Entries tagged with "Pashon Minott"

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GOOD VIBES AT JUNIOR REID’S ALBUM LAUNCH IN KINGSTON!

August 27th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Top: Junior Reid answers a few questions at Tuesday’s launch of his latest album. Sharing the moment is the evening’s host, radio personality Rosie Murray. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON) Bottom: Pashon Minott (Sugar’s daughter) poses with Junior Reid, after receiving copy of “The Living Legend”– ON his first studio album in 12 years, singer Junior Reid said he tried to bridge the generation gap between traditional roots-reggae and the contemporary pop market that has embraced his sound. If the diverse audience at Tuesday’s launch of Junior Reid: The Living Legend is a yardstick, he accomplished that as tributes to the veteran artist came from elders and youth at his Crescent Court Guest House in Kingston. The 20-song set blends roots-reggae songs like Same Boat with uptempo, radio-friendly numbers such as Love You Back, the album’s lead … Read entire article »

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SUGAR MINOTT’S YOUTHMAN PROMOTION SOUND SYSTEM TO BE HONORED BY THE JAMAICA REGGAE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY 28!

January 14th, 2015 | Add a Comment

By Richard Johnson— Top: Reggae singer Sugar Minott Bottom: Sugar Minott and his daughter Pashon in 2005—- THE family of singer Sugar Minott is elated that his sound system, Youthman Promotion, will be lauded by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) at its awards ceremony scheduled for the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on February 28. Speaking to the Jamaica Observer, Minott’s daughter, Pashon, was overjoyed at the recognition for her father, who died in July 2010 at age 54. “It is a honor. This is great news,” she said. “We grew up on Youthman Promotion. We were raised in the yard right there where the sound system originated. Every Thursday night when Daddy used to keep his sessions, we were right there peeping through the window seeing all the young acts pass through. We were … Read entire article »

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AS THE ANNUAL “SUGAR MINOTT’S DAY TRIBUTE” STRUGGLES FOR SPONSORSHIP, HIS DAUGHTER BEGS FOR HIS HONORS!

April 20th, 2014 | Add a Comment

PasHon Minott— Reggae artist Pashon Minott is calling for sponsors to come on board for the fourth staging of the annual Sugar Minott’s DayTribute, which is hosted at his studio, Youth Man Promotions in Kingston. According to Pashon, her father, who died in 2010, is a legend and is deserving of a properly produced event in his honor. The singer says she has sent several proposals to entities with the hope that at least one would find it in their heart … Read entire article »

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