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Sunday, July 5th 2009
...The Heavenly Drum collection offers 15 tracks, several of them songs that were among the most popular during the 2009 Carnival season in Trinidad.
Sunday, July 5th 2009
..."We were in Martinique and were to perform with Gyptian. Before he got onstage, we started playing and the fans just went crazy. They were pulling band members off the stage," he said. "Even after the concert, the journey from the arena to the hotel is a good half-hour drive, and fans drove behind the bus all the way back there.
Sunday, July 5th 2009
...Junior Tucker, once described as Jamaica's Michael Jackson, had a successful career as a child dancehall/reggae singer. In the mid-1990s, he switched from secular music to gospel.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Reggae singer extraordinaire Joseph Bonner aka Spanner Banner is getting ready to drop his new music video, which was done in support of his latest single, Rolling Stones.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Featuring Trinidad and Tobago’s 2009 Carnival quadruple-crown champion Fay-Ann Lyons, Billboard-topping artist Kevin Lyttle, International soca sensation Rupee, The “Fire Man” Bunji Garlin, soca veteran Iwer George, Burning Flames, Trini Jacobs, and Super Jigga TC
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Veteran reggae singer Half Pint, will join the popular California-based rock/reggae band Slightly Stoopid on their 'Blazed and Confused' Summer '09 US Tour.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Singer Lindon Roberts, aka Half Pint, makes his musical mastery felt with his newest offering, Essential Roots Anthology, featuring a slew of hit songs from his extensive catalogue.
Friday, July 3, 2009
As one of the pioneers of roots-reggae music, Winston Rodney, a Bob Marley protege better known as Burning Spear, has long been a respected figure in music, counting everyone from Bono to B.B. King as fans.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Recognised as the lead singer for talented reggae band, Live Wyya, Errol Bonnick is now pursuing a solo career.
Friday, July 3, 2009
...Garfield 'Zebra' Vassell, who the police said is wanted for rape, was released from prison on September 6 after serving seven of a 10-year sentence for a similar crime.
Friday, July 3, 2009
...How did you get started in the business? Matterhorn: Well Marc, Danny and Willy from Inner City Disco got me started in the business about 1988 when I was about 16.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Veteran reggae singer Gregory Issacs, popularly known as the 'Cool Ruler', will soon be extending his empire to the fashion industry with his own clothing line.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Picture a bus full of Rastafarians high in the mountains of Colorado. At the wheel is their leader, a man who many credit with keeping roots reggae alive through the dance hall years
Thursday, July 2, 2009
...Sundar Popo, who won international fame for his contribution to the development of Indo-Caribbean music, died in May 2000.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Daddy Yankee is going global. His new new website, daddyyankee.com is, like him, pretty cool. Open it up and there's the reggaeton star in all his glory
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The 'Nuh Behaviour' song is finally here. KipRich recently recorded and last week released the song bearing the title of his signature phrase, 'nuh behaviour'.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Songstress Queen Ifrica has released a techno remix of her single Far Away.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
It's time to work out those dancing muscles for the summer with the release of the 'Fitness' rhythm from producer Stephen McGregor of Big Ship Productions.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Jamaican star Ripton “Eek-A-Mouse” Hylton is a towering figure onstage,
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
...Soca Gold 2009, a new gem of a CD/DVD package and one of several themed compilations put out by the Queens-based label VP Records
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
...Awarded Best Male Vocalist and Best Song at the 2008 International Reggae and World Music Awards, Tarrus Riley is the most promising of the second generation of Jamaica roots reggae singers. With an August 4, 2009 release of his much-anticipated third set CONTAGIOUS
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
...VP Records will release Extra Raw: The Best of Lady Saw on July 14, 2009. This 18-track album and DVD encapsulates her most brilliant work over her 13 year career
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
...the younger generation Bob Marley may not be as famous or well-known. That could change with a recent release that exposes the music of Marley to the younger generation, all thanks to the help of his son Ziggy.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Today is being celebrated as International Reggae Day, the day on which the world is invited to celebrate the best of Jamaica's music and creativity.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
...thousands of Caribbean music fans stormed Floyd Bennett Field to witness rousing performances and outrageous stage antics from some of the biggest names in Dancehall and Reggae, and up and coming culturally diverse Caribbean-inspired acts.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
State Of Da World is the name of the new album by Grammy-winning reggae band Inner Circle. It will be released in August by the New York independent company, Shanachie Records.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Puerto Rico’s Chamber of Representatives honored Monday the child reggaeton star Miguelito, the youngest artist ever to win a Latin Grammy
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
..."King" Yellowman's explicitly sexual dancehall verses pushed the envelope back in the early '80s and took reggae in a drastically new direction.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
...Bands and artists include T-Vice, Djakout Mizik, Carimi, Nu Look, Kreyol La, Baricad Crew, Tempo, Zenglen, Harmonik, Gabel, Hangout, Kontwol La, Bel Rara, Rara Lakay, Revelation, Envangelle, Vites All Stars and many more.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
...the dynamic Montego Bay-based duo, who currently provide back-up vocals for female reggae sensation Etana, is now stepping up its game.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Matisyahu is typically referred to as a Hasidic reggae singer, and it's hard to argue with the accuracy of that description.
