Fenda returns to stage for Big Break
Following closely on the heels of the banning of his song, Gash Dem And Light Dem, Chuck Fenda, popularly known as ‘the poor people’s defender’, will perform at the finals of the Red Stripe IRIE Big Break competition at Ken’s Wildflower, Portmore, on Friday June 16.
St. Maarten promoted on Jimmy Cliff’s new video
The new music video featuring Jimmy Cliff and other renowned reggae artists that was shot on St. Maarten last year has been finalized and will be aired soon on the international music channel MTV. Marques Banister, CEO of Lionhead Production, said the clip, featuring local scenery, hot spots and models, will serve as a huge promotion for St. Maarten, as it will reach millions of viewers around the world.
Admittedly, the concept of a Hasidic Jewish reggae singer is an odd one. Stranger yet is the notion of such a performer opening for pop-rock’s Dave Matthews Band.
Last night, as Matisyahu took the stage at the Molson Amphitheatre, it all made sense.
Bounty Killer’s 2006 birthday celebration came to a bright end yesterday morning; not only had daylight come up by the time ‘It’s Tha Party’ closed, but the furious exchange of lyrics among Aidonia, Sizzla, Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man, Movado, Wayne Marshall, Bling Dawg, and Bounty Killer lit up the large audience at the Constant Spring Football Field.
Beenie Man and Akon’s video for Girls has been released
Despite the meteoric success of Hmm Hmm, US-based major label, Virgin Records has decided to release the entertaining song Girls (featuring stylised singer Akon) as the first single from Beenie Man’s upcoming album Undisputed.
Veteran singer Ruddy Thomas dies
Jamaican music lost another of its stalwarts on Saturday night when Ruddy Thomas collapsed on stage while performing as part of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Popular Song Contest show in Portland.
His reggae is hardly unorthodox
He’s a rising reggae star who connects the Old Testament to new school hip-hop riddims. He’s an American-born Orthodox Jew who spouts spiritually conscious lyrics, boasts impeccable Jamaican bona fides and gets regular airplay on alternative radio.
And his name isn’t Matisyahu.
What honour for the Sunsplash founders?
A little over a quarter of a century ago, four enterprising Jamaican reggae aficionados had the vision of staging a summer reggae festival which would lure visitors to the island and exposing them to the pulsating Jamaican beat while they soaked up the sun, sea and sand and Jamaican hospitality.
The woman who calls herself the ‘original Madussa’ says she doesn’t appreciate sharing the name with another woman who frequents the popular street dance ‘Passa Passa’.
‘What’s in a name?’ one may ask. Well, the problem is that the other woman – who we will henceforth refer to as ‘Madussa 2′ – is a mad woman.
Reggae Vibe Rocks the Holy Land
Young Israelis sporting dreadlocks and wool Rastafarian caps rocked to the beat of homegrown Hebrew reggae bands at a recent music festival, a sign of reggae’s steadily increasing popularity here.
Kibbutz Tseelim, a tiny community in Israel’s Negev Desert, welcomed 1,600 reggae fans to its second annual Spring Festival_ an increase of 25 percent over last year.