JAMALAR AGENCY
Buesnews Magazine posted an article on J.C. And Company in the April-June 2011 issue. Bluesnews Magazine, posted an article on Sjuwana Byers & the Children Of God in the October-December 2010 issue.
Jamalar Agency 2010 Winter Tours
JOYFUL's Spirit of New Orleans Choir
Spain and the Canary Islands December 8-24
Sjuwana Byers & Children of God to Italy December 15-24
Danielle Wilson & The Truth to Italy December 15-24
May 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Tuesday, May 25, Joyful Gospel, USA, backed by the Joyful Gospel Choir, was called upon to perform the memorial service for the 11 families that lost loved ones in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana on April 20, 2010. The service was held in Jackson, Mississippi at the Downtown Civic Center. It was a breath taking service, and a great opportunity for Joyful Gospel to bring a message of hope to the heartbroken families, friends and others who were present.
The event was sponsored by Transocean; endorsed by President Obama as well as the Governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
We are incredibly honored to be chosen for this event. Special thanks go out to everyone who worked hard to make it an event of Rememberance and Honor.
To view the memorial service click here to visit
Deepwater Horizon Memorial
This year's tour to Germany was to the lower Saxony region in Northwest Germany very close the border at The Netherlands. We performed to sold out audiences at the Civic Center in Verden, at the Phaeno in volfsburg, Theatre Meppen a church in Vreden and at the JazzFest Gronau where we performed with Europe's Ambassador to New Orleans Music, Ms. Lillian Boutte.
We are so grateful to live out our dream of
TAKIN' NEW ORLEANS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD!
Many thanks to our friends Elmar Hoff and Thomas Gerdiken, we look forward to working with you again, soon.
This year's tour to Germany was to the lower Saxony region in Northwest Germany very close the border at The Netherlands. We performed to sold out audiences at the Civic Center in Verden, at the Phaeno in volfsburg, Theatre Meppen a church in Vreden and at the JazzFest Gronau where we performed with Europe's Ambassador to New Orleans Music, Ms. Lillian Boutte.
We are so grateful to live out our dream of
TAKIN' NEW ORLEANS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD!
Many thanks to our friends Elmar Hoff and Thomas Gerdiken, we look forward to working with you again, soon.
November 2010
Jamalar/Rampart Street Music is excited again about the new CD release of J. C. And Company titled: He's So Wonderful. This group is known for their own unique way of singing the gospel. There are some old time favorites such as: Hold To God's Unchanging Hand, The Wind Beneath My Wings. My God Is A Wonderful God, and Thank You For Being There For Me: are two great selections that you will enjoy. This whole CD is great and has a music story to tell especially in giving Thanks to God the Almighty.
Available for sale via CD Baby.com right now!
The first new release is a compilation CD called The Spirit Of New Orleans Volume One. The Spirit Of New Orleans Gospel Choir is a conglomeration of the artists who have already recorded with Rampart Street Music and who come together to form one large choir we call The Spirit of New Orleans and features music from JOYFUL, The Joyful Gospel Singers, Friendly Travelers, N*Harmone' and Sjuwana Byers & The Children of God.
The first 2009 CD release from, new artist, Danielle Wilson & The Truth, titled, "Reflections Of Mahalia" is a collection of traditional gospel and Negro spirituals. Recorded with piano and background singers, this record exemplifies the vibrant and powerful range of Danielle's voice.
Available for sale via CD Baby.com right now!
The Spirit of New Orleans is booked to participate in the Nancy Jazz Pulsations annual music event October 2009
October 2009
The Spirit of New Orleans Choir has been selected to participate
in the Christmas New Orleans Style Cathedral Concert Series.
The group will present their program on Wednesday,
December 2, 2009, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
September 2009
Tour dates are now being booked for Friendly Travelers,
Danielle Wilson & The Truth, Heavenly Melodies, Joyful Gospel
and The Spirit of New Orleans Gospel Choir in ITALY for
December 2009 to January 2010
The Spirit of New Orleans Choir,
a conglomeration of members from JOYFUL, The Friendly Travelers, Sjuwana Byers & The Children of God, Joyful Gospel Singers and N*Harmone, are booked for a tour in Spain for 16 July, 2009 until 31 July, 2009. The tour includes visits to 5 regions in Spain, EXTREMADURA, PAIS VASCO, CANTABRIA, GALICIA AND ASTURIAS.
Check out the JAMALAR ON TOUR page for more detailed information.
Thomas Gerdiken visits Rampart Street Studios and records some Fats Domino songs with members of Joyful and Friendly Travelers. Thomas is known all over Germany as the "Prince of New Orleans Piano"
from left to right: Alfred Caston/Joyful (guitar/vox), Albert Mickel/Joyful, (vox), Jan Randolph/Joyful, (vox), Floyd Turner/Friendly Travelers (vox), and Wanda Joseph/Friendly Travelers (vox).
Thomas Gerdiken and Elmar Hoff travel to New Orleans to present donations to The New Orleans Musicians Clinic and other non-profits who are helping musicians artists recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
2008 Winter Tour New Brief ~ from the desk of Alfred Caston 
Hello Everybody. The Jamalar crew (Joyful, N'Harmone, Children of God, Bridgette Bazille and the First Revolution Gospel Singers are finally home from a long, hard and sometimes grueling bunch of tour dates in Italy, Sardegna, Croatia and Spain.
N'Harmone started their tour in Sondrio Italy. The quarter had the longest stint in this Christmas season. Their tour was from the 7th of December 2008 to the 7th of January 2009.
JOYFUL followed with more than 3 weeks in the cold and snow in Northern Italy. The Pasta, People and the Pizza of Italy made us forget about the bitter cold.
One of the more interesting concerts was sponsored by Croce Rossa Italiana of Loreto (Italy's version of the Red Cross). It was a blast! Members of the unit jumped, shouted and danced during the second line to "When The Saints Go Marching In."
Gianluca Di Maggio of the Trasimeno Blues festival pitched a wang-dang-doodle all night long on New Years Eve in the town of Castiflione del Lago. A dynamite Brass group called P-Funking Band (from Perugia-Umbra) opened for JOYFUL! These dudes were swinging. If you close your eyes you could very easily imagine that you were in New Orleans. They had the funk!
After the show, the JOYFUL! band was privileged enough to go to a jam session to hear these super dudes lay down some more tunes! They had the steps and the swagger of the New Orleans horn cats and the show lasted longer than we could stand up; we stayed until we could not see anymore! WOW! What a way to ring in a new year! ASC
