Reggae Superstar Anthony B and Songstress Etana have been added to the stellar line up of "Lake Fest, Love within The Music". The August 14th line up already boasts legendary crooner Beres Hammond and silky voice Wayne Wonder with more acts to be announced.


The event dubbed "Woodstock" with the flair and essence of the Caribbean will also feature live bands and rising artists such as Opal, Blaq Capone, Alandon & Ifertari. It will be hosted by HOT 93.7FM Diva Nikki Z, DJ Buck and Nancy Barrow.

Music will be provided by Black Hustler Sound, Legend International, Sparkles International, Road International and Amazon Sound.

About Anthony B
Draped in the rich colours of African cloth, his trademark staff in hand, and his dreadlocks wrapped regally on his head, Anthony B embodies all that it is spiritual and proactive about Reggae music. This artiste has been steadfast in his mission to represent the poor and oppressed, using sharp lyrics to confront political injustices and bring the issues of the people to the forefront. In the process, he has raised the quality of performance standards and lyrical content for the industry, through the release of 13 albums, over 1000 singles and appearances on over 100 albums in the last 14 years.


About Etana

Once in a great while, the world is afforded with a powerful, soulful and unique voice of the people. The ever-so-talented songstress Etana “The Strong One” has emerged as this entity, representing one of Reggae music’s newest faces. Boasting a flawless soul-soaked voice, in just a few years, Etana has captivated and inspired legions of die hard fans. In addition to wooing listeners with her rich honey-laced vocals, Etana also proudly dons the hat of songwriter. The singer has boldly struck a chord with the masses, winning the hearts of the people one song at a time.


Children Under 12 Receive FREE Admission / Adult Advance Ticket Price $40. Kiddy Land' complete with Bounce A Bouts, Clowns, Face Painting, Pony Rides, Jet ski, power boating food from every Caribbean island under the sun!

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Dutch Reggae artist Ziggi Recado returns with his second Greensleeves/VP album. The self-titled studio album is 14 new songs, penned and mostly produced by the Holland based artist. Ziggi is from St. Eustachia (an Island near St. Maarten W.I.) and grew up in Holland.  Heralded as the Netherlands #1 Reggae act, he has recorded and toured with many Jamaican and European artists and built a solid fan base over the years. Ziggi’s music is diverse, with hip-hop, rock, dub-step and other influences blended into a roots reggae foundation. The album includes Curtis Lynch, Rock 'N Vibes, and Special Delivery productions as well as appearances by Etana, Maikal X, Tippa Irie, Mr. Probz and others. The rock-flavored single and video ‘Get Out’ is currently bubbling on the charts in Europe and spreading through the network of core reggae fans. The album launch will be supported in Europe with a 15 date tour to be followed by West Coast US dates in summer.

Download the single "All My Life" by Ziggi Recado Feat. Etana.  Check out Ziggi Recado on

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Caribbean Lifestyle Media-Reggae songstress Etana made her mark in the music business with tunes like, "wrong address" and "Blessings" featuring Alborosie is now ready to release her sophomore album. Many maybe surprised that this is Etana's second album, it seems like she has been with us for a life time.

Etana state, “This album was produced a little differently from the first. Most of the sessions were less planned and more of a free vibe. Producers I worked with included Curtis Lynch from London, Kemar “Flava” McGreggor, Steven Stanley, Joel Chin, Specialist, and Alborosie. At times, there were glitches and some stumbling blocks but we managed to pull through”

The album "Free Expressions" is scheduled to be released on February 8th, 2011 and the single will be available for download December 7th, 2010.

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Caribbean Lifestyle Media-Did you know that Shauna McKenzie more popularly known as Etana recently added actress to her resume?   You may remember the movie, "Third World Cop"-the director of that film Chris Browne is now working with Etana in a new film called, "Ghett'a Life".  We are told that Etana auditioned for the part of Arnette, the mother of a youth troubled with life, frantically trying to get over on the other side.

