You can’t go wrong with Knox

Knox, an accomplished musician and quite the guitar player, has been steadily making a name of himself ever since coming onto the music scene in recent years. A local musician with an album on iTunes as well as Amazon, he makes his music in a manner that befits his personality. His guitar based jams elicit a simpler, quieter time, and his musical range in the album ranges from a mix of jazz and blues, to this reggae riff ‘Sa rui dede’.

Currently he’s joined an assemble called ‘Sherrif N D Judges’, but also does a few solo gigs on the side.

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The Legend of the Fijian Firewalkers – Fresh Style

Just a normal day at the office

I love the show Fresh TV. Granted I don’t stay in New Zealand, so whatever snippets of the show I can watch are from Youtube rips, but the opportunity to watch Island humour in all its ‘beudy’ on air is something to behold.

While I await, perhaps in vain, for a local show of similiar love, Fresh TV’s ‘Know Your Roots’ section, a retelling of common legends found amongst the Pacific Islands, has done a segment on the Firewalkers of Beqa, Fiji and how they got their magical abilities to walk on white hot lovo stones unharmed.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Fresh retelling without Fresh TV’s own humorous input, which either hinder or enhance the story, depending on your taste in Island humour.

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O-shen – Country Boy

Welcome to 2012!

A new year, a new set of resolutions that may or may not be forgotten a month in, a fresh start, it’s tabula rasa all over again.

And what better way to herald in the new year than jamming to the groovy tunes of O-Shen and his single ‘Country Boy’.

Locals will recognise many of the scenes shot in the video, as O-Shen takes a stroll through them singing lyrics that echo much sentiments amongst Pacific Islanders here and abroad.

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Old Spice: New Guy: Fiji

/shrug

It’s Fabio. He mentions Fiji. There’s an ukulele and a floating coconut.

What can I say. It’s the Christmas holidays.

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Alphamama’s music video ‘Crazy Sexy Cool’ shot in Fiji

Initially, I thought Alphamama was a girl group. Silly me. She’s a solo artist who comes from the Australian music scene. Having performed everywhere from the Opera House to our very own Traps bar, she’s definitely on the rise to greater things.

Her latest release and quite the catchy tune “Crazy Sexy Cool” is accompanied by a music video shot in Fiji. Shot by locals Jason Chute and Damian Light (Damian also did the camera work for Envy, he’s quite the talented bastard), it’s a great video that certainly highlights the things we all love about Fiji. Especially the bus.

The real kicker for this video though is, in certain shots where Alphamama sings to the camera, there’s this fijian guy dancing in the background.

…IT’S THE JAH FROM RA!

Not really. But close.

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