M JAM - Martinique
On a warm summers day in 2016 amidst an atmosphere of
energy. The night when Caribbean Music Festival made their
debut in the city of Liverpool. Caribbean Music Festival (CMF)
is the evolution of Soca Music Festival. The Caribbean Music
Festival started 3 years ago with UK based artist
Garvin “Scrappy” Johnson; an event created to bring all
Caribbean music to one platform on forefront of the European
market. With the rich diversity of Europe there was no doubt
that the beauty of Caribbean shone bright amongst the mixed
melting pot of cultures present in this cosmopolitan part of the
world.
However, on that night we saw the beautiful Caribbean island
of Martinique represent in a way that made us instantly fall in
love. The word of the hour is M’Jam!!
M’Jam is a band from Martinique who made the festival get a gold star this year. The band made an impression that will surely last a lifetime. The authenticity of musical talent from three lead female vocalists brought the feel and diversity in music that the festival was created for. Never mind that some of the songs were not in english, the vocal quality and performances of the band as a unit definitely brought the house down.
M’Jam, which is a band from is a live musical group of young
people from Martinique, they come from different towns of the
island : Robert, Lamentin & Fort-de- France. M’JAM plays types
of music from the Caribbean islands (zouk, reggae, mazurka
bèlè…) international songs, french songs and more…in the
musical repertoire of the group, you can find some songs to
dance, and have fun during hours.
Supervised by the association « YOUTH IN THE TOWN »,
M’JAM is one part of our concept, to animate, integrate and
give the chance to participate in the mobility of youth by
dancing, singing or play music. All the musicians of the group
did a « civic service » through the association. They participated in the support of kids, teenagers and adults by cultural workshops. Actually, four of them are animators and make trainings in Europe in the field of « Socio cultural ».
Our aim is to finance their salaries and their social charges through « live performances ».