In "Ghett'a Life" you can expect an all star cast including Winston ‘Bello’ Bell, Chris McFarlane, Carl Davis and Teddy Price. Look out for Etana sophmore album-Free Expressions. From the Caribbean Lifestyle Media family we would like to say CONGRATULATIONS ETANA!

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 Caribbean Lifestyle Media-Etana will be the first quest to be featured on a new show, "On our Level" on TVJ.  The show is hosted by 8 year old Janna Milbourn and is said to enable young children to bring celebrity guests and discuss topics that persons her age can relate to.  The show is produced by Sharon Schoerter of Digicel Rising Stars and Intense fame.

Etana was also on hand for the Reggae Sumfest 2010 launch. Etana is scheduled to perform for international night in Montego Bay on July 23, 2010.  Etana recently performed in Amsterdam; Caribbean Lifestyle Media was told: Etana felt at home while in the Netherlands; Europe has always been a favoured trip among the many worldwide ventures of the Strong One. The strength and acceptance of Reggae music residing there has given her that sweet home feeling. Etana will return to Europe in October for a two months long tour. 

Etana's Strong one is available purchase on Amazon.

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Caribbean Lifestyle Media-Etana graced the stage at the largest student run event in the US.  It is the UCLA JAZZ REGGAE Festival held on Memorial Day with other top performers such as, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq and Barrington Levy. The Festival saw its 24th staging where the ‘strong one’ represented well as an ambassador for Jamaica’s female talent.

Etana also took part in the Soul Rebelling, Buy-A-Block initiative which saw it's latest project come to light with the Orange Bay Basic School in Hanover, Westmoreland.  Soul Rebellion believes that by improving the condition of the schools in Jamaica, education will become better. The event has been running since 2006 and included other influential entertainers.

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Its Official, reggae recording artists Etana and I Octane are the latest addition to the Palz Production 3rd Annual staging of Family Fun Fest slated for this Easter Monday April 5th at Jam World in Portmore. The event which is geared towards community upliftment and serenity is once again boasting an impressive lineup after last years successful staging.

According to the promoters of the event the new additions to the line up came after the main headliner for the show had a sudden cancellation. "Well what had happened was dancehall deejay Elephant Man was suppose to be the headliner for this years show. We went ahead and booked him but later found out he had other engagements in Europe so we had to shuffle a bit. Last year Ele came and gave a great performance so in his absence we plan on having a dance segment with his songs for the kids".

Amongst the other acts slated to hit the Family Fun Fest stage are D Angel, Q.Q, Ken Booth, Tanice Morrison, Apache Chief & Sarge, members of Dance Expressions plus many more.

In keeping with the theme of the event patrons can expect the usual Fun Amusements including Water Slides, Rock Climber, Mechanical Bull, Go-Karts, Bounce-A-Bouts, Clowns, Face Paint and a host of other competitions and prize giveaways ranging from DVD Players and Bicycles to Toaster Ovens and Books galore.

Family Fun Fest will this year be sponsored by Seprod, Excelsior, Coke Zero, CVM TV, RJR Communications Group, HYPE TV, Ovaltine, Miracle, Valle, Travelers Beach Resort, Orbit, Main Events, Hugheaden Supermarket, UBT Corporation Limited, Kingston Hireage, Sign Channel and Butterkist. Admission for the all day event is $400 for Adults and children $200.

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IRISH and CHIN-After thousands of votes were casted by viewers for over a month, the Etana/RETV music video competition came to a remarkable close recently. The competition, which featured Etana's three new videos "August Town," "Free" and "Happy Heart," was the first of it's kind. And from the overwhelming response, the competition went over with a bang. Impressively, votes from through out the Caribbean inundated RETV.

Votes are still being tallied, with no winner determined yet and excitement is building up for the live finale on February 27 at 5:00 PM, which will feature Etana announcing the winning video and calling the competition's winners. Etana's fans are on the edges of their seats as they wait to find out if they will be winners of any of the competition's coveted prizes. Several times a day, after viewing the three videos, fans were prompted to text in and vote for their favorite video. Their texts/votes were then entered into the respective video's pot.

