311 fulfills mission to spread the reggae There’s a growing crisis spreading through our youth faster than a clip on YouTube, that, if not checked and stomped out, threatens to destroy many lives, or at least make for a lot of uninteresting kids. That threat? Boring taste in music, created by a lack of variety, [...]
Matisyahu Tonight at Sound Advice Amphitheatre At first glance, it´s easy to consider Matisyahu as a novelty act within reggae music. The tall, slender, and heavily bearded Jewish crooner seems about as far as you can get from Jamaica, and, in appearance, he´s unlike anyone else who´s ever made a living as a reggae singer. [...]
Low turnout at ‘Bad From Mi Born’ At 1:30 a.m. yesterday, it was different party, same story at Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston, as the tiny turnout for ‘Bad From Mi Born’ was a reminder of the weak support for ‘Retro Reloaded 2′, held there three weeks earlier. The dancehall audience proved to be [...]
Da’Ville rocks Europe The singer Da’Ville reportedly received an especially warm welcome from adoring fans who enjoyed every bit of his performances. Da’Ville also had to sign hundreds of autographs and take photos with just as many fans. He was bombarded with overwhelming phone calls when he visited radio and TV stations.
Alison Hinds – Soca Mama A hectic touring schedule takes her all over the Western world and away from family in Barbados, as she promotes her popular single Roll it Gyal, but soca singer Alison Hinds has mastered being mommy and wife from a distance. Hinds, popular in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean [...]
Becoming Marion……….Lady Saw ‘walks out’ on raunchy past A few years ago, Lady Saw could have cared less what you or I thought about her vulgar lyrics and X-rated performances. When tracks like Stab Up Di Meat, No Long Talking and Hice [Hoist] It Up were the rage in the dancehalls, she waved off her [...]
Mission gone from music If music is truly a religion, as said by Jimmy Hendrix and Ziggy Marley, then reggae music of yesteryear would be a prayer while dancehall is yet to be defined. Reggae music can be heard in any part of the globe, whether it is a little pub in Papua New Guinea [...]
Khristopher comes out of the covers His vocals on the cover of DeBarge’s Who’s Holding Donna Now are so uncannily similar to the original that even industry players have trouble telling them apart. But the singer, who previously bounced around the dancehalls, slipping in and out of the mainstream is now looking to establish himself [...]
Vegas hospitalised again – Swore career was over Dancehall artiste Vegas has been admitted to hospital again following an acute case of pericarditis and gastroesophageal reflux. Sports medicine specialist, Dr. Paul Wright, breaks down the disease in simple terms. He says, “The pericardium is tissue that surrounds the heart itself, so if that is inflamed [...]
Reggae Tempo personality goes for acting boundary Ahead of Monday night’s premiere of the cricket drama, Hit For Six, at Carib 5, Cross Roads, Jeanille Bonterre was like a cricketer who had finally reached the Test level. Happy to be in the big leagues, but aware of intense scrutiny of every stroke, every catch and [...]