It was celebration time on the lawns of King’s House on National Heroes Day as recipients of honours and awards, along with family and close friends, gathered to witness a usually once-in-a-lifetime moment. Among those in attendance as recipients...
Today, foundation singer Marcia Griffiths, who is celebrating nearly 60 years in the music business, will be called to order one more time, and she is ecstatic. The Reggae Queen will be officially inducted into the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the island...
Glowing tributes have been coming in fast and strong for Ibo Cooper, the musical genius and “phenomenal man” who co-founded Third World, the band of Reggae Ambassadors which is celebrating 50 glorious years in music. Cooper, who separated from the...
Gospel group H.U.M.B.L.E was one of the nominees in the Group of the Year category at the recent Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), and, although they lost out to Levy’s Heritage, there was still one unofficial category in which the all-male...
Dancehall artiste, Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis, recorded his debut single, Too Fancy, with producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes in 1981. His Bunny Lee-produced debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder, was released in 1983 and that...
Musician and rapper MC Solomon is as much involved in the promotional and business side of music, as he is in the music itself, and he is devoted to both. The founder of UK and South Asian label and agency, Kamani Records, as well as Asian Hip Hop...
Last Saturday night, inside the Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston, unfolded what is surely gospel music’s biggest night-out, the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), and so successful was the staging that the organisers are already contemplating...
Mykal Rose, ‘the Grammy kid from Black Uhuru’, is continuing his legacy of powerful, message-filled music, with the release of his latest album, I Give You Love, on Friday, September 15. Often described as “one of Jamaica’s most distinguished...
Ask musicologist Michael Barnett about singer Delroy Wilson, and he can talk for hours, non-stop. “Delroy is, and was, and will forever be one of my favourite singers,” a passionate Barnett said of the foundation singer who would have celebrated...
Singer, rapper, songwriter and producer Honorebel is prepping for an extremely busy last quarter of 2023, and he couldn’t be more excited. His 10th studio album, 444, will be officially released today, Friday, September 8, marking a significant...
Forty years after Lionel Richie released All Night Long, the song which would go on to become one of his best-loved classics, or as the NY Post termed it, “a cultural phenomenon,” Jamaican singer, Richie Spice has done a reggae cover. It is one of...
Having learnt from his mistakes last year, dancer Shakeem ‘Skitta Star’ Thomas again put on his dancing shoes and entered the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition. By the end of the night on Saturday, he was crowned the 2023 national champion and...
Closing out a super eventful summer was the successful Streetz Festival held last Saturday night at the National Stadium Car Park, which had as its main drawing card, dancehall artiste Masicka, performing in Kingston for the first time in nearly...
Contestants are getting ready to put their best dancing feet forward as they compete to rule the floor on the Jamaican leg of the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition, the global, all-styles, street dance event series. The action unfolds this...
Reggae singer Hezron is honoured to not only be part of Tad’s Records new album, Celebrating Jamaica 61, he is also humbled to be collaborating with pioneering toaster Big Youth on the track I Shall be Released, which has been released as one of...
Within the entertainment industry, popular broadcaster and mogul Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess has done just about everything. He has been a promoter, an artiste manager, booking agent, record producer, and even opened a distrbution company to...
When speaking about her life, “journey” is a word that Malaika Lepine uses often, and it resounds with strength. She notes that her life has been “harmonised by music” and stresses that “the intricate tapestry of the music industry is a testament...
The upper floor of the International Youth Fellowship compound on Deanery Road came alive with the sound of music last Monday evening as a group of incredibly talented children, all dressed in angelic white, made their voices heard loud and strong...
Lover’s rock singer Gregory Isaacs was the coolest ruler reggae has ever seen, and long before swag was even a thing, he embodied swag in every fibre of his being. In demand for live appearance, Isaacs travelled the world, and on that journey...
On the eve of his milestone 50th birthday, Beenie Man invited family, colleagues and media to a launch party for his long-awaited album, Simma, at Di Lot on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew. On entering the venue, a huge screen was prominently...
Roots reggae singer on a mission, Samory I, has teamed up with Grammy Award winner Kabaka Pyramid and the Prophet Capleton for a single titled Wrath, which is spitting ton loads of reality mixed with anger. “The youth dem not taking no form of...
Rising roots-reggae group, Kuzikk, which comprises Kamau, Kool Johnny Kool and Krysi Webb, hosted the launch of their EP, Hot Wata, on Wednesday at the Footprints Café. Backed by the Skool band, the group showed their mettle at the upbeat jam...
With the release of his Rebellution album in 2022, roots reggae singer Natty King said he was anticipating touring the world again “bringing the message of reggae and Rastafari, and old and new songs to fans all over the globe”. Currently in Europe...
Some of the children of foundation reggae singer, producer and sound system operator Lincoln Barrington ‘Sugar’ Minott are focusing on preserving his legacy by rebuilding his Youthman Promotion organisation. Led by his daughter Ashanty, a GoFundMe...
The thanksgiving service for Doreen ‘Pinky’ Prendergast will be held on September 17 at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on Hope Road. Pinky, a leading dancehall siren in the ‘90s, and the sister of Dancehall Queen Carlene, passed away on Saturday...