A lucky winner will be selected from each video pot. The voter selected from the third favorite video pot will receive an Ipod loaded with Etana's music. Meanwhile, the voter selected from the second video pot will receive a chic Blackberry Curve. And finally, the voter selected from the first video pot will receive an ultra savvy 13" MacBook. In addition to fans supporting Etana's new videos and music, the prize incentive also played a major role in attracting voters.

"This competition was one of Irish and Chin's unique vehicles of marketing Etana's Music," says Etana's manager Garfield "Chin" Bourne. "I am overjoyed by the response to the competition."

The results of the video competition will be hush hush until the live finale. Not even Etana will know of the winning video until it's announced on air -- that way one can catch her genuine, candid response.

"Although each of the videos is a #1 video to me, I am extremely anxious to see which one my fans chose as their favorite," says Etana.

Everyone who voted should keep their phones on between 5-7 PM on February 27, in case they are a lucky winner. If Etana calls a number and does not get an answer, she will move on and select another number. Viewers will be able to express their excitement live on air.

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Etana signs autographs of young fans at St. Andrews TechnicalHigh School (STATHS) in Kingston, JA following a recent performance

Often infused with messages and real life stories, Etana's music is credited with moving all who listen. Riveting songs like "Wrong Address," "Roots," "Not Afraid" and the latest single "August Town" stay true to Etana's signature style. But beyond the soulful singer's love of music, lies a passion to help the youth. And through out her impressive career, Etana has taken pride in inspiring and motivating youth through music and many other efforts. Morevoer, the soulful songstress is especially vested in empowering young girls.
"I have always taken a special interest in the youth as they hold the key to the future," says Etana sincerely. "I am particularly driven to encourage young girls since they often don't recognize their full potential because of some of society's stereotypical roles placed before them."

Etana incorporates the message of abstinence while performingbefore STATHS students on the RE High School Tour.

"Overall, I want young girls to hold their heads up high and embrace their power......I typically tell them that they can do any and evertyhing once they put their mind to it," the singer adds.
With seeds deeply rooted in the youth, Etana regulary talks to The Young Reggae Girlz, Jamaica's under 17 and under 20 female soccer teams. A hit among the team members, Etana shares music and life experiences with the team and encourages the girls to respect themselves so that others can respect them. Etana indicates that a major part of "respect" comes with abstinence. Further, the artist lets the Girlz know that it's okay to be strong black women. But no talk is complete with out focusing on the central theme of education. A critical component, the artist declares "education is the greatest way to overcome poverty and be successful."
Motivational talks with the Reggae Girlz are just a snippet of Etana's commitment to the youth, as she regularly visits schools through out the world.

No matter where Etana is performing, she goes out of her way to visit schools in the respective area. While the youth are too young to attend most of her performances, she brings entertainment directly to them by dropping in on surprise visits. Regularly, Etana sings some of her best known selections and intermittently motivates the classroom to pursue an education, stay focused and make good decisions. She continuously lets the classrooms know that all things are possible with education.

Members of Jamaica's Young Reggae Girlz Soccer Team enjoy a visitfrom Etana.

In addition to these independent efforts, Etana is now a featured artist on the RE School Tour. Recently, the powerful Etana commanded the standing room only crowd at the Tour's first stop at St. Andrew's Technical High School in Kingston, JA. There, "The Strong One" belted out a string of hits to the 700-plus crowd and was ever-so amused when students sang the lyrics verbatim. Although Etana was pegged for a 3-song set, the crowd's overwhelming response made her stay to perform 2 more songs.

