Beenie, D’Angel married The self-proclaimed King of Dancehall Beenie Man took a queen yesterday when he wed fellow artiste D’Angel at the picturesque Creighton Estate in the hills of St. Andrew.

Soundslam Interviews: Brick & Lace Kingston, Jamaica has never sounded better than now! Meet Kingston’s new phenomenon, Brick & Lace. Born and raised in Kingston, Nailah and Nyanda, otherwise known to millions of fans as Brick & Lace, are no strangers to music. Like so many others, they were born into this industry. Their father [...]

Mixed moods from Mary Isaacs Mary Isaacs, with the DP Band led by guitarist Dwight Pinkney, presented a mixture of moods to a full, seated house at RedBones The Blues Café on Friday night. Before the main event, though, Pinkney played Dance With My Father and Jasmine sang for a “symphony of love”.

No more ‘Natty’: Sasha speaks out After two heavily rotating hits, a rumoured relationship, an onstage confirmation and a subsequent break-up, the duo that is Sasha and Turbulence are no more.

A legend of reggae music, and his first love is acting With over twenty albums to date, Jimmy Cliff has always been one of the brightest stars of Jamaica’s thriving musical culture and was among the first to bring reggae to the worldwide audience.

For former Wailers lead vocalist, the Vibrations continue Depending on the language spoken, the name Elan can mean either ‘tree of life’ or ‘energetic and outgoing’. The Los Angeles, California native is one of reggae’s best kept secrets, even though he was for two-and-a- half years (1997-1999) the lead vocalist for the legendary Wailers Band.

Billboard a moving target It was once said that local songs were unable to achieve much crossover success because international audiences found it hard to understand Jamaican dialect. Still, artistes such as Shaggy, JC Lodge, Sean Paul, Shabba Ranks and Super Cat have all had hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, the main indicator [...]

Sean Paul hails his musical forebears There’ll be a whole lot of shakin’ going on when Mariah Carey hits the TD Banknorth Garden Monday night. But before the now-emancipated Mimi gets to “Shake It Off,” dancehall sensation Sean Paul will be instructing fans how to “Shake That Thing.”

Singer Joseph Hill dies Joseph Hill, the lead singer of the veteran reggae group Culture Hill, suddenly took ill and passed away in Berlin, Germany early yesterday morning while the group were in the middle of an European tour. He is being hailed by his peers as an inspiration to many and as an artiste [...]

Two sometimes better than one A catchy hook, a good rhythm and two or more musical talents combine to produce some of the hottest songs. Collaborations are not a new phenomenon but seem to have increased over the years, especially among local and international artistes, and sometimes come about almost by coincidence.