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DAWN PENN RELEASES NEW SINGLE “NEVER HUSTLE THE MUSIC” AHEAD OF UPCOMING ALBUM!

DAWN PENN RELEASES NEW SINGLE “NEVER HUSTLE THE MUSIC” AHEAD OF UPCOMING ALBUM!

Dawn Penn— No, No, No (You Don’t Love Me) is a musical anthem and still a global hit. Dawn Penn’s sweet vocal is once again transcending through her new single, Never hustle the Music. Never Hustle The Music is a personal story from Penn that can identify with a lot of artists in the music industry today, as she says knowing the music business is very important, just as knowing your musical notes from A-Z. What to sign and what … Read entire article »

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JAMAICAN FEMALE SINGERS ENJOYING MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF MUSICAL SUCCESS!

Marcia Griffiths may easily have been the artist who benefit most from Bob Andy’s writing. He, not only wrote songs for her at the beginning of her career, but literally taught them to her line by line. Beginning as a nine-year-old on a 1964 Easter morning concert at the Carib Theatre in Cross Roads, the songs became the foundation on which Griffith built an illustrious career, which has spanned 50 years. Griffiths abundance of hits and her ability to remain current and consistent over 50 years, has no doubt earned for her the title, ‘The Queens of Reggae’. Her earliest hits, written by Andy and produced by Studio One monarch, Clement Dodd, included, Tell Me Now, Truly, Mark My Word, Melody Life, and the first of the batch, Feel Like Jumping, which came at the turn of the rocksteady-reggae transition of 1967-1968. Feel Like … Read entire article »

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NEW YORK’S LINKAGE AWARDS EXPECT BIG TURNOUT MAY 3!

NEW YORK’S LINKAGE AWARDS EXPECT BIG TURNOUT MAY 3!

I-Octane By Sadeke Brooks—- A musician by profession, Dexter Blake, owner of Linkage Radio in New York, says he has first-hand knowledge of the struggles artists face. So in 2010, he started the Linkage Awards to show artists they were appreciated. Speaking with The Sunday Gleaner recently, Blake, who also goes by the alias ‘Linkage, said he was a drummer for many years’, and during that time, “I’ve seen first hand a lot of what Jamaican artists go through without … Read entire article »

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STEELY & CLEVIE PRESENTS “MEMORIES” (CD REVIEW)

STEELY & CLEVIE PRESENTS “MEMORIES” (CD REVIEW)

TITLE: STEELY & CLEVIE PRESENTS MEMORIES ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS LABEL: VP RECORDS Review by Marlon Burrell ///// I was very excited when I learned that there was a new Steely & Clevie project coming out. I was even more excited to learn that the project consisted of their take on some Jamaican classics, similar to the “Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage Classics” from 1994, which spawned the Dawn Penn hit “No No No (You Don’t Love Me”) … Read entire article »

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