Through out her set, Etana consistently delivered the message of abstinence and staying in school to the youth and thanked the teachers for diligently molding and shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Etana is slated to perform on the tour each Tuesday that she is in Jamaica until the tour's end in mid-November. Etana willingly joined the RE School Tour for a second time because it's platform is directly in tune with her efforts involving youth.
Etana's work involving youth is ongoing. It is the singer's utmost goal to launch a youth-driven foundation in the future centered on the themes of education and empowerment. Plans for this foundation, which will formalize Etana's efforts, will begin soon.


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The ever-so-talented Reggae songstress Etana has made great strides in 2009, affording the world with her soulful brand of Reggae music. Adding to an already impressive year, Etana has been chosen to represent Jamaica at the Johannesburg 2009 Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Notably, Etana's participation in the Festival was organized as a cultural exchange through a cooperative agreement between the the governments of Jamaica and South Africa. Her week-long trip to South Africa will culminate with two highly anticipated performances at the Soweto Festival on September 25 and the Eldo Jazz Day Festival on September 27.

"We express sincere gratitude and appreciation to Etana for her willingness to represent Jamaica at the Arts Alive Festival," says Sydney Bartley, Principal Director, Culture and Entertainment for Permanent Secretary of South Africa. "Etana continues to stand out as one of Jamaica's outstanding artists and we wish her every blessing in her career."

Etana was just as inspired by this opportunity, stating "I am honored to be chosen as a representative of Jamaica and Reggae music in South Africa." "This is a chance for me to be there for the people and continue spreading the universal message of Reggae music," Etana added.

In addition to the festival appearances, Etana will also perform in some of the country's clubs, reaching even more of her fans. Although this trip marks Etana's first time in South Africa, it is her third time traveling to Africa. In 2007 and 2008, Etana performed in Gambia and Ghana respectively. Her groundbreaking song "Roots" was inpsired by an encounter she had with a young boy in Gambia. Dedicated to uplifting all people through her music, traveling to Africa has greatly influenced her career and movement.

Etana has taken home numerous awards this year. Most recently, she won the "Album of the Year" award at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) in New York for her debut effort The Strong One (VP Records) and at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EMA), among a growing list of accolades.

The soulful songstress also graced the stage of numerous music festivals including Reggae Sumfest, Irie Jamboree and the Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba, a stint where the artist shared the stage with the likes of Jamie Foxx, Common and Robin Thicke. Clearly, this performance exposed Etana's music to a diverse audience.

Etana's latest single "August Town" is being heralded by fans as a great, thought provoking song. Like many of Etana's efforts, "August Town" tells of a real-life, recent situation that occurred in her community. One can expect great things for Etana in the future, as she recently restructured her career, naming Irish and Chin as her exclusive management team and Headline Entertainment as her Booking Agency.

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Jamaica's very own award winning vocalist Etana is getting ready to take the stage of "Jordu Live" by storm this Saturday April 25th at the Jordu fashion boutique located in 7th Avenue Plaza. This will be the forth chapter of the Jordu Live series which saw the likes of Queen Ifrica, Tanya Stephens, Tessanne Chin and now the soulful empress Etana. Patrons will get the chance to see and hear Etana in a more intimate setting and will be able to see all the hottest styles in fashion that Jordu has to offer.

Etana says " This will be my first ever up close and personal acoustic performance, that will have a very mellow kind of vibe were i'll be giving a mix of all my past and present songs, I'm so looking forward to meeting my fans and giving them a mind bobbling show".

Etana who recently returned from Barbados is busy promoting her latest singles "Blessings" featuring Alborosie and "Caltariba System", which are two of the hottest videos sweeping the airwaves both locally and internationally. Since her debut single "Wrong Address" Etana has followed up with influential and heart warming hits such as "Roots", "Warrior Love", "I Am Not Afraid"and "Don't Forget" amongst others.

