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Esric Jackson…..Sri Lanka’s and Melbourne’s ‘comeback kid’- BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Strength, resilience and a God given talent is what personifes Esric Jackson, one of Sri Lanka’s outstanding vocal talent over several decades. And there’s no sign of his love for entertainment and being in the thick of it waning. Not in the near future anyway. His sojourn into music began at tender age in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, where a promising musical career was dramatically interrupted and forced into a U turn. Trying to help a stranded Colombo band to raise enough money to buy them return transport home, he related in a Television interview with Noeline Honter, on Channel 31 in Melbourne, how he got into hot water with local politicians. “I felt sorry for the guys when I found out their plight which made at least one of them reach the point of ...

Apr 22, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Dr. Hook, Esric and Sandra, Esric Jackson, Gloria Loring, Jade Hurley, Marcia Hines, Music, Ricky May, Smokey, Sri Lanka

Daly Wilson Big Band Marcia Hines Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans: By Patrick Ranasinghe Daly-Wilson Big Band was formed in Sydney in 1968 by Warren Daly on drums and Ed Wilson on trombone. Don Raverty was asked to manage and coordinate the band and was a business partner from the beginning. Daly began his musical career in the late 1950s as a drummer in the Ramblers and then the Steeds. In the mid-1960s he toured the United States as a member of Kirby Stone Four, and then with Si Zentner; later he joined Glenn Miller Orchestra (led by Buddy DeFranco). Wilson had trained as a pianist before changing over to brass instruments. In 1966 he joined the ABC Dance Band conducted by Jim Gussey; he subsequently played with the Sydney Symphony and TCN-9 house band led by Geoff Harvey. In May 1973 Daly-Wilson Big Band ...

May 15, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Marcia Hines, Patrick Ranasinghe Comments 0

Sandra Jackson – Memories are made of this – FROM TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE If memories are measured by those hurriedly departing this world for heavenly refuge, the consequence from the untimely demise of Sandra Jackson has not registered this yet in the hearts, minds and perspective of many. A year has lapsed, and many of us are yet in shock and denial that the Queen of Sri Lanka’s music scene in Australia has left us forever, and baffling as it is, she’s left a void that will sadly, never be filled. Yes, its already a year since Sandra Jackson took her earthly presence away from this world to join the choir of angels in Heaven but her memory lingers on although the reality and her lack of physical presence is now slowly sinking in. The much-loved singer/ entertainer left a lingering image of a larrikin performer for her sexy ...

May 31, 2019 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Adrian Jordan, Alex Sonny Boy Cajili, Allison Jayasina, Andrea Marr, Angelo Vardon, Arnold Joseph, Ash Jayasina, Audrey Rosairo, Band Mirage, Benjy Ranabahu, Beverly De Neise, Brinsley Rosairo, Cameron Colombage, Cameron Colombege, Chris Mant, Conrad De Silva, Dallas Achilles, Dalreen Suby, Darrel Jansz, David Senn, David Trower, Derek Stewart, Derrick J, Des White, Desmond De Silva, Donald Peiries, Eddie James, Elmo Wells Jansz, Enrico Hipolito, Esric Jackson, Fernand Poupinel De Valence, Gordon Gunn, Grant Smith, Heather Jordan, Horace Walker, Jade Hurley, Jesse Jansz, Jordan Vardon, Kahmal, Kelvin, Kerrigan Labrooy, Lindsay Guillemain, Lozaine Paul, Malcolm De Kauwe, Marcia Hines, Marlon Amarasekera, Mazar Rauff, Melanie Rauff, Melantha Perera, Michael Prins, Monica Jordan, Pamela David, Phyllis De Silva, Raj Dassanayake, Raj Dissanayake, Ricky May, Rob Foenander, Ryan Vardon, Ryan Watts, Sandra Jackson, Shafi - Gravity, Shehera Rodrigo, Suzette Prins, Tatum Jackson, Tilarni Senn, Vanessa Speldewinde, Whitney Pereira, Willie Rezel Comments 0