VP Records clears the air

In the wake of news that VP Records and singjay Mavado have parted ways, VP Records has decided to clear the air with a release stating that they decided to pull out of the three album deal contract with the artiste.

In Tuesday’s STAR it was reported that Mavado’s manager, Julian Jones-Griffith, […]

Jimmy Cliff Carries the Reggae Torch to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Departures from tiers in EP and DP The court doesn’t always stringently follow the methods of analysis it prescribes for each tier of its of EPC and DP analysis. Often the court departs from its 3 traditional tiers (SS, IS, and RB), […]

Keepers of the Heritage - Autobiography traces Jamaica’s music evolution
Errol Samuels was born in 1948 at Victoria Jubilee Hospital and grew up at various addresses in Kingston, except for the two years he spent in England from 1954 to 1956. It was a childhood of fun and adventures.
His father had an insatiable taste for a […]

Sizzla hails local dancehall talent
Zimbabwe has not only the world’s most passionate reggae and dancehall supporters, it has the most talented young ragga singers who have not been corrupted by the world.
These were the parting words of renowned Jamaican dancehall icon Sizzla Kalonji as he performed for the last time at Red Fox Art Centre […]

Reggae’s Civil War
I traversed four Caribbean islands in the past two months and spied one common denominator: graffiti. Scrawled precipitously on a cliff suspended above the lush mountains of Saint Lucia, on the aluminum siding of a rum shop in French Saint Martin, on the concrete walls of a Trinidad office park, on accessible surfaces […]