Next month, Nairobi will host Jamaican reggae legends, The Wailing Souls. The visiting band is set to perform at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre on November 5. Beside the concert, the iconic reggae band will be in the country to sensitive youth on the threat they face with HIV/AIDS as well as…
What happened to Peter Tosh’s Grammy Award? by Malcolm Gay That’s the question being asked after a Davis Square pawnshop became an unlikely player in the protracted family drama of the late reggae superstar. The Grammy was posthumously awarded to Tosh in 1988. The tale of its recent…
Veteran record producer Lloyd Campbell, of Joe Fraser and Spiderman Productions, lost his battle with cancer earlier this morning at age 68. Mr. Campbell was born on June 4, 1948. Over the years, he had produced many hit songs for Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Pam Hall, Glen Washington, Tinga Stewart, Leroy Sibbles, Lloyd…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To: Head of Entertainment News The media fraternity, music fraternity, fans, friends and supporters From: ETANA Date: Sunday September 25, 2016 SUBJECT: Interview Concerns – Press Statement from Etana It is important that as humans we recognize and appreciate the importance of both individual and collective responsibility;…
Easy Star All-Stars are coming up on the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed Radiohead cover album, Radiodread. To celebrate, Easy Star Records has announced a special edition re-release of their 2006 album. The release is scheduled for August 12th, 2016. As an early treat, they’ve dropped a new cover of Radiohead’s…
The Pier Album Rating: Release Date: July 1st, 2016 Record Label: Sony Music Official Website: MAGIC! Website Artist Background: Fronted by GRAMMY Award-winning Producer/Songwriter Nasri Atweh, the Canadian reggae fusion band consisting of Ben Spivak (Bass), Mark Pellizzer (Guitar) and Alex Tanas (Drums) became stars in their own right with the debut…
The Pier Album Rating: Release Date: June 3rd, 2016 Record Label: Easy Star Records Official Website: Rebelution Website Artist Background: For over a decade, Rebelution has been at the forefront of the reggae rock world. The chart-topping band formed in Isla Vista, CA in 2004, breaking out with their 2007 debut full-length Courage…
US based Reggae singer/songwriter Tyron Daley know as Junior Spice is facing deportation to Jamaica because of an alleged drug charge. Daley is currently in US Immigration custody in Miami after being detained on April 21, 2016. Daley has had his music career put on hold abruptly due to this surprising development and his planned…
Reggae legends Bunny Wailer and Max Romeo are teaming up for a trio of UK dates during mid-summer. Opening up at Manchester Ritz on Friday, July 8, they zip down to Birmingham Academy the following night and wind up at London’s Kentish Town Forum on Sunday, July 10.
Easy Star All-Stars are coming up on the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed Radiohead cover album, Radiodread. To celebrate, Easy Star Records has announced a special edition re-release of their 2006 album. The release is scheduled for August 12th, 2016. As an early treat, they’ve dropped a new cover of Radiohead’s hit song “High And…
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~
