With a family name like Marley, there’s no doubt you’d want to use it. But Damian “Jr Gong” Marley – the youngest of Bob’s children – need not rely on his father’s name after this third album, Welcome To Jamrock.
Damian has his father’s talent and shows none of the greedy traits of some of the other Marley offspring.
The largest cash prize for individual performance in the history of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, a whopping $400,000, will accrue to the 2006 International Soca Monarch (ISM), a reward dwarfing the purse for King and Queen of the festival, far exceeding top money for traditional calypso and matched only by Panorama’s triumphant conventional steel orchestra; which must field 100 members.
Jah Will casts a spell with Love Potion
With a deep baritone comparable to that of the late Crown Prince of reggae Dennis Brown, Rastafarian singer Jah Will (real name Carlton Williams) has cast a spell on the airwaves with Love Potion. The song is featured on the Grass Roots rhythm from Rootical Records. The Jamaican-born singer, who resides between Jamaica and Miami, says his songs are for people to listen to the message in the music as well as to enjoy.
When reggae is the topic of conversation, Bob Marley’s name is never far away. One can certainly feel the Jamaican legend’s presence in the company of Maxi Priest.
Marley’s image adorns Priest’s T-shirt and the man who put reggae on the world map forms a significant part of the English singer’s conversation.
Reggae format radio station Irie-FM has announced that come January 1, it will not be playing any music that contains, bleeps and/or edits.
In a release from the station Andrea Williams Green, programmes director of Irie-FM stated, “Irie-FM is committed to cleaning up the airwaves and this is one step in that direction. Regular listeners will realise that this sort of music is being gradually faded out already and by the end of December, that process will be complete.”
Fiery start to Reggae Campfire
Thursday Evening’s prelude to Reggae Campfire 2005, held at the Kabana Restaurant and Garden Bar just above Half-Way Tree, had fiery indications of what the New Year’s Eve concert will be like.
The show will be held at the Windalco Sports Club in Ewarton, St. Catherine, with Capleton, Sizzla, Beres Hammond and Bounty Killer among the performers.
Judge Roughneck brings ska, reggae
Judge Roughneck is known for its pop-reggae that pays tribute to both the early ’80s British 2-Tone ska movement and the original jazzy ska of Jamaica. They also throw in a healthy dose of soul and R&B.
It is November 25th, 2005, the day after Megaton, the self-proclaimed “biggest reggaeton concert in the worldâ€, and Daddy Yankee is hanging around his room in Midtown Manhattan’s Parker Meridian hotel. He is visibly exhausted, and with good reason.
LIVE: Sinead O*Connor Gets Reggae Right
With the smell of ganja permeating the Kool Haus air, you knew from the second you walked in that this was a reggae show.
Down by the lake, 38-year-old Sinead O’Connor — the recently converted Irish Rastafarian — warmed up a crowd of 1,900 strong with a spirited set of reggae covers drawn mainly from her new disc, Throw Down Your Arms, which was produced by legendary Jamaican session musicians Sly (Dunbar) and Robbie (Shakespeare).
Don Omar brings rap, reggae blend
Reggaeton is an imperialistic kingdom, and Don Omar proudly sits on the throne.
The spicy fusion of reggae and rap is becoming an increasingly popular musical genre, hopping off the Caribbean Islands and surfacing on the mainland. Puerto Rico native Omar leads the reggaeton revolution, and his latest album Da Hit Man Presents Reggaeton Latino incorporates Spanglish rhymes and the traditional reggae sound with sizzling techno sound effects. However, unlike his previous work, in which Omar’s poignant voice created a pure and unfiltered sound, Da Hit Man is a tad over-synthesized, a tad overproduced and overall disappointing.