My first time at Reggae or “A yot a-yook, but d’ yood no ‘nough.” It all started when Northern Lights Editor Jarad Petroske asked me around 5:30 p.m. Friday to go down to the infamous hippie-fest Reggae on the River. “Hasn’t it already started?†I asked, trying to come up with an excuse.
Cruzing into music – Anthony Cruz bio With his cute baby face, captivating eyes, sexy physique, soulful voice, classy attire, shy-guy demeanour, fun-loving attitude and slick stage act, Anthony Cruz is regarded as one of the most charismatic entertainers around. And boy, does he make the ladies weak!
Sunsplash returns with daylight dancehall Before falling off the concert calendar in 1997, Reggae Sunsplash was famed for its daylight endings. On its return to the expansive seaside Richmond Estate in Priory, St. Ann, on Thursday night, it was back to sunlight endings for the bmobile Reggae Sunsplash. MC Richie B sent a substantial audience, [...]
Reggae hits full stride Event officials said 15,000 people were spread from French’s Camp to Dimmick Ranch. This is the first year the even has been held at its new location, Dimmick Ranch. And contrary to what some may believe, Reggae on the River is a family friendly event.
Massive marathon on Sunsplash’s Int’l Night At 11:40 p.m. on Saturday when Steel Pulse was called on to lead the billed British Invasion of bmobile Reggae Sunsplash’s International Night, the very sparse audience in front of the stage had a remarkable growth spurt. After paying attention to Etana and Kamau from the main stage then [...]
Artistes ‘group’ for common goals Lust members from left are Lukie D, Thriller U, Singing Melody, and Tony Curtis at the release of the compilation album ‘Time for Love’, and the new single and video ‘Hardware’, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston, on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 – Winston Sill / [...]
Sizzla new album The Overstanding Damon Dash Music Group proudly announces the release of a brand new album from dance hall legend Sizzla. “The Overstanding” is scheduled to be released on October 3rd, 2006. “The Overstanding” will be marketed and distributed by DDMG / Kalonji Records. Sizzla emerged during the latter half of the ’90s, [...]
No Dreadlocks Here Not all reggae artists give thanks and praise to Jah, rally for a return to Africa, smoke cannabis and wear their hair in dreadlocks. But because reggae so embraced the political and spiritual messages of Rastafarianism in the 1970s and ’80s, many casual listeners might assume that’s all there is to the [...]
Raucous dancehall night Despite the nine year hiatus, late start and seemingly disorganised production, the first night of the bMobile Reggae Sunsplash proved to be an entertaining mix of dancehall bravado, sexuality and engaging lyrical content. The show, slated to begin at five ‘o’ clock, started approximately at 10:00 pm, with performances from several opening [...]
A beloved reggae hero returns He may have left here to return to his native Jamaica more than a decade ago, but Leroy Sibbles still seems to be with us. From the mid-1980s through the early ’90s, when the Bamboo Club ruled on Queen West and this city pulsed with the infectious thump of the [...]