Reggae star Smiley Culture’s family disrupt police meeting.
Family and friends of reggae singer Smiley Culture have expressed their frustration over the police’s failure to explain his death.
There were angry scenes at a Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) meeting at City Hall, in central London.
Meta Dia: Making that link with Reggae and Africa
There will be two firsts at Studio 38 on Sunday. It will mark the first time a foreign act will perform at the popular venue for which weekly live music is a staple. And it will be the first local appearance for Senegalese Meta Dia of Meta and the Cornerstones.
Reggae being the root of his musical inspiration, Dia (which is pronounced as Jah in Senegal) aims is to fuse Afro pop, hip hop, rock and soul along with a mixture of French, English, Wolof and Fulani vocals with the Jamaican sound.
‘A Better Tomorrow’
Jamaican dancehall superstar David Brooks aka “Mavado,” will headline the cast of local and other regional acts at the highly anticipated concert entitled “A Better Tomorrow,” which is scheduled for the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, next Tuesday – the night before the holiday.
The show is aimed at encouraging misguided youths to turn from a life of crime and project their energies towards becoming better educated and living a more positive lifestyle.
Kingston Rock counters mixed CDs party feel
Ai Irisawa does not define herself as a promoter, although she puts on Kingston Rock monthly.
She started Kingston Rock as a weekly live performance and party on Sundays in October 2010 because, despite the deluge of music events, a particular – in more ways than one – music market had nowhere to go.
Diplo Takes on Reggae, Chris Brown, KPop and Hard Miami at Grand Central Tonight
Miami loves nothing more than a good ol’ Florida boy who can DJ big bass and has a tattoo of a manatee holding a machine gun on his chest.
Mr. Wes Pentz was here only a couple of weeks ago with his hybrid dancehall outfit, Major Lazer, at the Marley Fest. And now he’s back again to go, well, really hard for Hard Miami, an Ultra week orgy taking over Grand Central this Thursday.
Is reggae being marred by hard drug culture?.
FIRST AND foremost, yes, we are aware that drug taking isn’t unique to any one genre of music, and this is by no means an attack on reggae. After all, rock music has a greater association with drug-taking; the famous expression ‘sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll’ says it all.
Similarly, many soul stars have fallen prey to drugs. Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye are just two famous stars who struggled with substance abuse.
Cocktails With… Lady Saw and Eve
They’ve earned our respect over the years through music, making their mark on the world as talented, no-nonsense divas, excelling in a world dominated by men. Shared values and attitudes brought them together as friends, inspiring musical collaborations and many treasured moments.
The two share laughs and an obviously comfortable rapport as they sip on bubbly inside the VIP tent ahead of the show.
Soul sister changing the face of reggae
Afro Omega is a local reggae band fronted by the supersexy Elisa James.
The group has been together for more than an eight years. Its original lead singer was male, but within a year James had worked her way up to lead vocals. Besides having a female soul, the talented quartet — which also includes Hunter Rose, James Shook and Bronte James — redefines the sounds of traditional reggae by adding electronica to its music.
Lovers Rock adj. romantic style of reggae music cultivated on the London reggae scene, c. 1975-1985.
While contemporary strands of reggae (dub, roots, rocksteady etc) were becoming increasingly politicised and serious, Lovers Rock maintained a clearer focus on more lightweight, romantic topics, taking its cue mainly from Philadelphia and Chicago’s soul and R&B templates.
Smiley Culture stabbed himself, inquest hears.
British reggae star Smiley Culture stabbed himself with a kitchen knife during a police raid on his home in Surrey, an inquest has been told.
The singer, whose real name was David Emmanuel, died at the property in Hillbury Road, Warlingham, on Tuesday.
