On April twenty third, 2023, BBC Radio Bristol featured Jamaican life-style, music, and tradition on the Sunday night program.
The characteristic was roughly quarter-hour lengthy and was accomplished in two components and produced by Jamaican BBC radio presenter Primrose Granville and hosted by BBC Radio Bristol’s Kevin Philemon.
The characteristic shone gentle on Jamaica by the eyes of Govt Music Producer Sean “Contractor Edwards”. He was interviewed by the BBC’s Primrose Granville in Jamaica on the Pegasus Lodge.
The featured highlighted Contractor’s work, and the music of Ed Sheeran and his cousin Jethro Sheeran who each spent their early childhood years in Bristol, UK.
Contractor licensed a number of duets with Ed and Jethro Sheeran that had been produced by Jethro Sheeran. Contractor put them on his Billboard Reggae album collection “Tropical Home Cruises to Jamaica“. The collection additionally featured Reggae giants Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Capleton, The Marley’s, Wyclef and extra.
Miss Granville additionally went into the present state of Jamaican reggae music and the rise of its Afrobeat counterpart. The characteristic additionally highlighted Contractor’s work with Jamaican sports activities icon Chris Gayle who’s now into music. Contractor highlighted how his work with Chris Gayle has been serving to reggae music open up the Asian market particularly in India.