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25-429: The 20th anniversary edition occurred June 19 through 23, 2019 and featured Ky-mani Marley , Less Than Jake and Cherry Poppin' Daddies . The Ska Fest went on hiatus in 2020-21, and 2022 was the 21st annual edition. The first Victoria Ska Festival was a one-day event on August 12, 2000 at Market Square, Victoria . By 2012 it had grown into a five-day event spanning multiple venues, and attracting 10,000 attendees over

50-2651: A Half White Guys, Mad Bomber Society, Easy Big Fella, NY Ska Jazz Ensemble III - 2002 -The Hoodwinks, The Abolitionists, The Kiltlifters, Dub Freque, The Pietasters , Pressure Cooker , Easy Big Fella, The Abolitionists, General Rudie, Street Prophets Union IV - 2003 - The Slackers , The Kingpins , Chris Murray , The Aggrolites , One Drop, JFK & the Conspirators, The Kiltlifters, Los Furios, The Afterbeat, DJ Skip, The Operators , The Bloodwarmers, The Hoodwinks, Zsolt Sandor & Christian Stevenson, Chris Murray , Esquimalt Jazz Ensemble Grads, DJ Jebus V - 2004 - Stangejah Cole, Dr. Ring Ding , King Django , Eastern Standard Time , The Debonaires , Westbound Train , General Rudie, One Drop, The Kiltlifters, Califfo De Luxe, V.I.S.A. Ska Jazz Orchestra, Greg Milka Crowe, The Hoochy Girls, Los Furios, The Operators , The Soul Captives, Monkey, Ten Too Late, Uprite Dub Orchestra, The Debonaires , Westbound Train , General Rubie , The Kiltlifters VI - 2005 - Long Beach Short Bus , Fishbone , Mad Bomber Society, Los Furios, Victor Rice , Western Conference, Those Rapskallions, DJ Skip, The Makeshift Heroes, One Drop, The Allentons, Afterbeat VII - 2006 - Junior Reid , The Aggrolites , La Severa Matacera , The Kiltlfters, DJ Salamander , One Drop, Wednesday Night Heroes , Cambridge, Barrington Levy , The Next Best Thing , Subcity Dwellers, The Real Deal, The Wedgewoods, Georgetown Orbits VIII - 2007 - Neville Staple , Mad Caddies , The Sainte Cathrines, The Real McKenzies , One Night Band & JFK , MamaPulpa, The Soul Captives, Uprite Dub Orchestra, Satori , Macaque, Current Swell , Skaboom!, The Elixxers, Subcity Dwellers, One Drop, The Rebel Spell, Los Rastrillos , The Itals , Paapa Wastik, Arbutus Trio, The Drastics , Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra IX - 2008 - Skatalites , Easy Star All Stars , King Django , Los Furios, The Kiltlifters, Pato Banton & The Mystic Roots Band , The Debonaires , Current Swell , Buena Buya, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra , Staylefish, Skavenjah, Dubmatix Sound System , Jon and Roy , Inspector , Mama Pulpa, Salon Victoria, Karmacanix, Greenlaw X - 2009 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones , The Slackers , Chris Murray , Voodoo Glow Skulls , La Severa Matacera , Los Rastrillos , One Drop (reunion), The Hoochy Girls (reunion), Georgetown Orbits, Tequilla Mockingbird Orchestra , Jah Cutta and Determination , Subatomic Sound System , Vic Ruggiero , Brave New Waves , Dread Daze , The Fabulous Lo Lo, Greg Crowe &

75-425: A Nigerian hip hop duo. Reid was also proudly featured on the track "Fire" from San Francisco-based DJ and deep house producer Miguel Migs ' 2007 album " Those Things ." On 18 November 2007, Reid performed alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards . Reid is also featured on a remix version of Alicia Keys' single " No One ". He also did a song with Lil Wayne called "Ghetto Youths Rock". In 2008, Reid

100-406: A desire to regain his domestic popularity, to go solo and into his own studio (One Blood Recording Studio), as well as focusing on his own JR Productions label. During this period, Reid had a 1988 UK number 21 hit with the single "Stop This Crazy Thing", a collaboration with Coldcut . In 1990, he had even more success with "I'm Free", recorded with The Soup Dragons . The song reached number 5 in

125-502: A wider international audience came after he was offered a role as Black Uhuru 's lead singer, following the departure of Michael Rose . Three of the singles he released with Black Uhuru, "Pain", "Nah Get Rich and Switch", and "Let us Pray" were published on Junior Reid's JR Productions label. His collaboration on the first album with Black Uhuru, the Grammy -nominated Brutal , in 1986, was well received. During this time, he toured Europe,

