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TO HELP IN PROMOTING LEGAL WEED IN JAMAICA, ROOTS BAND MYSTIC REVEALERS, HAS OPENED THE JAMAICA AUTHENTIC HERB COMPANY!

June 5th, 2016 | Add a Comment

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL—-  Mystic Revealers in performance.—- Ganja has been a buzzword in Jamaica since the Government announced plans to decriminalize the plant in early 2014. Politicians, doctors and long-time advocates have hailed steps to finally make it a legitimate income earner. The Mystic Revealers band have thrown their hat in the ring by recently establishing the Jamaica Authentic Herb Company, a multidimensional company dedicated to promoting ganja-based products. Julius Chin Yee, the band’s long-time manager, spoke about the company’s plans in an interview with Jamaica Observer. “Because legal marijuana is a relatively new category, existing products rely heavily on conventional symbols, psychedelia, the leaf, and traditional modes of consumption like smoking and edibles. We wanted to move away from such stigmas and imagine how marijuana might exist 10, 20, 30 years from now,” said … Read entire article »

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“IT’S ABOUT TIME JAMAICA CAPITALIZES ON GANJA’S POTENTIAL” SAYS GOVERNMENT MINISTER MIKE HENRY!

May 14th, 2016 | Add a Comment

 Parliamentarian Mike Henry (foreground) is pictured here with members of the Mystic Revealers band.— Member of Parliament Mike Henry, a long time advocate for decriminalization of ganja, says it is full time Jamaicans capitalize on the plant’s commercial potential. According to Henry, given the country’s ties to Rasta and reggae, documentation should have been on the books long ago. “Ganja must be registered worldwide under the Indigenous Cultural Act…Jamaica would earn from it,” he told the OBSERVER ONLINE. “Whether we like to hear it or not, Rasta, reggae and Jamaica are synonymous.” Henry, the minister of transport, sits on Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on the Report of the National Commission on Ganja.   Henry has consistently opposed recreational ganja smoking, but supports its use for medicinal and religious purposes.His son, Nicky Henry, is drummer for roots-reggae … Read entire article »

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ROOTS GROUP MYSTIC REVEALERS, RELEASES NEW SINGLE “HERB MUST LEGALIZE NOW!”

February 11th, 2016 | Add a Comment

 Mystic Revealers in performance.— Herb Must Legalize Now, the long-awaited single from Mystic Revealers, has been released. Julius Chin Yee, the band’s manager, said a remix of the song produced by them was officially released by VP Records on January 22. Last year there was a lot of pre-release hype around the initial cut of Herb Must Legalize Now, produced by Mikey Bennett. Chin Yee said the song, which calls for legalisation of ganja, will be on Mystic Revealers’ next album and EP which are expected out by March.   “This is our first album in 15 years. The importance is to show our relevance in the reggae revival or renaissance,” Chin Yee told the Jamaica Observer.Mystic Revealers, which includes founding members Anthony ‘Billy Mystic’ Wilmot (lead vocals and guitar), bassist Leroy ‘Lion’ Edwards and drummer … Read entire article »

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MYSTIC REVEALERS PUSHES FOR WEED LEGALIZATION WITH RELEASE OF NEW SINGLE!

September 16th, 2015 | Add a Comment

 Mystic Revealers— HERB Must Legalise, the pro-ganja song from roots-reggae band Mystic Revealers, is scheduled for release in October. The digital launch of the song coincides with its music video, directed by Michael Cushnie. Production on the song started last year at the Grafton studio of producer Mikey Bennett. It has slots by artists including Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, Suzanne Couch and Canadian deejay Snow. It was initially scheduled for release this month, but that has been pushed back for completion and premier of the video which was filmed in Kingston and Bull Bay, the band’s longtime base. Mystic Revealers singer/guitarist and main songwriter Anthony ‘Billy Mystic’ Wilmot said Herb Must Legalise is not just another ‘free the herb’ song. He said it puts into perspective recent changes to the Jamaican law as … Read entire article »

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ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR THE SECOND STAGING OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL!

February 21st, 2015 | Add a Comment

 TOK— ALL is set for the second staging of the Blue Mountain Music Festival at the Hollywell Recreational Park in St Andrew, today and tomorrow. According to the organisers, dancehall quartet TOK, apart from the usual pre-show challenges, all is shaping up nicely for the event. “What we are really happy about is the anticipation and buzz we are getting from the streets. People are really looking forward to a great festival,” Craig ‘Craigy T’ Thompson told the Jamaica Observer. He said following on last year’s inaugural staging, a number of changes have been made to the event to make it more comfortable for patrons. “We have moved the stage to the lowest level of the park. This opens up the venue into an amphitheatre. We have eliminated the VIP area… So everyone is a … Read entire article »

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ROOTS GROUP MYSTIC REVEALERS MAKING A CRUCIAL COMEBACK!

January 25th, 2015 | Add a Comment

   MYSTIC REVEALERS… released set with band’s music from the 1980s and 1990s last week— Mystic Revealers emerged in the 1990s, a time when self-contained Jamaican reggae bands were quickly disappearing from the music scene. They are on the comeback trail. Last week, VP Records released Crucial Cuts, a 13-track set that revisits the band’s music from the 1980s and 1990s. Anthony ‘Billy Mystic’ Wilmot, Revealers’ guitarist and lead vocalist, said the album is also available on iTunes. It is the first time their music has been released digitally. “We’ve been getting a lot of demand for the music but all the stuff we did with Ras and Mesa are no longer available,” Wilmot explained. “VP approached us to put out the whole catalogue but we thought that was extreme, so we agreed on a … Read entire article »

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ROOTS SINGER CHRONIXX AND MYSTIC REVEALERS TEAM UP FOR SINGLE “HERB MUST LEGALIZE!”

December 10th, 2014 | Add a Comment

 (From left) Billy Wilmot, lead singer/guitarist of Mystic Revealers; Julius Chin-Yee, manager of Mystic Revealers; and reggae singer Chronixx— ROOTS-REGGAE acts Mystic Revealers and Chronixx have teamed up on the new single, Herb Must Legalize, the latest statement on the push for legal ganja use in Jamaica. The song is co-produced by Mystic Revealers and Mikey Bennett. It was co-written by the latter and Mystic Revealers lead singer/guitarist Billy Wilmot. “Dis is something wi calling for a long time. So, dis song is jus’ helping to build a rallying cry,” Wilmot told the Jamaica Observer. In October, Jamaica’s justice minister Senator Mark Golding announced that steps will be taken to decriminalise certain aspects of ganja use in the country. This includes ending arrests for persons found with small amounts of the weed. Golding’s statement has … Read entire article »

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