About CRW

Canadian Reggae World Association is a not-for-profit company whose sole purpose is to promote talented Canadian artists.  The hope and goal is to sell the music that many of the talented souls produce and continue to produce.

It has been said from time to time, the reason why folks won’t listen to Canadian reggae is because it isn’t very good.  OK…  Who am I to argue with the individual tastes of any one or many for that matter?  But there are some like me who do not agree.  Some like me are huge fans of the talent that perform right here.

Many artists can attest to many different stories, journeys and disappointments.  I will touch extremely briefly on only one example right now.  Leroy Brown has produced (re-produced) an album called Color Barrier.  It is a strong piece of reggae history and hit the top of French reggae charts (rose to # 5), behind such notables as I-Wayne, Sean Paul and “Junior Gong” Damien Marley.  It is not just about the music.  It is also a mini biography of Leroy’s journey and an impressive packaging job for the reggae album collector.  WOW… number 5 on the charts and Canadian radio does not play this music?

Now I am not blaming Canadian reggae radio.  I am pointing out a HUGE flaw in the system of letting reggae fans know when important things occur in the industry and when they can hear great reggae music by artists of international acclaim.  Leroy is one of many!

CRW is here to market the Canadian reggae industry.  There is a huge barrier blocking our progress.  We are not taken seriously by the powers that be, major labels hence adult contemporary (mainstream) radio.

CRW has taken on the battle.  We challenge this dragon.  We have done many things to improve the profile of the reggae scene to old and new fans including live reggae Thursday nights http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com/OMphotogallery.htm.  There has been a noticeable increase in the attendance of many reggae events especially in the past 2 years.

To continue this elevation, CRW continues to do artist features.  We would love an opportunity to have audio streaming in order to promote the artists but at a $300.00/month average cost we are not yet in a position to afford this.  So we request many who use the site weekly, daily and get quality use from it to donate a toonie http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com/Page1.htm.   With 3 million or so people living in Toronto, there has to be at least 100,000 reggae fans out there.  As a not-for-profit company, by law, monies colleted MUST go directly towards the upliftment of Canadian reggae!

Spread the word massive!  Canadian Reggae is utterly awesome and truly worth our complete attention and support.  CRW continues this battle…

Bless,

JuLion