BAJAN SUN MAGAZINE
DEC 2014
HONEY JAM BARBADOS
By Honey Jam Barbados
The concept was
introduced
to
Barbados
on
February 20, 2011 at
Pablo Donte's in
Maxwell. Entitled
“A Taste of Honey
Jam”, the show
featured all young
local female artists,
one
performance
eadh in a variety of
genres - country,
opera, folk, alternative, rnb, hip hop, rock,
reggae, spoken word, jazz, gospel, etc. – a
cultural potpourri. The artists were
also given the opportunity to attend a
free industry session to give them
valuable information and advice about
their careers.
After the success of the small scale
introductory show, organizers planned
a follow up production at the much
larger Plantation Garden Theatre that
same year in November, this time
closer to the scale of what is done in
Canada. The artists benefited from
two workshops, a vocal and
performance workshop featuring
celebrity vocal coach Elaine Overholt
and then an industry session featuring
Ivan Evidente of Universal Music
Canada, Cover Drive manager