From his early years listening to Bob Marley, Buju Banton and Garnet Silk, Surinamese singer Jah Nelson has yearned to make contact with Jamaica, the mecca of reggae music. Two weeks ago, the roots artiste made his debut at Kingston Night Market. On April 3, he performed on 'Music Is The Rod', a show at Footprints, also in Kingston. "It is a great feeling, actually a dream come through," said...
Kingston Night Market, held every Tuesday on Hillcrest Avenue, is a vibe. A meeting place for the sellers and buyers of exquisite Jamaican art and craft; and lovers of musical melodies, food and culture, the last staging also incorporated a...
Reggae artiste Nature Ellis has concluded a brief promotional stint in the United States for his Revolution Choice album which soared to the pole position of the US iTunes Chart.
He d...
At the dawn of the 1990s, dancehall music needed a cleanser. After nearly a decade of 'slackness', that purge came through a group of Rastafarian artistes from rural Jamaica.
One of their collea...
DJ wants to bring back ‘authentic Jamaica music’
KINGSTON, Jamaica — For Jermarle Shirley, music production was a life-long calling. His genesis rooted in his days as a member of his church band, the ...
The past two years of the health pandemic has been of concern to producer Sekou Brown. Hoping to give music lovers some reassurance that things will eventually return to normal, he threw his c...
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