One week after turning 84 and two days on from performing in a muddy field at Glastonbury, Ernest Ranglin played his farewell London show at the Barbican Centre. The Jamaican guitar cornerstone was not backed by reggae musicians (past visits have utilised drum/bass duos Sly & Robbie and Mafia & Fluxy). For his retirement tour…
Stephen Marley – son of Bob Marley as well as a multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and acclaimed reggae producer – is set to release his long-awaited fourth studio album Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life, the follow-up to Revelation Part I: The Root of Life, which was put out in 2011. Whereas The…
July 1st, 2016 will mark 17 years of the passing of reggae icon the late Dennis Emmanuel Brown. Ed Robinson pays homage to his musical mentor Dennis Brown with a tribute single FOR YOU. Robinson produced the song on E2 Recordings label. ~Will be available on iTunes~
Produced by Marley, including collaborations with Rick Ross, Pit Bull, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Iggy Azalea, Waka Flocka, Dead Prez, Rakim, DJ Khaled, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Black Thought (of The Roots), Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Capleton, Ky-Mani Marley, Jo Mersa and more. Release date: July 22, 2016
St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): American Rapper 50 Cent was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning, following an expletive-riddled performance at the St. Kitts Music Festival. “Fiddy,” Curtis James Jackson III, was arrested in his dressing room at the Warner Park Stadium and taken to the Basseterre Police Station where he was charged…
A new craze called ‘daggering’ is sweeping the country’s clubs. No, it’s not murder on the dancefloor, it’s simulating sex – and broadcasting regulators are trying to put a stop to it Radio listeners in Jamaica have been forced to say goodbye to many of their favourite songs, thanks to a new ban on tunes that “promote”…
Dice nightclub owner Roy Seda told the publication that police have sent undercover officers into his establishment to ensure his DJs were not playing the genre, whose stars include Vybz Kartel and Lady Saw. Though Croydon’s borough commander Andy Tarrant has denied that the genre, also known as dancehall, has been banned, Seda claims he…
MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS Effective Feb. 1, RIAA will include on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in Gold & Platinum (G&P’s) Album Award. The modernization of the program’s album rule follows a similar update made to digital single certifications in 2013, when the RIAA first added on-demand streams to its Digital Single…
