Prominent Dancehall star, Lady Saw is one of the newest names added to the Reggae Sumfest 2013 lineup. Reggae Sumfest will take place in Montego Bay from July 21-27. Patrons at this year’s edition of Reggae Sumfest will be treated to musical royalty as the ‘King of the Dancehall’ and ‘Queen of Dancehall’ have been added to the show’s lineup. On Wednesday, Reggae Sumfest organizers announced that veteran deejays, Beenie Man and Lady Saw will perform at the 21st edition of the popular stage show, … Read entire article »

  ’90s sitcom star Sinbad is broke, according to a new report.—- Comedian and ’90s sitcom star Sinbad has filed for bankruptcy again. TMZ reports that the 56-year-old actor, né David Adkins, has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in April, saying that he owed a debt of approximately $11 million, $8 million of which included owed money in back taxes. What’s more, the onetime HBO favorite claims in the filing that he rakes in only $16,000 per … Read entire article »

  Alpha Blondy —- IN SUMMARY As more and more reggae artists plan to join Kenyans in their 50th anniversary of independence throughout this year, reggae promoters are also working hard to tighten their ropes as far as good event quality is concerned. The name Burning Spear is synonymous with reggae music, but it has more meaning as far as Kenya is concerned. Born Winston Rodeny in Jamaica, reggae music legend Burning Spear took that name, dedicating it to … Read entire article »

By: Samuel Abulude —- King Wadada, a reggae artist, burst into the music scene more than a decade ago. His song, Holy Holy Holy recorded years ago, ruled the airwaves and was on the lips of many. The dreadlocked artiste gained global fame in 2010 when he won the best Reggae Artist in Africa with the KORA award and has not stopped preaching the gospel of reggae music. SAMUEL ABULUDE caught up with him during the … Read entire article »

  Vivian ‘Kyso’ Hendricks, who toured as the official cook for Jimmy Cliff and Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, died Saturday at age 66. Hendricks passed away at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew, his daughter Roberta Hendricks told the Jamaica Observer. Vivian ‘Kyso’ Hendricks She said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. Her father had been admitted to the hospital Thursday after complaining of respiratory problems. Kyso had surgery in California three … Read entire article »

  Switzerland based reggae artist Shocking Murray recently visited the island to shoot the music video for his latest single titled So Nice. The video was filmed at locations in St. Catherine and his home parish of Portland under the guidance of film director Alain Hottat. “We just wrapped up the video shoot for So Nice, everything went well. We spent quite a few days travelling all over Portland and St. Catherine to shoot this video and the … Read entire article »

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS MESSGAE FROM TOOTS HIBBERT Toots would like to thank all his friends, fans and family who have reached out to him since the bottle throwing incident in Richmond on Saturday night.  After seven stitches and a little rest he was able to perform a wonderful show in Westhampton NY last night as the 1st show of his acoustic tour.  The youth who threw the bottle for no apparent reason is in custody and being charged. … Read entire article »

BY: JODEE BROWN Lady Saw has hinted that she is through with her long-time boyfriend, ‘John John’ following numerous incidents of infidelity—-  The ‘Queen of Dancehall,’ Lady Saw has apparently reached her breaking point after a series of tweets posted this past weekend in which she claims her long-time boyfriend has treated her unroyally for too long Lady Saw, whose real name is Marion Hall took to the social media website to blast famed producer Lloyd ‘John John’ James,her lover of 14 years. According … Read entire article »

Mighty Mystic lays tracks in studio—- By Davina Henry—- Based overseas, Jamaica-born reggae artist Mighty Mystic is already considered one of the leaders in the United States of America’s (USA) East Coast reggae movement. Aiming to inscribe his name among the reggae greats, the brother of former prime minister and now leader of the opposition, Andrew Holness, is already well on his way. Mighty Mystic, whose given name is Kevin Holness, told The Sunday Gleaner that although he and Andrew have chosen … Read entire article »