Anthony Cruz rides high with Half Way Tree Singer Anthony Cruz has hit pay-dirt with his latest hit Half Way Tree. The song, which has been released on the Footsteps label (produced by Ainsworth Higgins), is holding firm inside the Top 10 of the local charts. Outside of Jamaica, Half Way Tree hit the Top [...]
No ‘Portmore Award’ for Beenie – Nuffy apologises At the recently held Portmore Awards Show, held at Sugar Man’s Beach in Hellshire, MC Nuffy honoured artistes Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Lady Saw, Anthony B and others by giving them ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’. However, ‘the doctor’ Beenie Man left without an award in his hand.
Ravi keeps fans dancing The energetic Ravi Bissembhar, lead singer with the popular band, Karma had the crowd dancing along with him as he sang at the Centre Pointe Mall in Chaguanas recently. Ravi has toured the Caribbean, USA, Canada, Guyana, Europe and Suriname; representing TT’s culture, chutney and soca. He was also voted the [...]
Elephant Man’s album Ova Di Wall to be distributed by Bad Boy Elephant Man is in good spirits these days, as his long awaited album Ova Di Wall is due out in August on P Diddy’s Bad Boy label. This is the first in a three-album deal with the label. Specifics about the deal were [...]
The show goes on Oblivious to the debate in the country about whether their pending performances have been appropriately timed, Beenie Man, Shaggy and Maxi Priest are set to put down the presentations of their respective entertainment lives at the Antigua Recreation Grounds.
A ‘Gash’ in the number one spot It appears that the recent ban on Chuck Fender’s Gash Dem An Lite Dem might have done more to promote the song rather than hurt it, as the song has hit the number one spot on local charts.
Is U-Roy the Godfather of Rap? Near a makeshift bar serving cans of Red Stripe, a bank of battered speaker boxes blast out a huge fat bass and a crisp top end to a lively outdoor crowd. While one guy puts the records on, another talks over the top of them. But he doesn’t stop [...]
Baby Cham fires back We were all set, going into an interview, to pin the popular and durable DJ (admittedly one of our favourites) on the matter of his current hit, Ghetto Story (released late 2005), which speaks, in glowing terms, of criminal exploits and other vagaries of innercity life (with its signature line “we [...]
Chuck Fendah gashes at Big Break finals GASH DEM AN’ Light Dem may not have the approval of some of those who decide what is played on radio, but on Friday night there was no doubt about what the large crowd gathered for the Red Stripe/IRIE FM Big Break finals thought about Chuck Fendah’s song.
Jah Mason His hit Princess Gone may have been a sad song, but roots reggae artiste Jah Mason is anything but sad these days, especially as he gets set to deepen the professional relationship between himself and US-based management company Rising Sun.