150-534: Is on Fabolous 's album From Nothin' to Somethin' on the track "Gangsta Don't Play" and he has collaborated with Fat Joe on the track "More Money". He appeared on the remix of Smitty 's song "Died in Your Arms" also featuring Rick Ross and T-Pain . In late 2007 he performed in the "Freedom Concert" in Port Harcourt , Nigeria and also went on to record the remix version of "Free" with De Indispensables,

175-651: The Alien , Greenlaw , The Bandulus , Salsahall Collective , The Capital Collective , The Steadies , Apex Breaks , Stephen Lewis , TecStylez , Handsome Tiger , SweetLeaf , SexWeather , The Funkee Wadd , Def3 , Ganjobassman , The Miles Skye Club , One Drop , LowDown Brass Band , Danny Rebel & the KGB , Mt. Doyle , Blackwood Kings , Tank Gyal , Isaac Chambers , The Scotch Bonnets , Boogát , Boomshack , Erica Dee , Phonosonics , Selecter Abel Ky-mani Marley Too Many Requests If you report this error to

200-3912: The Ambassador , The Debonaires , The Rocksteady Seven , The Resignators , Suburban Legends , J Boog, Jon Middleton, JK and the Relays, Bananafish Dance Orchestra, Giraffe Aftermath, Sweetleaf, Bocce Avocado, Dope Soda , Los Furios, Hillside Hooligans, Ponderosas, Rocky Rebel Mountain Music , The Chantrelles, DJ Su Commandante, Aarandhna. XV - 2014 - Shaggy , Lynval Golding , Fishbone , Barrington Levy , The Aggrolites , Los Rastrillos , Providencia , The Expanders , Zvuloon Dub System , Kobo Town , Burnt , Giraffe Aftermath , Bananafish Dance Orchestra , Hillside Hooligans , Brave New Waves , Mad Bomber Society, Everybody Left , SweetLeaf , Georgetown Orbits , The Skinny , Downtown Mischief , Blackwood Kings , The Brass Action , The Skinny , Dope Soda XVI - 2015 - Hepcat , Morgan Heritage , Third World , The Slackers , Stickybuds , Mustard Plug , Mindil Beach , Dubmatix , Keith & Tex , Clinton Fearon , Kobo Town , De Bruces A Mi , The Real McKenzies , House of Shem , Dope Soda , Kutapira , Tasman Jude , The Leg Up Program , Hillside Hooligans , Arise Roots , DJ Dubconcious , Def3 , Whitey , Downtown Mischief , Tank Gyal , Dia-Nos , Sweetleaf, Ydna Murd , Boomshack , The Boom Booms , MC Unite !, Kristie McCracken , Ali & The Budz , Blackwood Kings , DJ Anger , DJ Su Comandante Espinoza XVII - 2016 - Toots & The Maytals , Dub FX , The Black Seeds , Western Standard Time Orchestra , Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra , Orquestra Brasiliera de Jamaicana , Amy Winehouse Extravaganza, Mikey Dangerous , Dope Soda , Ninjaspy, The Leg-Up Program , The Fabulous LoLo , Bocce Avocado , Entangados , Illvis Freshly , Tasman Jude , Skarate Kid , SweetLeaf , Blackberry Wood , DJ Dubconscious , Mud Funk , The Party On High Street , BOUSADA , The Sentiments , More Than Mayhem , Mr. Fantastik , The Phonosonics , Mt. Eliah XVIII - 2017 - Booker T. Jones , Tarrus Riley , Dean Fraser , Blak Soil Band, The Black Seeds , Mad Caddies , The Skints , Jah9 , Mike Love , Keith & Tex , Skampida , Perro Bravo , La Banda Skavalera , Shauit , The Boom Booms , BURNT , Los Furios, Roots Roundup , Batuque Axé , Tonye , Dope Soda , Everybody Left , Illvis Freshly , Entangados , SweetLeaf , Down North , The New Groovement , Caleb Hart & The Royal Youths , Mistica, Rusty Zinn , Jon Middleton , Out Of Control Army , The Blackwood Kings , The Party On High Street , Boomshack , Tank Gyal , The Om Sound , Cheko & The Lion Rockers , Railtown Sound System , Yellowsky , Ostwelve , Dockside Green XIX - 2018 - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Ozomatli , Chali 2na , Panteon Rococo , Freddie McGregor , Culture , Fortunate Youth , The Kingpins , The Dreadnoughts , Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad , Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra feat. members of Hepcat and The Aggrolites , Ready to Rock Crew, Tribute to No Doubt , Kingston Rudieska, Parahyba Jazz Foundation, SweetLeaf, Illvis Freshly, Jimi Needles, Caleb Hart & The Royal Youths, Bousada, Hillsdie Hooligans, Tank Gyal, Erica D, Freddy V and The Foundation, Lovecoast, Mt. Doyle, The Funkee Wadd, The Resignators , The McGillicuddys, Mad Riddim, Phonosonics, Yellowsky, Lady AK, Ganjo Bassman, Sam Klassik, Back Eddy & The Procrastinators, Fableway, DJ Rossco, The Phatfunks, Rebel Selector, Foolish, Tecstylez, DJ Teedub XX - 2019 - Ky-Mani Marley , Leroy “Heptone” Sibbles , Less Than Jake , Cherry Poppin' Daddies , Sister Nancy , The Pietasters , Dub Pistols , Mama Pulpa , Macka B , Entangados , Def3 , Chainska Brassika , The Leg-Up Program , Meryem Saci , Brehdren , Mat

