Blakk Rasta, Asem perform at Face of Ghana Holland 2009 grand finale Ghana’s reggae music sensation Blakk Rasta has flown out of the country to Amsterdam to perform at the 2009 Face of Ghana Holland pageant grand finale. Blakk Rasta’s show follows a recent performance he did at Holland’s biggest reggae festival. Although the show [...]
Remakes, rests and a ‘Stern’ performance After he recorded Every Nigger is a Star, Boris Gardiner used to perform the song regularly with his band, The Boris Gardiner Happening. He tells The Sunday Gleaner that people loved it and would dance to it. These days, though, Gardiner no longer performs the song, the last occasion [...]
Studio One court case a heavy load – Bob Andy The law suit between singer/songwriter Keith ‘Bob Andy’ Anderson and the Clement Coxsone Dodd estate continues this month with the singer stating that it is “weighing him down”. The court will determine whether royalties are due from Bob Andy’s Songbook, the classic Jamaican album which [...]
1980 reggae movie ‘Rockers’ still has cult following Reggae and a 30-year-old movie about its Jamaican culture has become popular with a new generation. Inner Circle includes founding members Ian and Roger Lewis, who both appeared in the 1978 film “Rockers.” “We didn’t know the reggae sounds was so popular there now, but the movie [...]
Kartel says…’GAZA BUTTONS NOT OURS’ Popular entertainer Vybz Kartel yesterday distanced himself and members of the Portmore Empire, from vendors who police clamped down on recently for selling Gaza buttons at school gates. The deejay, in a release, blasted the barefaced vendors involve in the act. “Vybz Kartel does not sanction or condone the selling [...]
Marley heirs wage global war on trademark pirates Coming to a store near you: Bob Marley video games, shoes … snowboards? Heirs of the Jamaican reggae legend are plunging into the global trademark wars, seeking to enforce their exclusive rights to an image that has grown steadily in scope and appeal since the Jamaican superstar [...]
The pull of dancehall and reggae music The London Film Festival, one of the most important film festivals in the world, was held last week. One of the highlights was a film called Made in Jamaica, which showcases the best of reggae and dancehall music. It also attempts to explain how reggae became a worldwide [...]
Controversial reggae singer’s Ybor appearance irks gay community Of all the places embattled Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton could have landed, Mark Bias is surprised he will be playing Friday at the Cuban Club. The venue, after all, is in Ybor City, where the GaYBOR District Coalition has grown into a powerful political and economic [...]
Keeping the fire burning When Sean Kingston takes the stage at Healy Auditorium at Natick High School on Sunday, the feeling will be familiar. “I was in a rapping and singing contest at my school in Florida, and I came in first place,’’ he says with a hint of pride evident in his voice.
Tosh’s popularity waning? The relevance of reggae legend Peter Tosh may be waning, as deejays usurp his online popularity and position on the charts. Peter Tosh is arguably the most important reggae star after the late Bob Marley, but while Marley dominates the charts and has an incomparable online popularity, this eludes the late artiste. [...]