Mad Professor (Interview)
Seattle Weekly: Ariwa Sounds, your label based in South London, has released over 200 albums. What year did it start?
Mad Professor: I started my recording studio in 1979 and the label started in March of 1981. The first single we put out was “Come Back Again” by a singer named Sgt. Pepper. My […]

Vegas’ Taxi Fare scores big in Japan

Fresh from his recent series of club dates in Japan, Mr Vegas is brimming with excitement about his latest chart topper Taxi Fare. The single which was produced by Richard ‘Shams’ Browne for the B-Rich label, is sitting comfortably inside the top 10 of the local charts.

Lacu heats up ‘soca spotlight’
Pan music (and the steel pan) was highlighted last week when the Family Radio’s “Vybz Soca Spotlight” profiled renowned pan soloist, Aubrey “Lacu” Samuel and 2005 Panorama Champions Gemonites.
Producer of the programme Stewart Davis said last week’s programme, which featured pan music was as spin off of one held the week […]

Rebel! This lady eloped from home to play music
At the peak of her career in Kano where she once lived, female reggae musician Quincy Ocheme was so hot in demand that promoters who failed to feature her on their concerts paid dearly.
Such erring promoters usually ended up with a tale of woes as fans […]

Where calypso went
If the wearisome format holds, Dimanche Gras will be another expensive sleeping-pill, burdening its audience with 24 calypsoes, the clear majority of which will likely be forgotten forever by the time patrons exit the venue.
It wasn’t always so but calypso, the painfully longer element of the show’s two components, has become its downfall. […]