BY SIMONE MORGAN Observer staff reporter ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bert Samuels said he is currently awaiting a further response from the Dominican Government in relation to the deportation of his client, dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta, from that Caribbean state. In May, Samuels told the Jamaica Observer he would be filing a claim with the Trinidad…
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter THE St James Parish Council is committed to investing in the staging of Reggae Sumfest in its capital city Montego Bay. For mayor of Montego Bay Glendon Harris, this fits into the overall aim of the council. “The parish council is taking the time to invest in projects…
Buju Banton, born Mark Anthony Myrie on 15 July 1973 is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician. Banton has recorded pop and dance songs, as well as songs dealing with sociopolitical topics.
David “Dread” Hinds was born on 15 June 1956, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. David is the founding member, English rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning reggae band Steel Pulse.
Gregory Anthony Isaacs was born on 15 July 1951. He passed on 25 October 2010. Gregory was a Jamaican reggae musician. His nickname was the Cool Ruler.
Jennifer Esmeralda Hylton aka Foxy Brown is a reggae singer born in Jamaica. Her first introduction to the reggae charts was via the Steely & Clevie produced versions of Tracy Chapman’s “Sorry” Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight” and Fast Car.” These led Foxy to being regarded as Jamaica’s Tracy Chapman.
By Kevin Jackson Observer Writer Count On My Love, the major label album from Tessanne Chin, debuted on the Billboard charts last week but with paltry sales. The set, released July 1 by Republic Records (a division of Universal Music) as part of Chin’s prize package for winning season five of NBC’s The Voice, sold…
BY JAMAICA OBSERVER It has been a while since British reggae singer Maxi Priest entered the Billboard charts. His new album, Easy to Love, which was released July 1 by VP Records, debuted at number two on the Billboard Reggae Album chart. It is Priest’s first entry on any Billboard chart in 15 years. His…
The new Steel Pulse album, as well as the documentary The Definitive Steele Pulse, will be released in 2015. In an interview given to World A Reggae, Hinds was asked about the album and documentary and this is what he had to say: “We’ve been working on an album for about 3 years now to…
Michael Rose was born in Jamaica July 11, 1957. He is a Grammy award winning reggae singer. Rose join the group Black Uhuru in 1977. He led them to international success in the early 1980’s, having written most of their popular songs. Black Uhuru won the first-ever Grammy Award for reggae in 1985 for the…
The sounds inside Lee “Scratch” Perry’s head changed the world – reggae and rap wouldn’t exist without him and he did it all without ever learning to play an instrument or make a damn bit of sense By Jay Bulger Just before dawn, in the garage of his mansion, set high above a medieval village…
Soundscan is reporting that Tessanne Chin’s “Count on My Love” sales in its first week is 6.623. Upon the release of this report American music magazines are claiming that her sales are the worst in the history of the Voice winners. Magazines go further to state that “season three winner Cassadee Pope and season four winner Danielle Bradbery…
Cedella Marley, the daughter of the late Robert Nesta Marley OB, is campaigning to make the Women’s Jamaica Soccer Team become the first female Caribbean soccer team to play in the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Indiegogo is a campaign formed to raise money to pay for equipment, practices and travel expenses, and Cedella and…
