No Competition Tune Competitors for Jamaica sixtieth

Jamaica’s Competition Tune Competitors, which kinds a part of the annual Independence celebration, is not going to be a part of this 12 months’s Jamaica sixtieth independence festivities on account of poor entries.

The island’s Minister of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sport, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange expressed her disappointment on this 12 months’s entries throughout her sectoral debate on June 8.

Grange mentioned the panel established to pick the finalists suggested that it was unable to decide on 10 appropriate songs from the entries.

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“We obtained 123 entries, a lot lower than earlier years. Underneath the circumstances, the Jamaica Cultural Growth Fee (JCDC) will refund all entry charges within the quantity of $123,000,” mentioned Grange.

“I’ve instructed that we ramp up our Jamaica Competition Tune workshops over the subsequent 12 months, now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, to make sure that the competitors returns subsequent 12 months with much-improved entries,” she mentioned.

Grange mentioned the frustration comes after a interval of great development within the competitors which has seen the finalists in every of the final two years showing on a number of music streaming providers internationally.

Over the identical interval, the JCDC and the rivals had been capable of earn royalties for the primary time.

“Final 12 months, the Jamaica Competition Tune album was even included on a shortlist that was thought of for nomination for the Reggae Grammy. However there’s a silver lining behind this darkish cloud,” Grange mentioned.

The minister mentioned the chance will likely be used to provide a Jamaica 60 commemorative album, which can embody two songs that had been chosen from the competition tune entries and songs from Jamaica’s main reggae ambassadors and rising artistes.