Pow Pow @ Moments

December tun hot on Friday 13th when Pow Pow, i. e. Mr Brown and Junior Carl played in Bremen at Club Moments. Many very tall people were at the venue when I arrived and King Ralph was playing the opening for the evening. The vibe was very nice and everyone danced to their hearts' content, especially when the veteran sound, who's other members were travelling somewhere in the South of Europe, started heating up the turn tables and the massive, getting everyone to interact in their usual style and fashion as you can see in the photos.

King Ralph

Junior Carl, DJ Laye, Mr Brown

Later DJ Laye played the cool out and people agreed that the event was making them look forward to Christmas Eve when Dancehall CoNNect would once again go down at Club Moments. To see the full album you can click here. Of course, you are welcome to tag yourself.

Happy Christmas!

Steel Pulse in Hamburg

The greatest reggae band of our time had one show in Germany, in Hamburg! I was fortunate enough to be invited by the wonderful Sidney Mills to see the soundcheck and to have a chat before the show. It was a pleasure also to see Jerry "Saxman" Johnson for the first time, who has been touring with Steel Pulse for a while. If you know me, you know that I love the sax and it adds another dimension to the live sound of Steel Pulse. I loved the way David Hinds and Jerry "fought" for their place on stage. Altogether, the show was very well put together and perfectly played. Big ups to Steel Pulse!

For me the most emotional moment was David Hinds' introduction of the song "Put Your Hoodies On" which he wrote in rememberance and honour of Trayvon Martin. You can listen to it here . You can check out all of Steel Pulse's news and David Hinds' blog on their website.

A special mention goes to Peter, who came all the way from Denmark to see Steel Pulse's only show in Europe for this tour!

Last but not least: A big "Thank you!" to Christoph Tewes of Revelation Concerts as always. You are the best! Also, please check this comprehensive review written by Gardy and photgraphed by Silverback published on ReggaeVille.

Reggae Nights # 123

Reggae Nights was conveniently held one day after my birthday at Magazinkeller so I was able to celebrate non-stop from Tuesday, October 1 through to the early hours of Thursday morning! Roots Ashanti played the latest in reggae and dancehall (yes, they can!) and mixed in some good old hits. It was great and I could not stop dancing!

The guest Destination Sound from Göttingen played some dub sounds in between and I had a chance to chill with all of you lovely people at Reggae Nights! Thanks to Hjalmar for the bottle of champagne, to Ben for all the fog which made it hard for my camera to focus, to Rigo for taking my picture (and the invite for Friday) and to all of you for dancing with me and making it a wonderful night out!

Roots Ashanti doing their thing!

Reminder of Summer

Thank You, Sheriff & All @ ReggaeJam

This beautiful little princess was standing on a step inside the crowded pit watching Chronixx' wonderful performance. It's my favourite photo of this year's ReggaeJam and I am sharing it for three reasons:

Firstly, I'd like to know who she is! I couldn't see her parents as the pit was absolutely packed. Please e-mail me! Secondly, I'd like to thank everyone who made this last weekend a wonderful one! Unfortunately, I could not be there for the closing ceremony but hopefully I will be there again next year for the 20th anniversary of ReggaeJam!

And last, but not least, I would like to show this photo as an example of natural beauty. I hope this young lady will keep shining as the star she is - naturally!

More of my photos are to follow soon.

Nuff love
Chrissie

ReggaeJam 2013 • Preview

If you know me, you will know that the annual highlight in my calendar is just around the corner: ReggaeJam! ReggaeVille have issued a Special ReggaeJam Magazine to which I have contributed a substantial amount of festival photos from the last year. Check it out right here:

This year the line-up is the best ever!

Also, please check these links for further information: www.reggaejam.de, www.reggaeville.com, www.helpjamaica.org. HELP Jamaica! will be holding a raffle on the main stage at ReggaeJam on Sunday! Buy your raffle ticket at the HELP Jamaica!-stand on the festival ground! Good luck!

So, hopefully, I will see you all there and we can all enjoy the family vibe in a big way - as usual! I cannot wait!

Nuff love
Chrissie ♥