sherma SALANDY

thank you so much for your confidence reposed in her - with God being her helper - she will not disappoint any of us. thanks for your prayers and see you soon. Sherma Edwards-Salandy Today is the best

 

 

 yvonne rhoden(imani)

i am so very proud of her, when i met this young lady, my gut told me that if she kept on doing what she is doing and whom she is doing it for, then no one or anything could block her blessing. as lon

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 matthew from montreal ALLEYNE

 

Please do... enjoy some well deserved me time, and rest assured that Kira will be fine cause she does not walk alone. Night!

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KIRALINA – MONTREAL’S LATEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST  G.U.C.C.C.I (JAZZ ‘N BLUES) SINGER LEAVES FOR EUROPE

Fresh from Ocho Rios Jazz Festival for the second year in a row, the West Island Blues Festival and the Taste of the Caribbean 2011, and Top Twelve (second highest votes) in the Sound Real Good Gospel Competition, our GUCCCI Girl is off to Europe, where she will be making a music video of her latest original song in time for its release before Christmas.

She will also be recording an acoustic Album of her original songs and performing at several venues in and around Sweden and neighbouring countries. This invitation to Europe was initiated when the Swedish band Mynta and Kiralina connected with each other when they played together during her recent visit to Jamaica in June 2011. Some of these band members will join another Swedish band that will arrange and record her music. This will be an extended trip during which much work and ministry will be done primarily in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

Kiralina has done her share of volunteering and giving back to the Community and is now deservedly, well on her way to a bigger and brighter future.  She has also just recently and very successfully released her latest Gospel Album and being the featured artist in some concerts and church events in Toronto and being the guest at many events in our city.

We know that all her Montreal, Canadian and overseas fans and supporters will be truly proud to be represented by her and wish her well.  Her back-up ministry group Mouvement  and band Nu Skool will not travel with her this time around, but will be certainly be present with her on one of her already scheduled next European trips.

Hats off to you Kiralina, we all knew that you would make it big someday with your sincerity, humility, consistency, poise and power and look forward to your single blowing up on I Tunes and You Tube and that your ministry and industry will continue to bloom and flourish and make all of us proud.

 Kiralina wishes to extend thanks to some special folk in her life, Her Father in Heaven, her family (all-inclusive)Her Manager, Stylist, Agent, etc., her Church families (all-inclusive – Imani, (Home church with Pastor Darryl Gray) Assembly of Hope, Church on the Rock, Church of the Nazarene, St. Paul’s Anglican and all the others that allowed her to minister in their churches, eg. Resurrection Centre, Church of God of Prophecy, Bibleway Pentecostal, Unity of Montreal, New Beginnings, Toronto (and many others)Phil Bloom of Le Living Room, Marie Claire Acadamie, Uncle Stretch, and West Indian Rythmns, Egbert Gaye, and the Community Contact, Gemma Raeburn-Baynes (auntie Gemma and the entire Crew of TOTC),Mr. Alleyne & His Daycare Centre, CJLO and the entire crew, Christopher Herron and Mind Soul and Spirit, Pat Dillon and Boom Boom Time, MCSO, Gospel Fusion , Gospel Unlimited,LEAP, Men in Black, Curtis Patterson, WIBCA, Jamaican Association, Trinidad Association, Grenada Assn., SVGA, Jamaican Women’s League,  Pioneer Women, Cornocopia, and even all those that I may have unfortunately  not listed and even to all those that said No.

 July 8th 2011 PRESS RELEASE

BY BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter

Friday, March 04, 2011

(AN EXCERPT FROM THE OBSERVER)

Imagine the power and dazzling mastery of a Sunday at the Jamaica House Jazz on the Green put on by the Rotary Club of Spanish Town – an afternoon of alluring music in the laid-back easy going environs of the green lawns of Jamaica House. The musical climate was long set by the Green House Effect imposed by Desi Jones and his band of musicians.

In homage to her West Indian roots and her love of American jazz, Kiralina approached her second stint in Jamaica with an expansive vision that reflects her rich and varied influences. The Canadian and Canada-based singer, who was tastefully refined in vocal styling and glamorous grooming, wonderfully performed such numbers as the unforgettable Duke Ellington's 1931 composition It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), her soulful original You'll Never Know, God Bless the Child, A Change is Gonna Come and Through the Fire.

Ladies taking Ocho Rios jazz fest to a new level

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

An outstanding lineup of some of jazz's finest female performers will grace the stage for the 20th renewal of the Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival, scheduled for June 12 to 20. Hosted by the recently launched Sonny Bradshaw Foundation, which was established to honour the memory and work of the late festival originator Cecil 'Sonny' Bradshaw, the festival kicks off on June 12 with a fashion/wine/jazz show at the French Ambassador's residence in Kingston.