225-759: The Best Forever . In May 2013 Reid performed as a headliner at the Reggae on the Hills festival in Barbados . The festival was well attended with over 60,000 people in attendance, the largest crowd in their history, and Junior Reid's appearance was in wide anticipation. His most recent singles are "Sharing the Night Together", "Never Let you Go", "Same Boat" and are being played widely in Jamaica and across

250-978: The Maytals , The Pietasters , Katchafire , Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band , Larry and His Flask , Ninjaspy, Burnt , Leroy "Heptone" Sibbles , Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra , Adham Shaikh , Blitz the Ambassador , La Pobreska, Mad Bomber Society, Dope Soda , Easy Big Fella, The Boom Booms , The Delirians, Mindil Beach Markets , Danny Rebel and the KGB, Hillside Hooligans, Blackberry Wood , Rocky Mountain Rebel Music , Sola Rosa , Rude City Riot , Heads Hang Heavy, Monkey, Bananafish Dance Orchestra, Natural Flavas, Bachaco, Los Furios, Giraffe Aftermath, DJ Su Comandante, Whitey, Step Back Dave, Tuff Jelly, Forecast XIV - 2013 - Mos Def , Mad Caddies , Dub FX , Tanya Stephens , Katchafire , Planet Smashers , Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars , Blitz

275-709: The Rocksteady Collective has grown to host its own series of concerts during the festival, as well as hosting culinary arts and burlesque dancing, in addition to remaining the visual arts component of the festival. In 2015 the name was changed to the "Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival" to better describe the event's diverse programming. The festival went on hiatus in 2020-21. I - 2000 - The Scofflaws , King Django , Chris Murray , Pressure Cooker , Monkey Spanker, Chocomo Sound, Skanky Crackdown, The Bloodwarmers II - 2001 - Street Prophet Union, The Bloodwarmers, Chocomo Sound, The Kiltlifters, Two and

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300-1137: The Scarlet Union , The Kiltlifters, Los Furios, Maskatesta , Rude City Riot , Stepper , Rocky Mountain Rebel Music XI - 2010 - Fishbone , The Black Seeds , Cherry Poppin' Daddies , The Aggrolites , Katchafire , Easy Big Fella (reunion), Los Kung-Fu Monkeys, Skampida, One Shot Left, The Israelites , The Shane Philip Tree , Brave New Waves , Danny Rebel & KGB, The Valuables , The Beatdown , The Resignators , Big Reds, Rocky Mountain Rebel Music XII - 2011 - Ky-Mani Marley , Gramps Morgan , The Planet Smashers , The Resignators , Mama Pulpa, Hillside Hooligans, Kae Sun , Everybody Left , Gaudi , Ken Boothe , Jon and Roy , Chris Murray , The Ivy League Brawlers, Natural Flavas , The Afterbeat, Micro Bongo Soundsystem, Bananafish Dance Orchestra , The Klaxon, Giraffe Aftermath, Brave New Waves , The Novamatics , Rocky Mountain Rebel Music , DJ Frame, Mobadass XIII - 2012 - Toots and

325-764: The UK . Meanwhile, 1989's "One Blood" saw him re-established at the forefront of the reggae scene. "One Blood" became an anthem for unity in America and around the world. According to Rolling Stone magazine (7 May 2013), the lyrics of "One Blood" were the source of the album title for Vampire Weekend 's third release, Modern Vampires of the City . As a producer, Reid has his own production company; JR Productions. He produced two songs on Snow 's second album, Murder Love , released in 1995. Reid has collaborated and produced for Dancehall artist Ninjaman , on many occasions since

350-484: The UK, the USA, Canada and Bermuda with Black Uhuru. Two years and three albums later, Reid departed Black Uhuru for a combination of reasons: Junior had been unable to establish his own identity in the band, having a style very close to Michael Rose’s (a long time contributor to Black Uhuru); the group compositionally suffering difficulties and personal crises. Additionally, Reid was interest to produce his own material, with

