Etana’s The Strong One is on the Shortlist for a Grammy Award

I just got an email this past Friday, announcing the current shortlist of reggae albums under consideration to be nominated for a Grammy. Surprisingly, one-time Fort Lauderdale resident, Etana, made the list due to her debut album, The Strong One, which was released earlier […]

Born on sand and lives to rock
Waking up on the beach in Negril, Westmoreland, on January 1, 2005, was not just a special start to a new year for Dominique Brown, but the beginning of a new adventure. Driven by her passion for music, Brown dedicated herself to her musical talents and formed the band […]

Peter Ram carving his niche with Ragga Soca
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He started out as a reggae artiste. He then switched gears to calypso music and later on wrote songs for a number of Caribbean artistes including Alison Hinds. Today he is one of soca music’s brightest stars.

Peter Ram describes his music as ragga soca. “I started out back […]

Her Imperial Majesty

Watching reggae’s newest female star, Queen Ifrica, liven up a crowd sends a jolt through the body and spirit. During a recent stage show two weeks ago in Nassau, Bahamas, Ifrica performed as part of the heralded Millennium Countdown concert series; she was the lone woman artist on the bill. Around 2 a.m., […]

Chesney trades cowboy hat for reporter’s hat with Bob Marley’s Wailers

East Tennessee would seem an unlikely place to spawn Bob Marley aficionados. No beach, no tides, and the accent is quite dissimilar from what you’d hear in Jamaica.

And yet Kenny Chesney heard Marley’s music as a young East Tennessean and latched on tightly. Chesney recently […]