Among the many outstanding female performers this year are Canadian-born vocalist Kiralina; trumpeter Ginetta of the band Ginetta's Vendetta; American singer Carmen Lundy; Mexican singer Lila; saxophonist Pamella Williams; the inimitable Myrna Hague-Bradshaw; percussionist Ouida Lewis, keyboardist Dr Kathy Brown and the ever-green Marjorie Whylie.

 Vocalist Kiralina covers a wide range of singing genres and boasts an impressive performance record, including appearances on the Apple Hollow Music Festival 2008 where she was the featured guest soloist; the Montreal Jazz Festival with Voices of Soul for Patti LaBelle; the West Island Blues Festival and Taste of the Caribbean Food Festival where she has been guest vocalist since 2001.

Ginetta, composer, bandleader, vocalist and trumpeter extraordinaire, is one of the brightest stars on the scene today. She has studied and played most styles of music ranging from classical, jazz, blues and pop to cumbia, Salsa, merengue and funk. An alumni of North Texas State University, she was taught by trumpet masters Marky Markowitz, Spanky Davis, Ted Curson, Howard McGhee and Allan Colin.

The Evening Standards newspapers describe Carmen Lundy as "a genuine jazz singer". She is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation. Her contribution of over 50 self-penned compositions now comprises the New Jazz Songbook.

Percussionist Ouida Lewis, who earned qualifications from the Music School of Amsterdam, Holland, the Amsterdam Dance Centre (ADC), Toko Tap studio Amsterdam and most recently from The Edna Manley School of Visual and Peforming Arts, played in her first Ocho Rios Jazz festival in 2005. In 2006, she, along with her band Cacique were the opening act for a major Ernie Ranglin show at The Caves in Negril.

Dr Kathy Brown, Jamaican pianist and jazz instrumentalist routinely captivates audiences with pleasing jazz arrangements and delightful piano riffs, and is and medical doctor to boot.

Inducted into the Jamaican Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997, Marjorie Whylie is a much-respected musicologist, who has lectured and conducted workshops in England, continental Europe and North America and judged music competitions in the Eastern Caribbean. In addition to performing with her band Whylie Wrhythms, she is the manager of Jamaica's Big Band and also performs as a pianist and singer.

Jazz Month — as the late Sonny Bradshaw dubbed the month of June -- will culminate in Ocho Rios on Father's Day, June 20, with a spectacular show at the Turtle River Park, featuring among others Kingsley Ettienne, Pamella Williams, Idris Ackamoor, Fab Five and Joe Sizemore and Kiralina ,Gospel Vocalist and Laila with her blue violin.

THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER,JAMAICA 

Ocho Rios Festival combines wine, fashion and jazz 

The 20th staging of the Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival gets off the ground on Saturday, June 12, with a Jazz Wine and Fashion Show at the French Ambassador's residence in St Andrew.

Staged this year by the Sonny Bradshaw Foundation, which was established in memory of the Festival's late founder, C V 'Sonny' Bradshaw, organisers will donate proceeds from the Jazz Wine and Fashion show to the Consie Walters Cancer Care Hospice.

Fashions for this opening event will come from Bling Bling Fashions, importers of high fashion garments from European, Middle and Far Eastern designers of formal, semi-formal and high quality casual clothes. Local designer Les Campbell will display formal and informal high-end male fashions while Fashion Whirl will showcase locally designed female wear.

Scheduled for a 6:30 pm start, the fashion and jazz show will feature, one of Jamaica's premier jazz groups The Desi Jones Trio, as the band on stage. Performing will be trumpeter Ettienne Charles, an alumnus of the prestigious Juilliard School, who has received critical acclaim for his exciting performances, thrilling compositions and a knack for connecting with audiences worldwide.

Also thrilling the audience will be Canadian singer Kiralina, who declares that "jazz has always been an intriguing genre of music for me and I frequently enjoy inserting and delivering some raw jazz interpretations into my repertoire."

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 THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS PEOPLE HAVE MADE CONCERNING KIRALINA

KIRALINA GOES INTERNATIONAL

please visit: www.ochoriosjazz.com

go to ARTISTS 2010 and find Kiralina

From - Secret Admirer

March 3rd 2010 at 6:30pm

Re: Kiralina on Youtube and her site

You go girl - your videos are cool, your pics are georgous and your voice is awesome - I like your style - I seen you perform many times and now I look at your calender to see where you gonna be.

Secret Admirer.

From:  Heather Jones 

 March 3rd, 2010  3:30 PM

Re: Kiralina and her website

You know how much I believe in Kiralina and her ministry and her music. I am really rooting for her and will make a fan club for her on Facebook. She has a crazy voice and such a sweet girl and she is going to do extremely well. She has many people that love her and I am one of them.

20-Apr-10	LOCAL SINGER SINGS AT LE LIVING ROOM AND ABROAD
01-Apr-09	Jamaica (Ottawa) Community Association Concert

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