Jah'Mila: "Roots Girl" complete track
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
09/09/23
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As a bonus, this track, which is a special version of "Roots Girl" has generously been provided by Jah'Mila. The interview with her also features two other tracks, within this fascinating episode. You can listen to it on your favourite podcast player, watch the video, or read the transcript. The shownotes are also linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jahmila
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Jah'Mila: Rooted in Reggae and Connecting with New Audiences
September 9, 2023
•68m
Jah’Mila is a 🇯🇲 Jamaican-born Reggae singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Canada. In this episode you’ll hear about both her youth in the countryside of Jamaica singing gospel and then her immersion in Reggae roots and Rastafarian culture in Kingston. Her father is the legendary Earl “Chinna” Smith who has performed extensively with the Soul Syndicate, been featured on over 500 albums, and also played with Bob Marley and the Wailers on the Rastaman Vibration album, Live at the Roxy, and the historic One Love Peace Concert of 1978.
Jah’Mila speaks so eloquently about being grounded in a strong sense of identity and purpose, her love of music and communicating with a wide audience and she has also generously shared two tracks from her album Roots Girl which are part of this episode, and a special version of Roots Girl which is available as a bonus podcast.You can use the timestamps to navigate to any topics or musical selections, and you can listen to this on your favourite podcast player, watch the video on YouTube or read the transcript; everything is linked with the show notes on my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jahmila
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I met Jah’Mila in her role as the Associate Artistic Director and lead singer of the Reggae Roots program which is available to all 🇨🇦Canadian schools free of charge, created with Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser and the National Arts Centre. If you missed my episode with Daniel in Season 2, you should have a listen: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e8-s2-daniel-bartholomew-poyser
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:39) Roots Girl album, and Jah’Mila’s dad Earl “Chinna” Smith
(07:59) Nayabinghi Groundings rom roots Girl
(09:58) Jah’Mila’s childhood
(14:17) Jamaican culture and Patois
(17:04) performing with The Wailers
(22:21) excerpt from Roots Girls
(22:32) different audiences for Reggae
(27:51) Reggae Roots with Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser
(31:17) performances at the NAC
(33:14) paying tribute to other artists
(36:15) intro to Irie Meditation
(38:39) Irie Meditation
(42:17) new album, processing emotions through songwriting, journaling, gratitude
(46:51) Rastafarianism and Jamaican culture
(53:44) working with children
(56:51) Influences of sound system culture
(01:04:06) finding your niche and new audiences
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Jack Hui Litster: An Inspiring Musical Journey
September 16, 2023
•79m
This week’s episode is with the Canadian musician Jack Hui Litster, who has developed a satisfying creative career after some interesting twists and turns. In this episode, you’ll learn about his experiences as a jazz drummer, his pivot into international development, and his path back to composing, producing and recording music in different styles. The music included in this episode features two tracks from his album "Shining Suns”, a guzheng improvisation and an excerpt from his second opera “What is Love”. We talked about different ways to make a living as a musician, achieving a flow state, some of the positive impacts of technology, and the importance of finding a work-life balance. Like all my episodes, this is available wherever you listen to podcasts, also as a video on YouTube, and the transcript with the show notes are all linked on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jack-hui-litster Please consider buying me a cofffee; I’m an independant podcaster and I need my listners’ help: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (06:34) Shining Suns album, Jack’s return to music (11:50) Awakener from Shining Suns (15:40) Jack’s musical education, start as a drummer (19:14) St Francis Xavier (21:05) learning different instruments (22:47) jazz scene (24:27) Chinese music explorations, Master’s degree (28:18) intro to guzheng piece (29:28) guzheng improv (32:29) creative process, how Jack started composing (34:41) influence of choral music (36:46) Jack’s operas (49:13) call to action: I need my listeners’ help! (49:29) intro to What Is Love (51:12) excerpt from What Is Love, the finale (55:21) Berklee online (58:55) Shining Suns, Mark Ferguson (1:03:09) Shining Suns with Hidden track (1:09:10) Jack’s career change, dealing with burnout, work-life balance (1:18:14) flow state, creative process (1:20:57) helpful technology
photo: Curtis Perry
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