R.I.P. Tracy Bennett and Captain Barkey

Briggy

Brigadier "Briggy" Jerry

Big up Briggy who was posing for me with the HelpJamaica-flyer at ReggaeJam. Thank you for the support!

Pinchers and Silvertones

Recently, I was fortunate enough to meet two legends and take some pictures for HelpJamaica.
I am quite happy with the results! :-)

The Silvertones

Pinchers

It was a great vibe and very interesting to meet you all!

Nikesha Lindo feat. Sizzla ♥ All My Love

Ooh, I love this young lady Nikesha Lindo. She has so many beautiful tunes out! This is one of my favourites featuring Sizzla. This combination rocks!

Also check out her brother Kashief and her dad Willie Lindo, musician and producer at HEAVYBEAT RECORDS! They are one talented family! Memba mi tell yuh!

Natural High ♥ Claudia Fontaine

A new upload... This is a rocking 12 inch with Claudia Fontaine on vocals with the version on the b-side. One of my all time favourite tunes originally done by the R&B group Bloodstone who released the tune on the LP of the same name in 1973. Some things never age!

Darling You

My favourite selector played this song and I fell in love with it right away! It's on the Tune In Riddim a beautiful old Gregory Isaacs classic and it's been out since 2001!

I had never heard of Neisha K before. If anyone knows anything about her, please let me know! That lady has a very nice voice!

Ce'Cile - African King

One of the new songs from 2012 I love was written and is sung by the loveliest bad gyal ever, Ce'Cile. I had to make this upload because I felt a deep connection to it. ♥

Let me know what you think! :-)

Mr Williamz

Big up Mr Williamz! Good to chill with you at Club Moments in Bremen last night! Big thanks to King Ralph, Frank and also Talawah Sound from Hamburg!

My YouTube in June 2012

I gave my YouTube-channel a new look a while ago. I am happy with it but I think it's due for another change again soon! That grey YT-look is still so drab! What do you think?

Visit me over there! :-) http://www.youtube.com/user/germaicanlady/

Summer Is Here!

Hydrangea - Hortensie

I wish everyone a beautiful summer! ❤

Reggae Nights # 115

Reggae Nights in June was nice again with Roots Ashanti, Calabash and Ras Marcus on the decks! I danced to my heart's content until the flash broke off my camera and I had to go home.

Many thanks to everyone for being sweet! See you all next time even though I might have to come without my camera...

Nuff love to you all! ♥

Sentinel at Moments in Bremen

Sentinel were at Moments in Bremen on May 27, 2012! What a wicked night it was! When I arrived Nadia and Elmar were in full swing already, playing one hit after the other - a lot of which were dubplates of course! Later on their new MC Olde took the stage and created a continued great vibe, considering it was only his second time in this position!

Huge big ups to Naaaaaaaaaaaaadia, whom I had never heard select before. I know her primarily through her activities as a CEO for HelpJamaica. Nadia, you're the best!!

Many thanks to King Ralph for looking after me and your helping hand and Frank, who runs the show, for bringing Sentinel to Bremen and to everyone who was there with me, dancing and having a great time!

See you all soon :-)

Reggae Nights # 114

Reggae Nights on May 12, 2012 took place at Römer in the centre of Bremen once again. Entry was free and it seems to be a recipe for success. Many people came and the little venue was full to the brim. I could hardly walk around and take pictures. However, as usual, I did get a few:

I certainly hope to see you all again next time when my camera will hopefully be focussing again properly! :-)

Etana - Wifey

I absolutely love the Heart & Soul Riddim produced by Notice Productions in Jamaica. One of my favourite singers of the day, Hezron, has the song "Can't Come Between" on this riddim and it's one of my absolute favourites right now. Close behind is the song "Wifey" by the most wonderful female vocalists I have ever met: Etana The Stong One. She deserves this name because her voice is so strong, it blows you away and she has the personality to match! I was lucky enough to get a little jingle from her so I made this upload on YouTube.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do: Etana - Wifey on the Heart & Soul Riddim released by Notice Productions in Kingston, Jamaica in January 2012:

Happy Mother's Day!

Bugs' Birthday Bash

On April 14, 2012 I was invited to Bugs's Birthday Bash in Hannover where I happened to meet so many lovely people as well as lots of people I knew already from Bremen and other parts of the country amongst them the wonderful artist Ray Darwin and members of his band. Bugs' Rebel Sound played a very nice warm-up for Jamrock Sound from Amsterdam with DJ Waxfiend at the controls and DJ D Masta at the mic. We all had a great evening with one boom tune after the next!

Large up Bugs, DJ Waxfiend and DMasta and all who made it a great night!

Magnolia

The magnolia trees are blossoming beautifully right now. This is a blossom I was given by my neighbour from their tree some time ago and I thought it was so beautiful, I had to freeze it in time. I hope you enjoy it too!

Happy Easter

Have a very happy Easter holiday! The sun is shining here, it's fairly cold but still a bright day. Here is an egg I designed some time ago. It's drawn with pencil directly on the egg shell.

Pasque Flower-  pulsatilla - Küchenschelle

♥

Reggae by the River Part 2

Reggae by the River at Hafenklang, near Fischmarkt in Hamburg is an annual event held by Queen Easy, one of the management of www.reggaespace.com. The DJs playing at this event are all playing on internet radio regularly. The artists are attending the website regularly and all the guests are regular listeners there. The delicious vegetarian food was provided by Micho.

