Legendary rhythm twins Sly & Robbie, International recording artist Cherine and the Taxi gang gave a blazing "reggaefied" performance to a jam packed venue at the 2012 Raggamuffin Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand on January 28.
The Kiwis who turned out in thousands, showed their love for reggae and dub, singing and dancing to the musical selections from the Jamaican entourage who were among the headliners for this year's festival. Sly & Robbie pulled from their vast collection of hits and performed tracks such as "Swing Easy", "Rockfort Rock", "Real Rock" and "Taxi".
Bass maestro Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare and his sidekick guitarist Darrel Thompson marked their presence on stage performing various pieces and displayed their range of talent which brought the set alive. Drummer Sly Dunbar stuck to his "A" game and added beats to the set that only a true legend could create.
Taxi gang member Ronald "Nambo" Robinson performed "Shine eye girl" and Peter "Peter G" Gayle brought additional fire to the stage performing hits such as, Dennis Brown's "Revolution" and Gregory Isaac's "Night nurse". Adding more heat to an already charged set, the sexy Dancehall Soul Queen Cherine touched the stage, making her New Zealand debut. Cherine gave the crowd a taste of her dancehall soul music matched with an excellent performance which was well received by the reggae loving fans. Known for her powerful voice and superb stage presence, never to disappoint, Cherine filled the Rotorua International Stadium with an exhilarating rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" . She later turned the heat up with "Talk If You Talking", definitely gave the guys "Good Love" and represented for independent women with the 2011 female reggae anthem "Rebel", a hit collaboration originally done with dancehall artist Danielle DI. "New Zealand surpassed my expectations. The place is beautiful, the people are lovely and I am truly appreciative of the very positive response towards my music. I hope I'll get the chance to perform in New Zealand again very soon. As always, working with Sly & Robbie is terrific, lots of fun. We all had an amazing time" said Cherine.
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