Konshens gets behind the camera Jamaican dancehall and reggae singer, Konshens, has moved into directing his own music videos as the artiste said he refuses to be a “sideshow”. The video for his “The Realest Song” track has received rave reviews in various parts of the world. In a press release issued through the Wildfire [...]
VP Records clears the air In the wake of news that VP Records and singjay Mavado have parted ways, VP Records has decided to clear the air with a release stating that they decided to pull out of the three album deal contract with the artiste. In Tuesday’s STAR it was reported that Mavado’s manager, [...]
Jimmy Cliff Carries the Reggae Torch to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Departures from tiers in EP and DP The court doesn’t always stringently follow the methods of analysis it prescribes for each tier of its of EPC and DP analysis. Often the court departs from its 3 traditional tiers (SS, IS, and [...]
Keepers of the Heritage – Autobiography traces Jamaica’s music evolution Errol Samuels was born in 1948 at Victoria Jubilee Hospital and grew up at various addresses in Kingston, except for the two years he spent in England from 1954 to 1956. It was a childhood of fun and adventures. His father had an insatiable taste [...]
Sizzla hails local dancehall talent Zimbabwe has not only the world’s most passionate reggae and dancehall supporters, it has the most talented young ragga singers who have not been corrupted by the world. These were the parting words of renowned Jamaican dancehall icon Sizzla Kalonji as he performed for the last time at Red Fox [...]
Reggae’s Civil War I traversed four Caribbean islands in the past two months and spied one common denominator: graffiti. Scrawled precipitously on a cliff suspended above the lush mountains of Saint Lucia, on the aluminum siding of a rum shop in French Saint Martin, on the concrete walls of a Trinidad office park, on accessible [...]
New reggae albums slipping out of Billboard Top 10 New 2010 releases are not remaining in the top 10 of the Billboard Reggae Albums, whilst aged albums hover effortlessly. Six of the eight new albums that entered top 10 since January were either booted or trending down. Bob Marley and the Wailers Dub 1 debuted [...]
Does reggae really need a dancehall X Factor? It has become a cliche of documentary film-making that a project which sets out to capture people’s differences will only end up emphasising how alike we all are. How many times must a western crew have voyaged up the Amazon, hoping to capture footage of an undiscovered [...]
King Sizzla on mission The man Zimbabwean promoters have been chasing for the past 10 years is finally here! Ishe (King) Sizzla Kalonji is in town — it took a personal phone call from the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Robert Mugabe, for him to make the trip — of course not without [...]
Dancehall’s past, present and future fuse at JARIA concert Dancehall’s future, present and past rhymed in front of a stone-carved theatre on Wednesday with performances by Elephant Man, U-Roy, Chino, I-Octane and others. Mid-set, a sweating Elephant took off his baby-blue jacket, elephant chain and shoes then danced. The thick crowd at the Edna Manley [...]