To create is to relate is a sentiment that certainly resonates with Chad Hammond. The talented artist’s patriotic entry in Red Stripe’s Special Limited Edition Label Campaign – paying homage to the nation’s finest athletes – secured the top spot.
The sudden death of 18-year-old Roshane Ashman on January 26, 2024 has plunged his relatives, teachers, and peers at Pembroke Hall High School in St Andrew into deep grief as they recalled his immense talent despite his lifelong struggle with health issues. Since birth, Ashman battled numerous medical problems including a heart condition and scoliosis. He also had been surviving with one kidney. Ashman was said to have died from.
As someone who came of age in the 1980s, Vassell Meka has a preference for lovers’ rock reggae. He revisits that classic sound for Wrapped Up, a song he produced and co-wrote with his wife Desiree. The Connecticut-based artiste also played drums.
The potent message of ‘One Love’ and the divinity embodied in reggae music was the theme of the sermon from ‘Reggae Pastor’, the Rev’d Al Miller, at the launch of Reggae Month at his reggae-loving church, Fellowship Tabernacle, on Sunday morning..