International artistes of all genres have landed in Jamaica with the sole purpose of using Bob Marley-built Tuff Gong International Recording Studio on Marcus Garvey Drive in St Andrew. So far this year, the list of artistes includes Flamingo from New Caledonia (South Pacific); Polish band Star Muffin Guard; Senegalese Meta Dia; American rock group [...]
Prominent Dancehall/Reggae singjay, G Whizz, has vehemently denied rumors that his British visa was recently taken away. The Life singer was reportedly denied a British visa ahead of an upcoming European tour. However, G Whizz insisted that these recent reports are all but lies. G Whizz explained to the Jamaica STAR that the reason he [...]
A couple of weeks ago a documentary called The Story Of Lover’s Rock received a limited release in a handful of London cinemas – and it took them all by surprise.Most only booked it for one night, but quickly extended the run when their initial screenings sold out well in advance.In South London, where lovers [...]
Story of the Song: ‘Too Experienced’ written on a bus Bob Andy attaches no specific meaning to the song Too Experienced is one of Bob Andy’s more popular songs, not only with audiences but also with those who have covered his songs. Barrington Levy, Eddie Lovette, Los Pericos (from Argentina), Ms Dynamite and Winston Francis [...]
‘Do not rush to judge’ – New York gets behind Denroy Morgan during legal woes Last week Thursday, New Yorkers woke up to the shocking news that beloved reggae artiste and hit machine Denroy Morgan, 66, had been arrested in the Bronx, New York and charged for possession of some 25 pounds of marijuana. ‘NYPD [...]
Freddie McGregor believes reggae suffers from abundance of overnight celebrities FREDDIE McGregor is a man who always speaks the truth as he sees it. His sentiments may not always be favourable among everyone in the reggae fraternity, but McGregor isn’t afraid to speak his mind. And frankly, with a career that has spanned more than [...]
On homes and real estate: Co-signer of loan surprised Q. I am the co-borrower on an owner-financed property. I recently found out the mortgage bill was not being paid when I received a summons to court. I never received anything in the mail — no phone calls, nothing. They sent the contact only to the [...]
Jah Cure dropped from MOBO Awards due to past convictions Prominent Reggae singer, Siccature Alcock, more popularly known as Jah Cure has been removed from the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards’ list of contenders for the Best Reggae Act award due to prior convictions. United Kingdom newspaper, The Sun confirmed that Jah Cure was [...]
Penetrating from outside Whether fact or fiction, there is the perception that unless you connect on home soil as a dancehall/reggae artiste, you have not made it . A lot of artistes who have made names for themselves in their neck of the woods are still going all out to carve their own niche on [...]
9/11 slows down ‘Half-Way Tree’ Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley’s 2005 Welcome to Jamrock has been so successful that, to some extent, it has eclipsed the success of his 2001 album Half-Way Tree. That album, which had Marley narrating to position himself at the mid-point of Jamaican society, not only sold gold (over 500,000 copies) worldwide, [...]