Big Youth brings love and righteousness The mightiest of MCs, the dopest of DJs, Jamaican legend Big Youth is on his way to New Zealand, writes Grant Smithies. One of the biggest stars of Jamaican music, Big Youth is singing down the phone from Kingston, Jamaica. Perhaps surprisingly, he’s singing a punk song. “God save [...]
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry for Western Consciousness Legendary record producer and recording artist Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has been confirmed as the headliner for the 2006 edition of Western Consciousness, slated for for Saturday, April 29, at the Llandilo Cultural, Savannah-la-Mar, Westmoreland. With negotiations still in progress, other acts that have so far been confirmed to appear [...]
Music boss guilty of drug trafficking Reggaemusic executive Horatio Hamilton had been found guilty of conspiring to traffic in more than a ton of marijuana a week for seven years, US federal court officials said. Hamilton, president of L.O.Y. (Lords of Yard) Inc, a production company specialising in reggae which participated in reggae hit Chi [...]
Like father, like daughter Queen Ifrika plants her musical roots Being the daughter of Jamaican ska and rock music icon Derrick Morgan has opened doors for Queen Ifrika in the music industry. “‘Everywhere I go, I am recognised as his daughter. People like the fact that I chose the cultural direction in terms of the [...]
Rocking to reggae It’s just his second visit to India, but Shaggy believes he’s got “curries in his bonesâ€. The man who was named after the character in Scooby-Doo is in the country for the non-stop 12-hour Channel [V] concert in Mumbai on Sunday. The last time the reggae king was here was in 1996, [...]
Banning the beeps “Gal, buss Smokehave fun” So goes the chorus of Busy Signal’s monster dancehall hit song Step Out. On radio, beeps would substitute for the words obviously edited in print. However, one local radio station has made a decision that might affect how artistes like Busy Signal’s edited songs are played – or [...]
Artistes get behind new Sunsplash As plans for the revival of the Reggae Sunsplash festival continue to consolidate, several reggae/dancehall stars have already confirmed their presence at the event.
Entertainers laud Timeless efforts Barbadian entertainers who received awards at the Barbados Music Awards (BMA), lauded the efforts of Timeless Barbados Entertainment Agency (TBEA) for giving them the long overdue respect and recognition for their work in the entertainment industry. They especially commended the Director of TBEA Ronnie Morris for a well put together show [...]
Half Pint’s remixed project due in March Its been almost five years that singer Half Pint scored a hit on local shores. His last hit was Suzie on producer Michael Johnson’s Lion Paw label, released in 2001. That label scored big with Luciano’s Come Away and Run Free by LUST among others. Half Pint who [...]
The Prophet Rides Again Today we go straight into the music. What I have right now is an inexpressible feeling because the music that I love so much has taken the world by storm. Lorda mercy! And that is as it should be because reggae music na fi gwaan, as Calvin Scott, the one you [...]