Jonelle McPherson has appeared in videos for Kranium, Electric Entourage, Pinkfox, Al Third, and, most recently, Jah Cure, but video vixen she ain’t. In fact, McPherson is more concerned with moulding young minds through the discipline of theatre...
Dancehall heavyweight Bounty Killer has been making headlines following an interview last week with I Never Knew TV, in which he shares his assessment of music, including dancehall and Afrobeats and how each affects, or doesn’t affect, the other....
Julian ‘JuJu’ Marley’s newest album, Colors of Royal, which officially arrives today via Monom Records/Digital Minds, is a whole mood, a vibe and a feeling. Or, as Gen Zers would say complimentarily, “It is giving”. Positioned as “an exciting...
Reggae singer Ken Boothe isn’t called ‘Mr Shoes’ for nothing. Not only is it a spin on his surname, it also aligns neatly with his love for dancing. Mr Boothe never goes on stage without his dancing shoes, and he is known to really work up a sweat...
When Machel Montano from the ‘Royal House of Soca’ sits down for an interview, with every answer, he comes correct, providing more than enough material to assimilate. Plus, he also throws in an ingredient, which many don’t care about, graciousness...
Dancehall giants Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price and Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis will be honoured by the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) at a ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 7. Martin’s International,...
Former publicists of dancehall artiste, Unknown Gringo, who was shot and killed during an early morning gun attack in Rock district, Trelawny, last Friday, describe him as “a decent guy” and “a good human being” and have joined the rest of the...
Chris Gayle, who has assigned himself the moniker Universe Boss, which he uses as his musical name, is literally flying the Jamaican flag high across the globe. From Trinidad, where he was enjoying carnival celebrations, and even gave an on-the-...
Artistes and producers within the Jamaican music industry now have a new award category that will give their projects even more validation and promotion. The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) has introduced an Album of the Year category...
Poignant best sums up 90-year-old guitar maestro Ernie Ranglin’s ever-so-humble apology to his audience at the Courtleigh Auditorium last Saturday, for what he said was his guitar not being tuned properly. But, truth be told, all ears were so tuned...
Members of the Jamaica Music Society’s (JAMMS) who attended the recent seminar at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston left with more than enough knowledge to empower them about the business of music. “If you don’t have the knowledge then you...
The Jamaica Federation of Musicians and Affiliates Union (JFMAU) is not happy with the proposed increase by the United States Department of Homeland Security in the cost of temporary work visas for touring musicians and artistes, and is calling on...
Praise and worship brought the curtains down on Reggae Wednesdays, the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association’s signature Reggae Month event at its new home, the Festival Village in downtown Kingston, on Ash Wednesday. Despite a less-than-...
Audio engineer and producer, Colin ‘Bulby’ York, has recorded, mixed and produced thousands of songs since 1989 and he has worked with top tier clients including Shabba Ranks ( Xtra-Naked, As Raw As Ever, Caan Dun); Super Cat ( Don Dadda, The...
Reggae great, Beres Hammond, sings the power of what one dance can do, in the song of the same name; last Sunday, soulful singer Jully Black sang the power of what one word can do. The JUNO award-winning and platinum-selling artiste – whose parents...
With Reggae Month being celebrated in February, the conversations around the music are many. One such is How Dem Fi Fight Reggae Music, which is the title of a Bounty/Sizzla collaborative track on Grammy-nominated producer Richard ‘Breadback’...
Keith Walford, owner of Bass Odyssey Sound System, the sound that boasts that it is “from way out in the country”, is bringing its signature event to the big city this month, and fans are holding their breaths in anticipation of being marked...
Classic songs from the catalogues of some of reggae and dancehall music’s finest artistes, along with performances that ranged from good to great were the hallmark of the free Bob Marley Day concert at Emancipation Park on February 6 in celebration...
Under the theme ‘Revolution: Celebrating the Crown Prince’, Reggae Wednesdays made its grand return last week, but at a new venue, the Festival Marketplace in downtown Kingston, rather than its former ‘home’, Emancipation Park in New Kingston....
February 6, the birthday of Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley, is a day that is celebrated throughout the reggae-loving world, with not just the playing of songs from the icon’s extensive catalogue, but also with concerts, dances and all things musical...
The place was the National Heroes Park in Kingston, and the summons went out for a gathering of the people – dressed in white – at the final resting place of the ‘Crown Prince of Reggae’ Dennis Emanuel Brown, to commemorate the 66th anniversary of...
Kingdom Culture, the organisers of The Well Encounter, have announced March 18 as the new date for the gospel showcase headlined by Grammy Award-winning gospel music ministers Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine from Atlanta-based worship music...
American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer Lauryn Hill delivered a passionate tribute to Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley, the grandson of reggae icon Bob Marley, at her recent concert in Miami, at which some members of the Marley family were...
Don't play with the River Nile Crocodile ... he bites. And DJ Naz with her Gurl Power sound fell victim to him early Sunday morning at Rebel Salute at Grizzly's Plantation Cove in Priory, St Ann. Dynamq — as the selector and croc is called— is an...
At the start of his interview with The Gleaner, Stonebwoy said with pride that he “is an honorary Jamaican”, but truthfully, by the end of the interview, he proved that he is really a ‘yardie’. The Bhim Nation president came across as gracious,...
