Peter Tosh – 9/11 Victim This week the world commemorated the lives of the 3,000 people who were senselessly and unjustifiable murdered in New York’s World Trade Center by suicide terrorists on the 9th of September, 2001. This date is now often referred to as 9/11. The music world adds to those been commemorated an [...]

‘CP’ cops major soca award in NY Antigua’s soca darling, Claudette “CP” Peters has become the world’s soca darling with her capture of the 4th annual International Soca Awards’ title of Best New Female Soca Artiste. Reigning Antigua Party Monarch Peters, was told of her victory over competitors like Destra Garcia, Machel Montano and Alison [...]

Tony Matterhorn rides a ‘blue streak’ to dancehall’s peak His feisty attitude has kept him at or near the top of the sound system game for many years. Tony Matterhorn has now found new territory as a dancehall deejay with a handful of hits pounding the dancehall both locally and overseas. Dubbed ‘Mr. Fully Loaded’ [...]

Icons fade, but music’s popularity lives on Walk through any mall and you’ll see stores filled with racks of clothes in the red, green and gold of Jamaica. Stroll through any college campus and you may hear the sounds of Bob Marley’s Legend drifting from the dorms. Even Southern California diva Gwen Stefani is modeling [...]

Two shows, one night A short but spicy set on stage, a quick change of clothes and a race across town to get to the second show before the sun is up is like a natural routine for our present crop of dancehall artistes. It has beceome a common trend in dancehall circles for acts [...]

Overseas artistes go ‘lowcal’ Recently, international stars, especially from the United States, have been coming to Jamaica more frequently, making special appearances on stage shows or shooting music videos for songs on which they have collaborated with Jamaican performers. This stems from the increased popularity of Jamaican music on the international stage, along with more [...]

No limit to the K-Queens’ future The Francis Sisters or the Singing Twins, are other options Kerrine and Kaydine might have utilised in branding themselves – but the twin sisters instead opted for K-Queens. They have been singing since they were 11 years of age – when they were being guided by the Jamaica Federation [...]

Jamaica and Japan see reggae ties Akihiko Narisawa came to Jamaica two years ago from Japan with one aim in mind – to find authentic Jamaican music produced by Jamaican artists and send it back to his homeland, where love for Jamaican reggae had skyrocketed to almost cultish proportions.

Little Hero on top with The Prayer (Oh Lord) Singer Little Hero earns his second number one song as The Prayer (Oh Lord) has risen to the summit. The song, released on the Inspire label, is Hero’s biggest follow- up to last year’s Inna De Ghetto, which was released on the Yellow Moon label. For [...]

Reggae Star Dispels Lil’ Kim Beef at WHBC VP Dancehall superstar Tanya Stephens is known stateside and worldwide for her hits such as “Goggle.” Her biggest smash to date, the laid back “It’s a Pity,” is about promiscuity and infidelity. She sat down with The Hilltop yesterday to discuss the release of her latest album, [...]