375-613: The United Kingdom. He followed this with "Know Myself" in 1981. He then went on to form his own band, the Voice of Progress, and after a local hit with "Mini-Bus Driver" the group scored local success with an album of the same name. By the early '80s, commissioned by the great Sugar Minott to record a number of tunes on Minott's Youth Promotion label, enjoying considerable popularity with tracks such as "Human Nature" (produced by Junior Reid), "A1 Lover" (produced by Sugar Minott), and

400-491: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 222818608 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:36:45 GMT Junior Reid Delroy "Junior" Reid (born 6 June 1963) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. From 1986 to 1988, he served as lead vocalist for

425-399: The course of the festival. Past notable headliners include Toots and the Maytals , Ky-Mani Marley , Skatalites , Dub FX , Easy Star All Stars , and Fishbone . The event was first organized by Dane Roberts to complete a practical term towards his degree at University of Victoria . The first festival featured The Scofflaws , King Django , Chris Murray and Pressure Cooker . 2010 saw

450-511: The early 1990s. He has also produced for Mighty Diamonds , Big Youth , Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs . He produced all of this work in his own recording studio, which he opened in 1988. His vocals have been used in the hip hop scene, which debuted as a collaboration on the songs "One Blood Under W" and " Jah World" from The W album by the Wu-Tang Clan , which was released on 21 November 2000. His next collaboration with Guru on

475-634: The evergreen "Foreign Mind", an uplifting and proud statement which became an anthem to the ghetto youth whom Reid increasingly championed. Junior Reid transferred his talents to King Jammy 's studio on St. Lucia Road where his fast-growing success rose yet another notch. "Boom Shacka Lacka" was his first UK hit and led to another exceptional album. After a number of fine singles – which included "Youthman", "Bank Clerk", "Sufferation", "Give Thanks and Praises" and "Higgler Move". Reid then launched his label "Jr Productions" with his first single "Settle Down" by Barrington Levy. In 1986, Reid's opportunity to reach

500-658: The festival expand into other media platforms by incorporating a "Sights and Stories art Exhibit" featuring recorded audio and visual documents from community members regarding the festival. 2011 marked the 12th festival and featured a return to Market Square and an expanded schedule, making the festival five days long. The expansion of media platforms increased with the introduction of the Rocksteady Collective. This feature included live body painting, exclusive or unique performances and workshops with artists, as well as interactive art canvases allowing patrons to create their own Ska & Reggae Fest memories. Since its inclusion in 2011,

525-497: The official remix was released on 7 November 2006. It features 25 hip-hop artists including The Game. Reid appeared on the Blackout remix of Mims ' " This Is Why I'm Hot " from his debut album M.I.M.S. (Music Is My Savior) . This was one of the more popular remixes made in 2007. He recently did a song with Jim Jones , Max B and Mel Matrix called "What A Gwan", which features a sample from Barrington Levy 's "Black Roses". Reid

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550-529: The reggae band Black Uhuru on three albums: Brutal (1986), Positive (1987), and Black Uhuru Live in New York (1988). His solo career is extensive, and is widely regarded as a great of Dancehall Reggae. He is also known for his guest performances on the Game 's 2006 single " It's Okay (One Blood) ", as well as the remix of Mims ' single, " This Is Why I'm Hot " alongside Baby Cham that same year. Reid

575-560: The song "Mashing Up the World" on the album "Jaz Mattaz". In 2006, he collaborated with West Coast hip hop artist Game on the song " It's Okay (One Blood) "; The song also samples Reid's 1989 single "One Blood". The song hit the top of the billboards and it was also included in the video game Def Jam: Icon for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 . The song was then remixed again and

600-528: Was born in Kingston , Jamaica, and had a tough upbringing in the city's Waterhouse district, notorious for being one of the most dangerous places in Jamaica. It was there in the politically turbulent late '70s that he recorded his first-ever single "Speak the Truth" at the age of 13 for the late Hugh Mundell , released in Jamaica on Augustus Pablo 's Rockers International label, and popular as an import single in

625-445: Was featured on Bun B 's song "If It Was Up II Me" off his album II Trill . In 2011, Junior Reid teamed up with Ludacris , T-Pain , Busta Rhymes , Mavado , Bun B , Game , Twista , Jadakiss , Waka Flocka Flame , Fat Joe , Ace Hood & Birdman in the remix of DJ Khaled 's " Welcome to My Hood ". "Welcome to My Hood" (featuring Rick Ross , Lil Wayne & Plies ) is the lead single of DJ Khaled 's 5th studio album We

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