Jamaican Dancehall artist Mavado has been named as the final major act to be added to the line up for the 18th edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF).
“This morning with about a month to go before the WCMF our lineup is complete in its entirety and we are pleased to announce our final addition to the WCMF,” Marketing Assistant at the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC), Marva Williams, said at a press conference at the DFC’s office on Tuesday. “We are pleased to announce that Movado our Jamaican Dancehall artist is officially part of the lineup.”
Mavado, whose real name is David Constantine Brooks, was born and raised in Jamaica.
“He is a Jamaican Dancehall artist popularly known to the entire world,” Williams informed.
“He has more than 45 hit songs …and this gentleman, he’s been described as having the ability to voice his experiences and capture the imagination of Jamaican youth every step of the way. He cut the ears and eyes of a new and broader fan base and he knows exactly how to make his emotions appeal universal.”
She stated that every artist chosen was chosen because of their appeal to different crowds. Mavado will perform on the final day –Sunday 26th October 2014.
According to http://www.rrrmusic.com/ Mavado is now one of the biggest most recognizable artist in dance hall and is working with legendary Reggae producers Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare, Don Corleon and Delly Ranks.
He will join Jamaican Reggae artist Jah Cure, another major act in the line up for the festival which will run from 24-26th of October 2014 at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium.
Other acts expected to be part of the Festival: Afro-beat sensation Flavor of Nigeria and Latin Grammy award-winning Merengue singer Elvis Crespo of Puerto Rico.
Zouk masters hailing from Guadeloupe and Martinique inclusive of the well-known ‘Franky Vincent’ and Harry Soundourayen, ‘plus Haiti’s masters of Compas – Tabou Combo and T-Vice, Klass and from the Soca Arena –Bachanalist Kerwin Dubois, Whining Queen Denise Belfon and Destra.
The Dominica component of the line up includes major calypsonians such as King Dice, Webb and Daddy Chess among others and local bands such as Triple Kay Global, X-tasy Band, Fanatic Band and the Midnight Groovers Band.
if allu dont want to go dont DAM go simple as that. Dominicans too small minded. The line up is not the best but its good. ya’ll too like to complain. Mavado going to come , perform , get his money and there will still be a good sized crowd.
smh.. stupid fools
Music to my ears! This is one of the best lineups
OLD people don’t go to shows. They cannot generate enough money to pay them Artists. Just attend the ones you want to attend and leave the Artist and WCM organizers alone.
How do you justify the name WCF with this line up? When Jamaica have music festivals do they include WCK, Kassav etc? Time for a name change
DFC NOW THAT UR LINEUP IS COMPLETED CAN SOMEBODY ANY BODY TELL ME WHY IS THE WCK BAND NOT ONE THE FINAL LIST?IS POLITICS PART OF DIS DECISION I JUST WANNA KNOW
dominicans just like to talk,they first go be in the place,papyshow people
Blame the youths after u hypocrites holding high offices and in authority! Breed evil in the minds of the youths by pollution of nasty music in the name of entertainment!
Seychelles Festival Kreol is better.
Seychelles is also an up-market destination whereas Dominica is a down-market one. Can’t wait for the new government to put some quality into the place and raise the standard.
I blame waddix “exuberance” for that.
“…He cut the ears and eyes of a new and broader fan base and he knows exactly how to make his emotions appeal universal.”
Writers, PLEASE PLEASE pay attention to spelling before posting these articles…. it should have been written… he CAUGHT the ears….as opposed to…he CUT the ears….
I would hate to think that he really did CUT the ears and eyes….those words may almost sound the same, but they have very different meanings.
is just a pitty I have already bought my ticket
just realised I have wasted my money.
Is so I learned my lesson brother. Now I wait till one week before the festival for the usual discount to get rid of all their tickets, which must come especially this year with the economy and tourist arrivals down.
Lol, no CK? R.I.P
Nothing will please you ppl…Some of you are just a bunch of hypocrites…All those Christians talking about Lyrics will not be attending the show so why don’t you stay out of this conversation. If we are talking about banning music then we should ban BET; Carib Vision; CVN TV; and all the DJs who play Jamaican music. You guys sound like a bunch of pathetic hypos. Dem!!!!
BET is racist anyway. Imagine a channel called WET, every one would denounce it. I’m not watching that crap just because I’m black. That is too patronising.
I wonder how many people will have to go to the Red Clinic to get the $200 for the Season ticket.
Put out the cash to bring in the reggae rising stars like Chronix and Protoje… NOT Jah Cure and Movado. More people from neighboring islands will come to see these artists perform hence more profit for the festival.
I don’t understand why we bringing all these foreign acts down and we have a Dominican rapper doing it big in the US and we don’t bring him down? I’m sure a lot of people would like to see Klass Money perform at WCF
What has rapping got to do with creole. That is coming from the ghettos in the U.S. We have our own culture to promote.
a suprise free jam is in the works with at least 3 dominican group in forign,it will be on one of the nite of the wcmf at a location to be anounce soon,a dominican promoter in forign is working on that .stay tune for more infor.
