Marcia Griffiths, one of the original I - Three's, vocalists with the great Bob Marley, is still keeping the strong spirit of Bob Marley and the Wailers fresh and alive. The two of these gifted singers, Marcia Griffiths and Queen Omega, make for a long show of beautiful female energy.

Marcia Griffiths is scheduled to perform on Reggae in the Desert in Las Vegas on June 12 they both perform on the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival on June 20 and Marcia is also on the Monterey Bay Reggaefest on July 31.

On May 15, Griffiths attended a huge awards ceremony in Jamaica where she received an award for the greatest achievements in the music industry. Griffiths is consistently very busy doing recording sessions, shows and tours in the Caribbean and beyond. She is always on the road.

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Griffiths' Love is Automatic single with Busy Signal is currently number one on the England and European charts. Another of her big songs getting much airplay is What Goes Up, Must Come Down which is a collaboration with Queen Ifrica. She also has a single out called A Beer and a Girl, which is a song about the memories of life in Jamaica in the older days. Another current hit is There is a time for Wars, which is a combination with Beres Hammond.

Griffiths is also currently recording a track for the new Third World album.

On the near horizon, Griffiths has a new double CD scheduled for release soon called Marcia and Friends.

The CD features collaborations with singers such as Beres Hammond, Sanchez, Bunny Rugs, Daville, Freddie McGregor, Toots Hibbert, Barrington Levy, Diana King, Richie Stephens, Etana, Bob Andy and John Holt, amongst others. For DJ's on Marcia and Friends, there are combinations with Gentleman, Damian Marley, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and U Roy.

The other younger featured artiste on this tour package is Queen Omega from Trinidad.

Queen Omega is also working hard, making her mark on the international music scene. In 2008, she did 15 festivals in North America from California to Toronto, including The Monterey Bay Reggae fest in Monterey, CA, Reggae Risings and Earthdance in Humboldt County, CA. Last year, she headlined the Northwest World Music festival in Eugene OR and she also did Earthdance for a second year in a row in southern Humboldt county, CA, as well as numerous festivals on the east coast including performances in Providence, RI and in Vermont at the Vermont Reggae festival. She toured Brazil in April 2009 and France in early June 2009.

In Trinidad, Queen Omega's musical effort for 2010 is shaping up well as she is currently producing and recording for several US and international Reggae producers.

In the US, she has joined forces with the hot and popular California Reggae artiste, Jah Sun on a combination track called Mediation, and they also filmed the accompanying video.

Queen Omega recently recorded Take Control on the Zion Roots Music, an affiliate of CRS Music Label out of Barbados for their compilation CD, Blessed. Take Control was produced by Family Music out of Germany.

Staying in high demand in France, the producer, IkaRoots Muzik and the Babyclone Band released two compilation CDs in 2010 featuring Queen Omega's lead tracks Traveling on the Datta rhythm and Last Days on the Brighter Day rhythm.

Queen Omega is a roots-reggae artiste with a conscious message. She is a talented vocalist who knows music inside out, having worked as an artiste since she was young, and has released five CDs. She performs all over the world. Queen Omega is one of the stronger young upcoming female artistes in the reggae genre.

With these two gifted female acts, Marcia Griffiths from Jamaica and Queen Omega from Trinidad, fans are in for a special treat of inspired reggae music, backed by a worldclass Jamaican band. Don't miss this special package when it comes around.