The return of De Ashanti, again!
He is often described as “the people’s king”. Troubled Calypsonian Herman “Ashanti” has had a bond with Calypso lovers here, built on a rock of mixed emotions. Even those in competing camps, cannot deny his inimitable voice, his ability to connect with his audience in song and punctuate each line […]
Last Night: Best of the Best at Bicentennial Park
As if you need an introduction, Best of the Best is by far, the biggest annual dancehall/reggae festival in North America today, comparable to say, SumFest held in MoBay, Jamaica. Yet for the Caribbean community here in South Florida, their irie was strategically placed smack in the […]
2 the Max
The talk circulating the globe about Maxi Priest being the new lead singer of UB40 is just that. Talk.
Throwing back his phalanx of ink-black natties, he laughed generously, flashing his playful signature smile.
“I ain’t in no UB40 band. Man, people say that and you know what, it suits me they’re saying it because […]
Jr. Gong rings the reggae bells
It’s been three years since Damian Marley totally blindsided mainstream America with the unapologetic reggae street salvo “Welcome to Jamrock.”
Those in the know could smell it coming.
Leader of the New School
There’s plenty of fuss made at times by journalists (like myself) about the negative direction reggae music seems to have gone in the past ten years. But for all our boo-hooing, certain artists like Tarrus Riley know how to rise up and silence the critics. The popular singer of the smash […]
