Destra brings new soca high to Mas Camp Like a phoenix she rose. “Can you see me?” she quizzed with her signature Trinidadian accent, while standing on a platform. The energised crowd screamed, “Yes, Destra, we see you.” Concluding the Bacchanal Jamaica Friday night fete series dubbed Sweet Dreams at the Mas Camp last Friday, [...]
Has reggae lost its value? Is reggae music the only genre that releases hundreds of singles on a daily basis? I honestly do not know. But what I do know is that the way we handle our business in the reggae industry is affecting its monetary value. Jamaica releases approximately 600 new songs daily. There [...]
Party time with Sean Kingston Young and upcoming Jamaican reggae singer and rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to perform here in a two-night show next month. Organised by local concert promoter Absolute Entertainment, Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, will perform as part of his Sean Kingston’s Beautiful Girls World Tour – Live in [...]
Mikey Dread, gone from the control Radio disc jock Mikey Dread is dead. He succumbed to a brain tumour late yesterday afternoon at his family home in Connecticut, USA at the age of 54. Born Michael Campbell in Port Antonio, Jamaica, he distinguished himself as an extraordinary studio engineer and presenter at the now defunct [...]
Da’Ville steps forward with ‘Yesterday’ Da’Ville continues to make strides with his music video Yesterday. It has held the number one position for two consecutive weeks, on the Hit List Video Countdown Chart on CVM and the feedback it has been receiving is very encouraging. The single is also riding high on the Jamaica Music [...]
Sean Kingston, the kid singing for ladies Sean Kingston, the 17 year-old Miami born, Jamaica bred artist, is not just a new face in popular music; he’s accomplished the rare task of creating a new genre where rap, reggae, pop, doo-wop and remarkable songwriting all combine into something totally refreshing. Add in Sean’s family roots, [...]
Mikey Dread remains ‘hopeful’ Some time last year the Observer carried a story with the headline appealing for prayers for pioneer reggae stalwart Alton Ellis, who is now recovering from his illness. Around the same time, we also carried another article with the headline Not at the control: Mikey Dread has brain tumour. Against that [...]
Byron Lee takes soca to the streets Byron Lee and the Dragonaires provided a fun filled and exciting evening when most of Knutsford Boulevard was blocked off to accommodate the Jamaica Carnival Street Dance on Sunday. While the Digicel Truck provided musical entertainment the Dragonaires prepared backstage to give the audience what turned out to [...]
Time for ‘Big Tingz’ Currently enjoying the admiration that comes with a successful album that brought her back into the charts, Nadine Sutherland’s name keeps calling far and wide. For sometime prior to 2007, her name didn’t resonate the way it used to for example, when her 1995 Action, in tandem with deejay Terror Fabulous, [...]
Humble’s journey not hard to see When reggae artiste Humble released his debut album Hard To See, he never imagined after the success of the album that he would be in Jamaica working on his second album with top producers and artistes. Born Simon Jonathan Vassell in England to Jamaican-born parents, Humble was exposed to [...]