Reggae singer Etana will be making her presence felt this year with the release of her highly anticipated debut album "Etana The Strong One" due out some time during mid spring. The singer who will be commencing the promotional campaign of her new single "I'm Not Afraid" in a few weeks was however pleasantly surprise last week when she got word that well known Music Journalist Ellen Koehlings and Photographer Peter Lilly of Riddim Magazine were in the island and wanted to do a photo shoot to support a pre written article for their next issue. Etana who was given the choice of location for the shoot decided that she would continue to stick to her Roots and brought the German's on a tour of the August Town community where she grew up as a child.
The photo shoot which got underway about 11 AM say the jazzy singer smiling and posing in-front her old residence with family and friends gathering around to witness the happenings.
After a quick wardrobe change Etana along with her team of Road Manager and Publicist led the visitors down a narrow dirt lane to the banks of a nearby river. Capturing her beauty as she sat on a sea bolder Photographer Peter Lilly gave the strong one more than enough attention, directing her every movement as Koehlings and others watched from a distance with amazement.
The shoot then ran to a third location which was further down the river bed to a beautiful dry cave on the other side of the river bank. Once again it was Etana in all her beauty that stole the spotlight twirling her ankle length yellow skirt.
At the end of the shoot the visitors were treated to a one on one discussion with the "Warrior Love" singer as she detailed the history of her community. Reminiscing on times of war and violence Etana had great hopes that the gang war would one day cease.
"It's silly to see the community fighting against one-another wether it's political violence or gang it don't make any sense, the youth are the ones suffering while the politician uptown living comfortable. I only hope that we as black people will start to see our real purpose and stop the bad-mind and envy".
Riddim Magazine is a German based publication that started in September 2001 with the Judgement Yard ruler Sizzla Kalonji gracing the very first cover. Over the years several top Dancehall & Reggae artists have been featured on the cover including Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, Gentleman, Tanya Stephens, Ja Cure and Peter Tosh. The Magazine has so far had 36 issues and is currently published six times a year with a circulation of over 45 000.
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