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SINGER NADINE SUTHERLAND EARNS HER MASTER’S DEGREE!

BY RICHARD JOHNSON—  The official graduation portrait of singer Nadine Sutherland— Singer Nadine Sutherland is still beaming, having proudly stepped across the stage of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus with a master’s degree in cultural studies last Friday, October 28. When the Jamaica Observer caught up with her, she said since word got out that she had completed the postgraduate program, the support has been overwhelming. “I have always wanted to go back to school. I spent my 20’s on the road as an artist and was always somewhat envious of my friends who could speak of their college days. During the 1990’s, I was in London recording and I applied and was accepted to study law, but then came the hit song Action and, as they say, the rest … Read entire article »

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SHUGA LAUNCHES GENDER CAMPAIGN FOR FEMALE SINGERS/DJ’s WITH HER HIT SINGLE “RIDE PON DI RIDDIM!”

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston— SHUGA…we should just drop off the songs at the library and if the songs are good, they deserve to be played— Singer Shuga has launched a campaign pushing for more play on local radio for female artists. On her new song, Ride Pon The Riddim, she takes aim at disc jockeys, appealing for equal air-time with male acts. “I think we should just drop off the songs at the library and if the songs are good, they deserve to be played,” Shuga told the Sunday Observer. She claims she has heard disc jockeys ‘juggling a riddim’ on which female artists have recorded, yet their songs are not played. “Being female in the industry is not an easy task unless you have an aggressive male around you,” she said. “Ride Pon The Riddim” is currently … Read entire article »

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SHUGA (FORMERLY BROWN SUGAR OF DIGICEL RISING STARS FAME) IS ON TRACK WITH “9.58!”

SHUGA (FORMERLY BROWN SUGAR OF DIGICEL RISING STARS FAME) IS ON TRACK WITH “9.58!”

By Kevin Jackson—— THREE years ago singjay Shuga (formerly Brown Sugar) won the Digicel Rising Stars competition. Since then, she has been working feverishly to get that elusive hit song. She hopes her latest single, 9.58, will do the trick. It is a play on superstar sprinter Usain Bolt’s world record time over the 100 metres and inadequate male sexual prowess. SHUGA… hopes her latest single, 9.58, will do the trick   “It is an important song because it tells … Read entire article »

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