Tag Archives: Jamaica

Jamaican duo FRIDAY NIGHT CRU is offering an introduction to their multi-genre style of music on their debut EP, Welcome to Friday. The project premièred on Friday with two tracks, 876 and Come Gimmie, along with accompanying visuals that flaunt their diversity in sound and visual storytelling. “With Welcome To Friday, we were looking at […]

While going up against international hitters in two MOBO Awards categories may not be a daunting feat for Skillibeng, veteran producer Johnny Wonder feels the nominations are bound to affect the artiste. Skillibeng has been nominated for Best International Act alongside rappers Meghan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat and Kanye West, and is also up for […]

Ragga dancehall still packs some power, says veteran recording artiste Chaka Demus, whose 1980s single, Original Kuff ,became part of the track list for the Starz crime drama series, Hightown. The series stars Monica Raymund as Jackie Quiñones, a national marine fisheries service agent in Massachusetts who abuses alcohol and drugs. She finds the body […]

NY: Jamaican jazz great Monty Alexander, who discovered the piano at the age of four, is ranked as the fifth-greatest jazz pianist in The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time (Hal Leonard Publishing). At age 77, he is still touring and entertaining fans globally. Alexander was influenced by American music legends Louis Armstrong, […]

Dancehall recording artiste Bounty Killer has been fighting a battle against scammers silently over the years, but, on the weekend, he and his manager/veteran producer Paul ‘Bankeylous’ Giscombe issued a warning that the impersonators need to cease and desist. “It’s a lot of persons and pages on social media scamming people of their money, selling […]