By Ian Burrell Watching Chronixx perform for the first time was a physical ordeal. So dense were the crowds inside London’s Scala that scrummaging skills were needed to force a way from the bar area, through fire doors, into the auditorium. And from a teeming balcony, a sight of the stage could only be maintained…

Reggae Sumfest organizers have confirmed that they have booked Empire actor Yazz The Greatest. Yazz, whose real name is Bryshere Gray, rose to fame starring on the hit new series Empire. Last month, Summerfest Productions executive director, Johnny Gourzong, confirmed that they have booked the rapper/actor for his first overseas gig on the biggest reggae…

WITH A fledgling economy, business interests in western Jamaica are looking forward to this year’s staging of Jamaica’s premier national festival, Reggae Sumfest, in hope it will provide a much-needed boost. The event is a major revenue generator for Jamaica and has contributed significantly to the economy since its inception in 1993. Aside from being…

Jamaican dancehall artist was arrested at the Hyatt Hotel  in Trinidad under the Absconding Debtors Act.  It was reported that the promoters, Peppers Entertainment paid the artist a sum of U$37,000 as performance fee for a concert in May 2013.  That concert was later cancelled.  However the artist had agree to perform at a later date….

EVEE Hope is on a mission to eradicate poverty and oppression from Jamaica’s inner-city communities. The gospel singer/musician is originally from Westmoreland but grew up in Flower Hill, Montego Bay. She migrated to the United States 30 years ago. Hope is working on her debut album, Songs of Hope. The first single is expected to…

JAMAICAN REGGAE star Chronixx will be heading to the UK for series of shows of shows across the country this month. The tour kicks of July 9 in Manchester and finishes in Glasgow on July 19. A musician since childhood, Jamar Rolando McNaughton, better known as Chronixx, has evolved into one of Jamaica’s top reggae…

Jamaican reggae giants Bunny Wailer and Beres Hammond have confirmed they are to play a series of shows across the United Kingdom in July 2015.   Beres will perform at the O2 Academy in Leeds on Saturday, July 11, before being joined by Bunny Wailer for a short run of joint-headline shows at the O2…

by: Kathleen Parrish   “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” –Confucius Some of the greatest and most successful songs were written after heart-wrenching moments in life. When you’re actually in one of those scenarios, though – be it coping with a breakup, death, illness, or other serious…