CHRONIXX would have been ideal for this year festival.
cerole in d park hopefully
Free will, freedom of speech is lacking in backwards Dominica. The Lord gave us the freedom to choose not for others to choose for us. My problem is if there was not so much Obeah, alcoholism and sexual perversion in Dominica I would understand the holier than thou attitude exhibited by most Dominicans.
I was about to purchase my ticket, but I think I will pass.
Oh!!! I forgot he performing Friday n Saturday or just say you get a reason to spend money you don’t have
who cares
There should be a change it the name of the event to “Dominica Music Festival” instead of ” World Creole Music Festival” cause some of the arts or artistes are not performing ANYTHING creole. some may argue that it’s in the creole season, Yes true that but the event has stray from creole.. cause arts from all genes are on the line ups
seems like u dont know the meaning of creole muchless to understand what is world creole….creole is not only a french thing or dominica language
So , explain to us what creole really is clever clogs.
Smh!We in Dominica really need to stop being “Dominicas”…Does the Jazz Festival only feature Jazz Artists? The idea of the World Creole Music Festival is to promote Creole music; however the inclusion of other genres is simply to attract a wider cross section of patrons to the show. The balance is music is necessary to attract a dffert section of the crowd…A few other artists will ot kill the show…If u dot like it..dont go!
i do not agree with you.what u must know is that, what we consider to be our creole is not so for other countries.they have theirs and we have ours…each country these acts comes from have different “creole cultures”.so what we are having a mixture or an amalgamation of different “creole cultures”…….A.K.A…WORLD CREOLE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
how many times do they have to explain what the word creole may mean? every year yall act dumb the people who organise the thing dont explain that creole refers to african influenced.
blogger and Dno let please refresh yur mind about 6-7 years when Mavado decide to come to Dominica there was an outcry in dominica about the lyrics he use all the churches was against him becuase he was using the gospel song to gansta music and he lyrics to about violence and degrading women . During his performance police was backsstage and warn him if any degrading lyrics was sang he would be arrested. Movado has not change. So Dno if you are good media house you need look in archive find out the outcry against movado first performance at the newton savannah.. i see you did not do your research this time very surprise DNO becuase the story has no details about the society outcry in his first performance in Dominica
Gratel you’re soooo lame for this. The man came yrs ago, he was warned, he respected the warning, the show was a success. What is your point? This is the process that should have been used with Tommy Lee to avoid the embarrassment we caused the man and ourselves as a nation. What research should DNO have done? just to say the church monkeys didnt like that he sang “im on the rock” and he not part of their church? As grown people, we need to put the real problems into perspective and leave the petty issues aside for common sense to take care off. Mavado is a top international artiste, he has a huuuge fan base here with the youth as an artiste, whether he is on a stage here or not. Ya’ll older peple who dont suscribe to the various genres of BLACK music dont have to listen to it if you dont like it. but dont try and block the enjoyment of others who are of age and senses to enjoy what we enjoy. We dont come to your church telling yall about allu religion and preacher and pastor. we respect u and your gosphel songs.
Dont no how to please all u over ten artist per night if all u dont want hear d man jus use dat tims as all u bar time
Big people tha getting on like spoilt little girls wi..
People love behave like if u cant go to the us u are nobody y is dat. Talkin about movado band from us go park for the 3 nights u na find a hundred us people unless is our people comin back home
movado is not band from the us.
Mavado isnt banned from the US. Actually that is where he has lived for the past time. He is signed to DJ Khalid’s label in Miami.
Mavado for festival is a good man to add to the line up…. all the hatters saying he have been banned in US n all that look at him now, he is married n living in the US and is making hit sungs with the popular YMCMB as he is part of the music group……… Word up
but wait awile we need asa dre
I fully agree with my learner friends this is bare nonesense no one is more predudkce than Jamaica, trinidad, Barbados and Guyana trust me D A have not got a chance in hell..Even in England at carnival Jamaicans bully the Eastern Caribbean people to play reggea they come to our parties abd demand reggea ask them where D A is or the capitol trust me they would not have a clue.DA people are sell outs. Honestly bring back our Zouk and compa something like Carimi or Kassav. Or bring Sakis at least they belong to us.
The government of Dominica just arrested, detained and deported Tommy Lee, and now with a bold face, that have the audacity to announce that Mavado will be performing at the WCMF…I’m speechless!!!!
The government ah support the gully gawd… tommy lee deh pon di gaza..
gully nah par wit gaza
Movado seriously….but that’s none of my business!
wait a while, is not mister they did not want to perform in Dominica nah. or i am mistaking him for someone else?
why not nasio ? come on DFC
i know right? someone with substance. If is Jamaican they inviting why not someone with substance like Etana or Queen Ifrica?
I donno why they pressing our son of de soil so nah.
Movado…..Wat happen to Nasio, Belles Combo….I bring a Lucian band instead….how many Jamaicans come to our festival ?
