Welcome to Jamrock Cruise provides opportunity for

[Islandman]

visa challenged artistes.

We applaud the Marley team for developing a key platform for Jamaican artists who can't travel to the U.S., it builds greater demand for them that can hopefully help to breakthrough their visa barriers," noted Aaron Talbert, vp of sales and marketing at New York City-based reggae independent VP Records.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...reggae-jamrock

[Islandman]

Looks like the Welcome to Jamrock cruise has been a major success. Just shows what is possible when good ideas are developed. Well done Damian Marley and team.

This special episode of OnStage is worth a watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDzQdQazDM

[Assasin]

Bwoy the little man who started his thing and really got this cruise thing going with his "one Love" cruise don't even get any credit at all. Sorry but Marley is not the original reggae cruise and the format was there when the Marley put it together.

[Islandman]

Well Copeland Forbes says he had the first reggae cruise named "Big Ship Sailing on the Ocean" but he was quick to say it wasn't at the level of Welcome to Jamrock.

Whoever was the originator , if you can even call them that since music-themed cruises are nothing new, the Marleys had the branding and organization to take it to another level.

[Assasin]

One love is on a very similar level to Marley's. The only difference is that Marley's get the hype because of his status.