“Life.” That’s what Herbert Headley said the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival meant to him. “I’ve been on the Jazz and Blues Festival from the third year. When it went away, it was like a part of me that was missing,” said the stage technician. He is among three men who have given long-standing service […]
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AMERICAN rapper Lil Tjay, 18, is currently working on his sophomore album at Geejam studio in Portland. He has been in the island since early last week. He shared a post with Shenseea performing what could be a collaboration between them on Instagram on Saturday. In one of his Instagram stories, Lil Tjay was […]
He’s no Frank Sinatra, but dancehall entertainer Stein, formerly Einstein, known for delivering hardcore lyrics, was armed with a line from the icon which he delivered in Swedish. ” Jag tror att jag kommer att alska dig, which translates to ‘I think (or believe) I am gonna love you’ in English,” Stein said confidently in […]
Multi-Grammy-winning artiste Sean Paul promised an album that would not just act as a symbol of unity in dancehall, but would also encourage listeners to live life to the fullest. And that is exactly what the entertainer delivered. During a private virtual listening session on Friday, a handful of specially invited industry personnel and members […]
LAST July, singer Snoh Aalegra took her original version of Dying 4 Your Love to number 24 on Billboard ‘s R&B Songs chart. A lover of soul stirring rhythm and blues, singer Marvin Binns decided to put a reggae spin on the track. His version is titled Tell Me How and it was released earlier […]
After a bitter lyrical salvo with former arch-nemesis Jahmiel, recording artiste Vershon has embarked on a new chapter in his career. The Inna Real Life hitmaker and Jahmiel recently set aside their rivalry for the greater good of the genre. Vershon says the move was initiated by Jahmiel. “Dancehall is a very competitive sport, and, […]
Jamaican Rastafarian roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician Winston Rodney, known to legions of fans as the Burning Spear, a name he took from a military award given by Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of an independent Kenya, celebrates his 76th birthday today. Burning Spear began recording in 1969 and Marcus Garvey, the repatriation of […]
Music producer Samuel “Bossie” Doman, CEO of US-based independent label Bossie Music, is pleased that the popular streaming platform, Spotify, is expanding its services to Jamaica, the Caribbean, and over 80 new markets over the world. “This will help to put dancehall and reggae at its rightful place in the global music market. The first […]
Unifying teams is not always something you see happening in dancehall culture, but dance teams C-quence and Codex have joined forces and will perform as a merged squad going forward. Clinton Snow, who goes by the moniker Snowflakes, is the leader of C-quence and co-leader of the newly merged team. He explained that this fusion […]
Everyone knows Norma Brown-Bell as a broadcaster extraordinaire and a Wolmer’s old girl who doesn’t stop repping for the maroon and gold. But the dynamite of a lady is also a record producer. It doesn’t matter that she has produced only one record to her credit. As they say, once is enough. Three guesses would […]