Big ups to everyone who attended some of whom are Lilian Gold, Donald Minott, Linford Nugent, Caroline Castelli aka Sista Caro, Dirk IRebel, Mighty Howard, 'Rootical', Yen Dis, Mr. Feelgood, RootzFaya, MassiveR, DJ 745, Selecta YoungLocks, Sam U Roy, the Dingolay Dancers, Ascona, Smuggler, Dags, Guddy, Colognemassive, Yardriddim, Vienna, Andrea Luise, Sista Gardy, Reggaelady, Climbnotrees, Jahmix, Tosh, Micho, Strobel, Ammi, Anja, Strobel, Andre, Winston, Micha, Imsa, King Kryzon, Mark Majestic, Robby, Malik, Mike, Princess Fari, Christian, the Hafenklang Crew and everyone else.

It was a real live radio show, even the little icons drawn on paper were included! BOOOM! ... lol... Personally, I was happy to see the Lestafari crew again after more than a year. It was lovely for real! Big thanks to Queen Easy for organising everything and for shocking the massive by playing a dancehall segment and bringing on the wicked dancers!

Also, an award was announced by Yendis, who is also management of ReggaeSpace. It is called Seed New Artist Award and the winners are Baby Lion and my friend Roxy Singh from Trinidad who could not be there in person but listened to the live stream of the dance all night. Congratulations to both winners! I may be able to add an interview of both with Yendis at a later time.

Nuff love to all ♥ ♥ ♥

Up-date: Some of my photos are being featured on Jamaicans.com. Click here to view the gallery.

Happy Birthday, Ramzy!

I joined Ramzy and his friends at his party in the early morning hours of on March 10, 2012, his actual birthday when he was just showered with food and drink, anything they had left at the party! So Ramzy got changed into something else his friend had brought and we went outside to take some pictures of everyone.

It was nice meeting everyone and I was happy I got away without getting showered myself! :-)

Zigedub meets Peter Hunnigale

My favourite selector on Reggae4us Zigedub has his first interview with his favourite UK vocalist who happens to also be my favourite and who was once again nominated "Best British Male Vocalist" at B.R.I.A. (British Reggae Industry Awards)!

Please tune in and also join us in the chat at www.reggae4us.com/chat/ You will see it's a friendly place! Personally, I am very much looking forward to this interview, I can't wait!

Update:

Here is the show including the interview to listen if you have missed it or enjoyed the vibes as much as I did:

2012.03.20 Zigedub Back2Basics with Peter Hunnigale by Germaicanlady on Mixcloud

Reggae Nights # 112

March 10, 2012 “Römer” saw another successful dance "Free Entry". As usual, Roots Ashanti and Calabash entertained the massive with the latest and greatest hits. Here are the photos!

I had a wonderful time dancing and meeting all the lovely people who come to Reggae Nights regularly and some who have been the first time! Nuff love to you and I do hope to see you all again next month on the 14th of April!

Peter Hunnigale - How Many More Times

Lately, I have been listening a lot to my favourite UK singer, Peter Hunnigale, who has a huge catalogue of beautiful songs! He has been nominated "Best British Male Vocalist" at http://www.britreggae.com/vote.php.

I was able to upload one of his wonderful new songs "How Many More Times" released by Bubblers Ogilvie Production in London (2012) on the "Love Is A Treasure" Riddim:

Here is an upload I made a while ago with Peter's little interview I did at ReggaeJam after we had discussed life at length. I love his vibe! I took the photos at the show before we got to chill together.

♥ :-)

Zigedub

Here is a flyer and logo I created for my favourite selector Zigedub who has played on Reggae4us.com for a while. He and the vibe he creates are one of the reasons why the station was nominated "Best Radio & Internet Station" at http://www.britreggae.com/vote.php. Voting is still open so please cast your vote!

Should you be around at any time the shows are on please come in and join us in the chat at www.reggae4us.com/chat/ and let us know who you are so you can get your big ups and mentions!

My YouTube

Finally, I changed my YouTube to the new design. My main complaint is not about the look and that it is very rigid with all the possibilities there are to design a simple page these days. But where are my friends and their comments? Besides some advantages the new design has a lot of flaws and I hope it will be sorted out and not stay "unsociable" like MySpace, the no. 1 social network of the last century.

In the meantime, I have uploaded this song:

Please let me know what you think! :-)

Reggae Nights # 111

Reggae Nights # 111 on February 11, 2012 at “Römer” was the most packed out dance I have been too in a long time. As soon as doors opened people crowded the dancefloor rocking to the sounds of Roots Ashanti and Calabash. Here are some photos to show how the vibe was! However, I assume they had a new fog machine and were making ample use of it so I could not even take that many pictures until later when the fog cleared again!

Flyers February 2012

Here are some more flyers I made for Reggae4us.com:

Flyers January 2012

I have started making flyers again. Here are two I made for my friend Kulcha Ites and Reggae4us.com

Reggae Nights # 110

Reggae Nights # 110 on January 14, 2012 was held at “Römer” once more. We had a great time with Roots Ashanti and Calabash. Here are the photos to prove it! Come again on February 11 to do it all over again!

Reggae Nights # 109

Reggae Nights on December 10, 2011 was another scorcher for a winter night. “Römer” was packed again and Roots Ashanti and Calabash created a wonderful vibe as usual. Big ups to Sandra who celebrated her birthday that night and her friends who were all lovely.

Another big up goes to Ramzy who is a very good dancer and danced with me again all night. See you all on January 14, same place, same time, same vibe!