As Kingston's newest and hottest live entertainment spot Jordu Live provides a unique form of interaction. According to IPC Entertainment director Mr. Douglas "Promoters should stop having one show with fifty artists because it doesn't allow the artist to really showcase the full extent of his or her talent. Jordu Live is the event that we all need as it brings out the performance through the audience, Etana is set to bring a wicked acoustic sound and like the others before it's a show you dont wanna miss. Although the production is fairly small its alot of work and so I must thank the Vice President of IPC Princess Ellis and the Jordu team for their dedication. Thanks also to past performers Queen Ifrica, Tanya Stephens, Laden, Big Ship,Tessanne Chin and all the fans who have made this event a success .

Limited Pre-sold tickets for Jordu Live are currently on sale at the Jordu Store for $1200.

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The singer, who has emerged as one of Jamaica's biggest cultural acts on the back of songs like her inspirational hit Roots, says a lot of creative talent is emerging that will take the music to greater heights.

"Dancehall is on the verge of being very creative," she said. "You are going to find some very talented youths coming up with some well-put-together songs."

Emerging cry
This emergence of talent, she believes, will force some of what happens in dancehall today to change for the better. There has been an emerging cry in recent times about the violent and sexually explicit nature of some of the lyrics coming out of dancehall, given the rate of murder and rape being committed on the island.
It was on that premise that the Broadcasting Commission, the body mandated to ensure that the content being broadcast on Jamaica's electronic media is appropriate, recently imposed a ban on sexually explicit songs from the airwaves.
Members of the entertainment industry were livid, but the move by the commission was widely hailed. There is the perception, however, that more needs to be done.

Offending songs
But Etana feels that soon, many of the artistes who create the offending songs will be forced to become more creative. "I just don't think that adult poetry is an excuse for creating any ol' song for any child to sing," she said. "Music is something that children catch on to pretty fast. The more positive you can make it, the more positive the next generation can be. The influence of music is more powerful than governments."

The Learning for Life - Project Artiste programme is also something she believes will help force change for the better within the industry. Under the programme, about 40 young people are chosen from inner-city communities to learn skills that will allow them to be employed within the entertainment industry and thus be able to provide for themselves and their families. Source

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Singer / Songwriter Etana will this year grace the stage of the glitzy Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba. The 5 day festival which is schedule to run from May 20 through to the 25th will also feature other big name acts such as Actor / Singer Jamie Foxx, Rapper Common, U.K Songstress Estelle, Wayne Brady and the ever awesome Robin Thicke.

The Soul Beach Festival promises to be an electrifying display of talent and is set around the Memorial Day Weekend. According to the Soul Beach Website on the 20th will be an Opening Party / Welcome Reception followed by a live radio broadcast on the 21st. Come Friday 22nd it will be time for the Main Stage Concert featuring performances from Estelle and Wayne Brady. Etana and Jamie Foxx is set to blase the Saturday night showcase while Common and Robin Thicke bring the Festival to an end on the Sunday Evening.

The Soul Beach Music Festival sponsors include Uptown Media Group and Blackplanet.com, stay tune for more details as they become available in the associated press. In other news Etana will also be making an appearance at the annual Uppsala Reggae Festival set for August 7th in Sweden.

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Etana Premiers New Video This Week

Reggae songstress Etana will this week premier her video for the thought provoking single "Caltariba System" which is featured on her "The Strong One Album" released in June last year.

The new video which was directed by Ras I SHAC is said to have very theatrical dance choreography reminiscent of that seen in Kanye West's Love Lockdown presentation. The video will also feature stock footage of persons being oppressed so as the match up to the meaning of term Caltariba System and fans of the strong one won't have to wait much longer to experience the second of her double video release. The already shot video for the smash hit "Blessings" alongside singer / producer Alborosie is currently being edited and is expected out some time later in March.

In other news Etana who also took home two new Awards recently for "Reggae Singer Of The Year" and "Most Admired Female Artist" had kind words for her fans and organizers of the ceremony. "I would like to use this oppertunity to first thank the fans for their loyalty, without your votes I would not have achieve these awards and secondly to the institutions like HYPE TV and CVM TV I say a special thanks to you too for recognizing my music and making the journey so much more worth it".

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