reggae Music would have been the poorer. They’re, collectively, the originators and customary bearers of Reggae Music and have appeared alongside the continuum of the shape as exponents who’ve established and promoted new musical interpretations or strategies of musical expression,” mentioned Salmon.
Induction Eligibility
To be eligible for induction, trade professionals should show unquestionable musical excellence and expertise. On Thursday night, the ceremony will welcome 20 honourees and twelve Reggae Gold awardees. The inductees will embrace performers, composers, producers, establishments and/or musicians who’ve had a big influence on the event, evolution and preservation of Jamaican Music.
The Reggae Gold Awards is among the highlights of the Reggae Month calendar now sponsored by Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum. The favored rum model was just lately introduced as “the Spirit of Reggae” with dedication to fostering the event of the style over the following three years by new and established Reggae Month actions.
“At Wray & Nephew we all know what it means to have fun. The Reggae Gold Awards presents a most applicable alternative for the best cultural appreciation. It is usually a second for us to collectively articulate an enormous thanks to those that have crafted legacy leaving careers championing Jamaican tradition. Because the awards prepares to confess its first honourees into the Jamaica Music Museum, it’s with nice delight that we be a part of as celebration accomplice to honour Jamaican musical icons,” Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum, Advertising and marketing Supervisor, Pavel Smith shared.
Beginning at 7pm on Thursday, followers of the artwork type can witness historical past and be thrilled by visitor performances by Third World, Lutan Fyah, Jesse Royal, Etana, Nikki Burt, Janeel Mills, & Adena Myrie might be doing a I- Threes Tribute as a bunch, Kevoy Clarke and Chilean singer, Quique Neira.
The Reggae Gold Awards ceremony guarantees to shine a highlight on unsung heroes, together with artists, producers, promoters, and sound engineers. Particularly those that have formed Reggae’s evolution.