Archive for February, 2013

Global Beat: Bunny Marrett

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Seconds into Bunny Marrett’s I’m Free album, you know this is not your average reggae record. Sensual melodica and flute weave around each other while a lazily skanked guitar gently bumps hips with an upright bass to a laid-back, jazz-flavored drumbeat. And then, there’s Marrett’s vocal: delivered with passion and the same jazzbo coolness that [...]

Jamaican Artiste Hails President Jammeh

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

A female Jamaican reggae dancehall artiste has hailed the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh’s vision cum philosophy of coming out to celebrate The Gambia’s Independence musical concert on Tuesday with his people. Jahseen Foster aka Tenza (Boss Lady), who was speaking to the Daily Observer during an interview Sunday at [...]

Protoje’s ’8 Year Affair’ live debut hits home

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Just weeks after officially releasing his sophomore album titled 8 Year Affair, which has charted at number five on the Billboard Reggae chart, Protoje and his Indiggnation band opted to bring another dimension of his music to the fore with a concert titled Live from the Capital. Many fans opted to stand shoulder to shoulder [...]

Reggae & Dancehall #17

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Of course February is REGGAE MONTH & as the month kicks off with two legendary artists’ birthdays – DENNIS BROWN on the 1st and BOB MARLEY on the 6th there are celebrations all over the world. You can check out your local listings here or hit up your local dancehall joint, whatever you do don’t [...]

Hanna links culture to progress

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Before last Sunday’s opening session of the weekly Grounation series began at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, Kingston, Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna made the link between Jamaica’s culture and hoped for development.Herbie Miller, curator of the Jamaica Music Museum, stated two primary objectives for the repository of musical memory – to build [...]