Monday, June 29, 2009
...the committed Rastafarian entertainer, also called The Prophet, not only slew Babylon, but has been living the creed of his faith: "Let the children cared for, the aged be protected and the hungry be fed."
Monday, June 29, 2009
Dancehall artiste Konshens has pulled out of the Reggae Sumfest line-up. Konshens said he had to make the decision because of promotion work
Monday, June 29, 2009
...A microphone plugged into an old computer in an apartment in Havana's working-class suburb of Reparto Electrico serves as the studio where some of Cuba's most successful reggaeton songs are recorded.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Bunny Wailer, original member and sole remaining lead voice from the Wailing Wailers, the Jamaican group which splintered into the outstanding fragments of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and himself, has started a digital reissue of his solo catalogue.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Coming off two successful nights of performances at Queen's Hall last weekend, Shadow will join the Signal Hill Alumni Choir (SHAC) for the last of the four-part concert series in Tobago when Jubilee! the 25th anniversary celebration of "music that moves" takes place
Sunday, June 28, 2009
If everything goes according to plan, Jamaica's gift for its 46th anniversary of independence, is the local premiere of the latest movie on Jamaican music entitled Rock Steady the Roots of Reggae.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
In 1972, when Jimmy Rodway showed Errol Dunkley a poem he had written, Dunkley was already a bona fide music star.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Legendary reggae band Inner Circle is one of the acts confirmed for this year's staging of Reggae Sumfest
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Rich Davis Music Countdown, countdowns the top 10 reggae songs in the South Florida market.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Three of the biggest names in dancehall/hip-hop - Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Matisyahu - will battle for the top of the charts with the impending and almost simultaneous release of their respective albums.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Protoje's Arguments continues to make waves... General Degree hits top spot on German Reggae chart...
Friday, June 26, 2009
Popular deejay Bounty Killer, whose real name is Rodney Price, is in trouble with the law again. This time, the deejay is accused of assaulting a pregnant woman.
Friday, June 26, 2009
...The twins, Paul and Patrick Gaynor, were taken into custody by the Half-Way Tree police after being accused of taking $50,000 from an upcoming artiste under the guise that they were able to give him the opportunity to travel to the United States of America to perform.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
While puttering in the garden of his home on July 1, 1999, bass player Lloyd Parkes says he heard breaking news on radio that singer Dennis Brown had died that morning at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
THESE ARE some of the musicians and producers who made significant contributions to Dennis Brown's career
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Reigning National Road March Champion Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez is confident she will be able to juggle her motherly duties while, at the same time, keeping her fans happy for Carnival next year
Thursday, June 25, 2009
REGGAE MUSIC ICONS CELEBRATE JAMAICA'S INDEPENDENCE AT THE WORLD RENOWNED RITZ THEATRE IN NJ ON AUGUST 2ND
Thursday, June 25, 2009
As she waits for her sophomore album, 'Love A Dub', to drop, reggae songstress Alaine is not sitting around twiddling her thumbs. She has been writing up a storm.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
An actor as well as musician, Ky-Mani is the second youngest of Bob Marley’s 11 children (biological and adopted). He recently chatted about his upbringing
Thursday, June 25, 2009
International dancehall artiste Sean Paul will premiere his latest music video for the Stephen McGregor-produced So Fine on BET's 106 & Park tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Dancehall style has a controversial history in its native Jamaica. It began in the 1980s as an underground trend...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
...This year’s celebration will include performances by Tarrus Riley and Kashief Lindo son of Willie Lindo. Reggae artist Julian Marley will also be on hand to meet and greet attendees
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Don Omar stars in a new Spanish-language TV and radio campaign for AT&T promoting the LG Neon phone.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It's a bountiful summer for collectors of Jamaican music with a number of album releases from top local artistes.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
...Other acts confirmed for the festival include the high-riding Fyah Muma, Queen Ifrica, Freddy McGregor, Mr Vegas, Assassin, Laden, Spice and Chino.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
...Arcangel's Fooz Card consolidates his music, videos, news, concert dates, ringtones and more into one portable profile. Arcangel fans can take his Fooz Card to popular social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, and stay up-to-date
Monday, June 22, 2009
...The Hit List is an assortment of singles which have enjoyed immense popularity in the dancehall, some of which, quite predictably, have proven to have a longer shelf life than others. A 22-track serving, this CD features
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The funeral service for music producer, Sheldon "ShelShok" Benjamin, will take place on Monday at the Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Freeling Street, Tunapuna, from 3 p.m.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Music producer Sheldon "ShelShok" Benjamin succumbed to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma yesterday after a valiant battle against a form of cancer which attacks the lymph nodes.
