Fresh from their groundbreaking tour of Europe as R&B sensation Sade‘s opening act, Jamaica’s Mento Music Ambassadors The Jolly Boys are scheduled to perform at this year’s Escape to New York Music Festival. Set for August 5-7, 2011, the festival was started and inspired by the creative minds behind The Secret Garden Party, an independent arts and music festival which takes place every year in an estate near Huntingdon, England.



Last summer The Jolly Boys gave a memorable performance at The Secret Garden Party and fans can expect an even greater from the mento music giants in August. If you’re in New York missed out on The Jolly Boy’s Big Apple debut at the Hiro Ballroom in February of this year then here’s your chance to see them in action! The Jolly Boys are set to perform on Sunday, August 7 2011. For a taste of what’s to come enjoy this flashback video of The Jolly Boys in performance at The Secret Garden Party last year!
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With their tour of Europe drawing to a close, The Jolly Boys are now back in one of their favourite spots to tour, The United Kingdom! In fact it was just a few months ago, while on tour in The UK in the Summer, that lead singer of The Jolly Boys Albert Minott (in good humour and high spirits) stopped by Buckingham Palace for a visit with The Queen:



Last night The Jolly Boys celebrated their return to The UK with an electrifying performance at Night & Day Cafe, watch, as The Jolly Boys give Manchester a serving of their modern mento rendition Johnny Cash’s classic “Ring of Fire”:
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The Jolly Boys tour of Europe is now in full swing. After a stellar opening performance at Club Ampere in Munich on Thursday ‘the boys’ spent yesterday doing interviews and appearances in preparation for today’s show at Frannz Club in Berlin! The Jolly Boys have been to Berlin before, in the summer of 2010, though things were a little different then as far as the weather goes. Yet Berlin is still Berlin and The Jolly Boys are as excited as ever to be there. Here’s a bit of what Berlin in the summer was like for lead singer of The Jolly Boys, Albert Minott:



Though the weather may have been different then, their last trip to Berlin was slightly similar to their current expedition. In the sense that it involved trips to radio stations and exclusive interviews with The Jolly Boys. Yesterday Albert Minott recorded an informative interview at Radio Eins in Berlin.
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We are now just four days away from the launch of The Jolly Boys’ album “Great Expectation” in France and while ‘the boys’ are currently back at home in Port Antonio, Jamaica we’ve still got some unseen photos of The Jolly Boys in Paris (and even exclusive footage of Albert Minott in Paris from 2009). The Jolly Boys were in Paris to record interviews and appearances on two ARTE Tv shows: the Tracks Cirkus 20th Anniversary Special and One Shot Not.

While visiting the offices of PIAS in France in 2009, The Jolly Boys’ lead singer Albert Minott strummed a lovely rendition of New Order’s “Blue Monday” on his guitar, as a treat we’ve now posted it for you to see.

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It’s September 14 and our raspy-voiced, former fire-breathing lead singer Albert Minott turns 74 today! Yes, 74 years old and still going strong, a testament to the longevity of The Jolly Boys and their music, they must be doing something right.

He might consider the successful release of The Jolly Boys’ album “Great Expectation” amidst rave reviews an early birthday present and we wish him continued success and a wonderful day!

ALBERT’S FIRST LONDON PERFORMANCE: Enjoy Albert’s first London performance and screening of OJGB commercial. This is the third and final video in the 3 part mini webisode series of Albert goes to London which chronicles, Albert’s first plane ride in nearly 30 years, and his virgin visit to London a couple of months ago.

As The Jolly Boys make their way across to London as we publish this to unleash their modern mento sound to Europe on their month long tour, we look back to when Albert Minott, the Jamaican mento band‘s lead singer visited London for the first time, a few months ago. This is the first in a short series of three webisodes.

On Saturday, the new-look Jolly Boys welcomed a packed house of nearly 400 to Redbones for Geejam Nights, their debut Kingston performance and launch of the new modern mento sound. The show attracted an intriguing mix of young and old. (more…)

Annie Paul | JollyBoys REHAB Ticket Giveaway Winner

WINNER: Annie Paul of Mona, Kingston Just popped by the Geejam Media offices today in New Kingston to pick up her ticket.  She’s going to see The Jolly Boys Live in Concert this Saturday July 3rd @ RedBones The Blues Cafe in Kingston, Jamaica.

She poses with a poster of Albert Minott the Lead Singer.

We’re giving away 4 more tickets starting at 1pm tomorrow on The Jolly Boys Facebook Fan Page.