Reggae artiste Fantan Mojah is chastising some Jamaican artistes for undercharging promoters to perform at major festivals in other countries. According to the artiste, the Marleys have made reggae music a valuable product, however, the genre is devalued every time an artiste performs for a rate below his/her worth. “Dem cheap because a nuh suh…
Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter (Jamaica Gleaner) TODAY IS the deadline for event promoters to sign up with the National Registry of Entertainment, but a senior minister is declaring that no consequence will flow from non-registration. Noel Arscott, the local government minister, said in the House of Representatives, “there is no sanction for…
By Howard Campbell Jamaica Observer THERE was a time in Jamaican music when artistes thought about quality before financial gain. The Uprising Roots Band sees nothing wrong with that policy. The quartet recently released the self- produced single, Time. Though they have been together for 11 years, drummer/vocalist Rashaun ‘Black Kush’ McAnuff says getting…
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer ROOTS singer Chronixx got an instant bump after the hype arounnd his performance on the top-rated Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. There was a surge in sales for his Dread & Terrible EP and the single Here Comes Trouble just hours after his July 22 performance on the NBC…
By Isha Nelson (Belgium) On Sunday, the “Knocking On Heavens Door”, reggae artist Ed Robinson performed at the 4th Annual Jerk Fest held at Roy Wilkin’s Park, Queens, New York. Robinson energized the audience with his performance but to their surprise he only performed one song. This did not stand well with the audience…
By Michelle E. Arthurton Last night many tuned in to see Jamaican singer Chronixx make his Debut on the Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show. The reggae artist performed his song “Here Comes trouble” that is on his Dread and Terrible album that was released on April 1, 2014. Backstage
By Michelle E. Arthurton Garfield Spence aka Konshens, Jamaican dancehall artist who is known for hit songs “Winner”, “This Means Money”, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, “Rasta Impostor”, “Gal Dem A Talk”, “Realest Song”, “Do Sumn”, “Forward”, “Represent” and “Gal a bubble” had to cancel the remainder of his European tour due to Laryngitis. Doctors in Vienna…
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer reporter Sumfest organisers pleased with 2014 staging GODFREY Dyer, chairman of Summerfest Productions — organisers of Reggae Sumfest — is pleased with the staging of this year’s week-long event. The chairman said while the final figures have not yet come in, things looked good from his vantage point. “I honestly don’t…
Damian Robert Nesta “Jr. Gong” Marley (born July 21, 1978), is a Jamaican reggae artist. Damian is the youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley. Damian was only two years old when his father, Bob Marley, died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian’s nickname Junior Gong…
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1965, Mikey Spice began singing in his father’s church at age seven. He then became a dazzling multi-instrumentalist, learning guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, piano, saxophone, flute, harp and clarinet before age 13. Seven years later, he decided on a reggae career. After working with several bands, Spice (whose voice has…
By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston Observer reporter SINGER Tessanne Chin gave a command performance on International Night II of Reggae Sumfest, which closed at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex in Montego Bay yesterday morning. Dressed in a black suit, complemented by a white blouse, the Voice 2013 winner energised the weary crowd with even before she…
The 4th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival will take place at the Roy Wilkin’s Park in Queens, New York, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Entertainers scheduled for that event include Maxi Priest, Etana, Mr. Vegas and Ed Robinson.
Ainsworth Roy Rushton Shirley (18 July 1944 – July 2008), better known simply as Roy Shirley, and also known as King Roy Shirley and The High Priest, was a Jamaican singer whose career spanned the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, and whose “Hold Them” is regarded by some as the first ever rocksteady song. He…
