Lauryn Hill plays tribute to Bob Marley on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ In honor of the 30th anniversary of legendary Jamaican singer, Bob Marley’s death, late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon hosted a weeklong tribute to the entertainer, topping it off with a two-song performance by New Jersey native and singer, Lauryn Hill. [...]
Denroy Morgan making Link To Ethiopia The year 1981 will forever be etched in the memory of Denroy Morgan. It was the year he bulldozed his way onto the Billboard charts and saturated American urban radio stations with his smash single I’ll Do Anything For You. Fast-forward 30 years and the patriarch of the sibling [...]
Jasmine’s on the write track to big success Johnson finds it highly amusing that men often feel nervous in her company – especially the ones who know she’s the author of Mr Soon Come.Her book centres on the womanising ways of dancehall DJ Conteh, whose beautiful wife is just not enough for him. The novel [...]
LIME entertainers shine Students at the Denham Town Primary, Central Branch All-Age and St Aloysius Primary schools got a very special treat this week when LIME brought special celebrity guests into their classrooms for Read Across Jamaica Day. Popular songstress Ce’Cile and up-and-coming female vocalists Ishawna and Denyque joined LIME employee volunteers who read to [...]
Get up, stand up for Bob Marley It may be 30 years this week since Bob Marley’s physical departure but in every other sense he is with all of us more than ever. The first and only true superstar of reggae died of cancer on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36 and if [...]
Review: Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae It’s a little-known fact (or at least it was little known until I just came up with it) that Kiwis love their reggae. Bob Marley felt right at home after visiting these shores in the 70s, and little old New Zealand is responsible for giving UB40 its first international [...]
Machel takes Jamaica Carnival by storm Soca Monarch and Road March King, Machel Montano rode the Jamaica Carnival with much fan-fare just weeks after completing one of the most successful Carnival seasons of his career. Montano took The Return to higher heights as he was the headline act for LIME All Island Carnival series at [...]
Lady Saw shoots video for ‘Wife a Wife’ Veteran female DJ Lady Saw shot a video of her latest song, ‘Wife a Wife’ on location in New Kingston on Tuesday night. Nordia Rose, Advico Production, filmed and directed the video.
Crazy music for crazy times Cayman hasn’t seen one particular brand of Crazy for 25 years. But Crazy is looking forward to revisiting the scene where he first introduced soca to Cayman. “It’s a long time since I came to Cayman Islands – at that time soca music was not in Cayman Islands – I [...]
Rotterdam Reggae Festival 2011 There’s many ways to launch a new event but losing your headliner isn’t one of them. To add to the woes of the first ever Rotterdam Reggae Festival, a second major act didn’t appear either, sparking a row about whether the organisers knew in advance or not (see below). At least [...]