D-Day For Promoters … But Delinquents Who Fail To Register Will Face No Consequences

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…

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Uprising Roots takes it slow

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…

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Here comes CHRONIXX

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…

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Ed Robinson Captivates New York Jerk Festival

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…

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Chronixx Debut on the Tonight Show

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…

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Sad Ending to Konshens European Tour

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…

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Good show

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…

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Happy Birthday Damian Marley

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…

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Happy Birthday Mikey Spice

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,…

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Tessanne takes Sumfest finale

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…

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4th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Fest

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…

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Happy Birthday to the late Roy Shirley

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…

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Chronixx to perform on The Tonight Show

By  Michelle E. Arthurton   Jamar Rolando McNaughton, Jr,  popularly known as CHRONIXX has made his name in Jamaica, as on of the top reggae acts of today. For the past three years,  the…

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