Brimstone brings heat to Extravaganza
On Christmas Day singjay Brimstone will head to Independence Park in Black River, St Elizabeth, for his latest appearance on the Boom GT Taylor Reggae Christmas Extravaganza.
Because the show takes place in his home parish, he says he looks forward to performing on the annual event.
“Dis a mi first time on the show wid a hit song, so things kinda different. It good fi end the year wid a bang,” he said.
That song,
Farin Nuh Easy, is produced by Andrew Watson and released on the Wave Storm Entertainment label. It revisits the challenges Brimstone faced while living in the United Kingdom.
Brimstone (real name Donovan Buchanan) is from Queensbury, a district in Southfield, St Elizabeth. A number of acts, including Jah Mason, Noddy Virtue, Tyrone Taylor and Yasus Afari, are from districts in that region.
His career got off the ground in 1993 with the with the song
Nuh Money Nuh Inna mi Pocket produced by Lloyd ‘King Jammys’ James.
Other early Brimstone songs,
Hail Emmanuel I andCannot Be Trusted, were produced by Junior Forbes.
Farin Nuh Easy is expected to be on Brimstone’s first EP scheduled for release in February.
— Howard Campbell