In the coming months son of the late reggae legend Bob Marley will be marketing his brand of marijuana in America. Julian Marley partnered with Drop Leaf LLC (Deputy Chairman) to launch Marley JUJU Royal Premium Marijuana. They will be working with DNA Genetics, the industry’s leading developer if marijuana stains, to create high quality…
Every year, in honor of Bob Marley his legacy. The festival will headline his sons Stephen, Damian and Julian Marley. Jo Mersa Marley, Soja, Jesse Royal will also be included in the lineup.
Irie FM and its sister station Zip 103 FM signed a partnership agreement with Magnum Sting. The agreement is for 3 years making Grove Broadcasting the official radio partner for the greatest one night reggae and dancehall show on earth. Mr. Howard McIntosh of Supreme Promotions stated that this year Sting will focus on…
Reggae group UB40 will be performing in Carlisle, England next month as part of their biggest United Kingdom tour for over three years. The announcement of the tour follows the success of the band’s latest Top 30 album Getting Over The Storm, which was named BBC Radio Album Of The Week and received…
The funeral service for Sir John Holt slated to take place on Saturday, November 15 has been postponed because his family opted for a more economical sendoff. Reggae icon John Holt died on October 19 in the Wellington Hospital in London. His body was flown to Jamaica last week.
By CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Production on Dancehall’s Got Talent, a new television show scheduled to air in October, starts Friday in New York City. It will be broadcast on OmniPresent Media and OPM Digital Network. The show’s publicist, Malaika Lepine, says its objective is to expose new talent. “It gives opportunities for upcoming talent to really…
Noel Philips, born 1962, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Philips began his career in 1981 with King Jammy when he recorded ‘Youthman’ and an obscure album under his own name.
By: Shereita Grizzle, Gleaner Writer “Today, through the contribution of persons like Sir Coxson, Jamaica is recognised worldwide as the undisputed Mecca of popular music.” Those were the words of then Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, as news of the death of Clement ‘Sir Coxson’ Dodd spread across the island in 2004. The legendary music…
BY SIMONE MORGAN THE upsurge in criminal activities in the Linstead community of St Catherine has spurred two home-grown entertainers to appeal to residents not to accommodate gunmen and cooperate with the police in their investigations. Dancehall acts Jigsy King and Tony Curtis say criminals are destroying the tranquility of the rural St Catherine…
Payola is a big no-no in the music business, and yet it is a persistent problem. Payola is the word used to describe the act of a record label or other interested party paying a radio station to play a certain artist (either in cash or in goods). The practice has obvious implications: when money…
Ariana Grande and Miranda Lambert among first to sell rare merchandise and VIP concerts to fans through streaming service Spotify has added a new way for musicians to make money from its streaming music service, through a partnership with US company BandPage. The pair have teamed up to enable artists to sell “VIP experiences”…
by RHIAN JONES Sony Music Entertainment has introduced its first music flash sales app in the UK, Album of the Day, for iPhone and iPod touch. The free app gives music fans limited-time access to purchase their favourite artist’s albums at discounted prices of up to 70% together with background information and preview clips. Users…
One week before setting off for concerts in Croatia and France, famed Jamaican reggae star Barrington Levy will regale Tobago’s reggae fans on August 23 at Pigeon Point. Levy, who is widely regarded as reggae royalty, will share the stage at Reggae on the Beach with another reggae legend, Everton Blender. The two are part…