Mafraudo of all the Jamaican artists. You guys could have done much better than that. Not because the guy was popular means he is any good. Pure rubbish and violence this boy spewing.
DA youths need roots & culture.
no…you want roots and culture. i dig culture too, but not always. sometimes i want some tuff dancehall. sometimes i want rap also, sometimes i want techno. im not the only one. i like mavado to be honest, not all his songs, but i think he’s still a top dancehall artist with nuff respect in the game. hit up utube and dig his recent work. check out Born and Grow to start with. Thats for the haters
all u serious what crap is that na? Movado? seriously??
BULL CRAP. Total nonsense…Oh wow…. GABBAGE
Garbage my bad! ok Mr Oxford, so??
where is WCK and KASSAV???
WCK is organized enough these days to perform??? We had kassav last year.. remember?
you must have a grudge against WCK, politics will kill all you in D/ca
and many many previous yrs also. Like is kassave and karimi alone they know.
This is one of the best lineups I’ve seen in years. I will be going all 3 nights.
so movado can come here but tommy lee cant?..this makes no sense.. i hope people will be protesting against alkaline also..
yes man, where are these righteous ppreachers now? They get caught with their pants down or is it because it is a govt. body hiring the artist so they have to keep their mouth shut this time. Nonsense that.
Movado?
The same Movado who was banned by authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Banned by the government of Guyana
Trademark album “Gangsta for Life’ – was blamed for the stabbing of a student in Trinidad.
The Nation (Barbados) called for all radio stations to ban Mavado’s music.
Three concerts cancelled in the US
Denied entry into the US after landing at a New York airport (Visa had been cancelled)
He is married and live there legally now.
Ya d same mavado that performed in dominica to a large pleased crowd, ya same mavado who Is currently in d us recording with big names like niki manaj, ll cool j and many more, same mavado who is signed by an American record label and ya I forgot same mavado that is currently on US billboard top 100
you call that no good for nothing nikki menaj somebody too,
pure nonsence, ll kool jay , ,who are these nonsense people, we want roots and culture,
the kinda garbage some of allu does speak eh boy
just this summer the man performed across the america and not just in NY. the man is now a greencard holder, what visa rubbish u coming with there? Allu Dominicans always know
And there you have it….
The hypocrisy of the country called Dominica. A WCMF and each year the major act is a performer with less than credible credentials. Reggae should definitely now fall under the definition of Creole music. SMH!
Read for yourself
Mavado is more known for the violence of his lyrics and as a result he has been banned from several Caribbean countries such as Guyana, St Vincent, and the Grenadines in 2008. There have been reports of violence at his concerts and claims that he “incited violence” at concerts in Guyana in 2010.
See Mavado banned for his ‘gangsta lyrics’ and Mavado accused of inciting chaos at Guyana concert
Mavado has called himself the “Gangsta for Life” after the name of one of his albums.
Mavado has had problems getting a visa to work in the U.S. in the past.
Mavado was unable to obtain a Canadian work visa so he could appear at the Montreal International Reggae Festival 08/20/11.
In April 2010, Mavado and a number of the other Jamaican murder music performers such as Beenie Man and Bounty Killer had their U.S. work visas revoked. It is surprising that Mavado is the first of this group to have his work visa restored.
Mavado was arrested on serious criminal charges in two separate cases in Jamaica in 2011, both involving assault. See Mavado entourage member shot by police dies and Mavado Arrested
Mavado was convicted on charges of assault and malicious destruction of property on May 7th, 2012. He received a total fine of JA$ 100,000 which is about $1,152 in U.S. dollars, a ridiculously low fine. Mavado is due in Court on February 12th, 2013 to face charges of assault occasioning bodily harm.
Mavado is identified as the Jamaican performer who bribed an assistant regional security officer for investigations at the U.S. embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, David J Rainsberger, to obtain a visa to work in the U.S. Rainsberger has plead guilty to the charges
I’m not impressed at all!!!!
Interesting how few pure or primary Zouk bands are from Dominica. We practically invented a wonderful musical genre and are essentially abandoning it.
A shame and reflection of a bad national direction. Going ‘back to the future’ is so appropriate to Dominica.
Who does DFC consult on their artist choices? Jah Cure & Movado?!?!?!?!?! they did they same nonsense with busy signal last yr, claiming he has a good record for sold out shows. Good luck with that….
Initially the WCMF was mainly about Zouk, Cadence, Compa, Soukous, and allied genres. Now it has ‘degenerated’ into reggae and soca. Sadly Trinidad and Jamaica look down on our local musician and will never invite them or facilitate them to come to their festivals. One can’t blame them though, everybody looks for their own except the narrow minded fol;ks at the WCMF office.
Totally agree with you, have you ever heard of a soca/bouyon/zouk band palying at a reggae festival in Jamaica? Hell no, but you got it right the WCMF office full of narrow minded people, don’t worry everything comes to and end sometime. The good time will end for them soon.