Hungry mon!

Americans love to celebrate the summer grilling season. Toss a few hot dogs and burgers on the barbecue, whip up some potato salad, cool down a few beers and crank that old-fashioned ice cream maker — for many, that’s perfection. But if a bland burger with iceberg lettuce just doesn’t cut it anymore, may […]

‘Riddim’ has got Matisyahu risin’

Fifty years later, it’d be nice to greet Berra with the information that another Jewish man - a Hasidic Jew, to be precise - is one of the music world’s most fascinating, not to say unlikely, bright stars. As a reggae toastmaster, no less, and actually in the United States, rather […]

Danish-born reggae siren killed in car crash

Thrity-two-year-old Danish-born reggae singer Natasja Scrul was killed and two others injured in a car accident along the Hellshire main road, St Catherine early Sunday morning. The singer and friends, the Observer understands, left Saturday night’s Portmore Awards where Natasja had performed.

Jasmine’s Juice: My cup runneth over!

The hottest tune this year so far has to have been Mims’ This Is Why I’m Hot. Used as a musical bed for any product on the planet that exists, will Mims be another one hit wonder a la Sunshine Anderson or does he have that much eluded longevity that […]

Danish rapper killed in car accident

Natasja Saad, Danish rap and reggae artist, has died in a car accident, her mother said Monday. Saad, 32, one of Denmark’s best-known dancehall performers, died in the accident early Sunday, said her mother, Kristine Saad.