Dionne Warwick, Barrington Levy, Gramps Morgan, Myrna Hague, Cornell Campbell, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Etana, Craig Ross, et al will head to Plantation Cove for four months of events in 2025.

Coveside Concerts, with the support of its sponsors Jamaica Tourist Board and FYC Water by FESCO, in association with a range of collaborators, officially announced the staging of its 2025 concert season scheduled for Saturday, February 22; Saturday, March 29; Saturday, April 26; and Saturday, May 31 at Plantation Cove, Priory, St Ann.

On February 22, 2025, under the musical direction of Dean Fraser, Coveside Concerts kick-starts its signature leisurely musical events season with One Drop concert – a fitting exposition of Jamaica’s most popular music genre during Reggae Month.

The event will feature Barrington Levy and Luciano, two of five Jamaican acts named amongst the
Rolling Stone 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. They appear with Gramps Morgan of the Grammy-winning legacy group Morgan Heritage. The vocal contingent is joined by movements collective Dance Xpressionz.

Levy, who celebrates 5o years in the music industry come 2026, has been an enduring voice with a stellar catalogue. He started in the industry as a youth when he formed the Mighty Multitude with his cousin Everton Dacres. They started off playing the sound systems and cut their first single, My Black Girl, in 1977. A mere 14-year-old lad, Levy broke out as a solo act the following year with his debut solo single A Long Time Since We Don’t Have No Love. By 1980 he had recorded four albums: Shaolin Temple, Bounty Hunter, Shine Eye Gal and Englishman. Thereafter a bariffle of hits followed — Under Mi Sensi, Black Roses, My Woman, and Money Move. In 1985 came the crossover hit Here I Come, which reached #41 on the UK Singles Chart.

The 2025 season is a four-part series of three concerts: One Drop, Timeless, and Steady Rock along with a food-inclusive beach party dubbed Memories on the Beach.

Timeless is headlined by recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and five-time Grammy award winner Dionne Warwick and features Jamaica’s first lady of Jazz Myrna Hague, together with Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths, and Duane Stephenson. Known primarily as a jazz chanteuse, and popular for her concept and cabaret performances, Hague recorded Melody Life album in 1972 for Studio One. Among the tracks were: Melody Life, First Cut Is The Deepest, Our Day Will Come, How Could I Live, and What About Me.

Steady Rock pays homage to genres Lovers’ Rock and Rocksteady where Etana, Glenn Washington, Leroy Sibbles, and Cornell Campbell will appear. Campbell, who is best known for his trademark falsetto voice has had a career spanning several genres. During the Rocksteady era he was involved in the formation of three important harmony groups — the Sensations, the Uniques, and the Eternals. His solo career took off in 1968 when under Studio One he wrote and recorded what may be Jamaica’s best two-sider ever — Stars on the A side and Queen of The Minstrel on the flip.

Coveside Concerts is a collaborative movement of cultural and technical practitioners in the creative industries with a mandate of safeguarding Jamaica’s rich heritage whilst inspiring emerging and trending artistes to aim for distinction.

Barrington Levy

Myrna Hague

Marcia Griffiths (Karl Mclarty)

Dionne Warwick (Chris Pizzello)