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KAFINAL RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I DON’T WANNA WAIT!”

 Kafinal— Singer Kafinal is delighted about his new single I Don’t Wanna Wait. Produced by Trench Town-based Triple L Records, the track was released earlier this month. “I Don’t Wanna Wait is a call to show the love while we are alive and able to experience and appreciate it,” said Kafinal. Kafinal, who won the Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording in April, has been experiencing a career boost since winning Canada’s highest musical honor. He won for the collaborative effort Nah Complain, featuring veteran deejay Daddy U-Roy. Kafinal (given name Jeffery Williams) hails from Spanish Town in St Catherine. He migrated to Canada seven years ago. “Over the summer I was very busy. I did some of the major festivals across Canada, including Calgary reggae festival, the Toronto Reggae Festival and Jamaica Day in Ottawa,” … Read entire article »

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KAFINAL TAKES HOME THE JUNO, CANADA’S GRAMMY AWARD!

 By Kevin Jackson—  Kafinal— Seven years after migrating to Canada, singer Kafinal has won that country’s Juno Award. On Saturday he took the Best Reggae Recording category with Nah Complain featuring U Roy. The Juno is Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards. It took place at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The other nominees for Best Reggae Recording were Hello Mama by Exco Levi, Sexy Gal (Kreesha Turner featuring TOK), Escape From the Mongoose Gang(Lyndon John X) and the French Sessions by multi-instrumentalist Dubmatix. “It’s a great feeling to be honored by my peers at the highest level of music in Canada. I feel good to be representing Jamaica and reggae music. Much respect to all the fans and supporters,” Kafinal told the Jamaica Observer shortly after his win. He gave a “special big up to Daddy … Read entire article »

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CANADA-BASED KAFINAL SCORES HIS FIRST JUNO NOMINATION!

CANADA-BASED KAFINAL SCORES HIS FIRST JUNO NOMINATION!

Kafinal—-  Entertainer Kafinal has scored his first Juno Award nomination. The upbeat recording artist earned a nod in the Best Reggae Recording category for the song Nah Complain, which features veteran deejay Daddy U-Roy. The nominations were announced earlier this week. Juno is Canada’s equivalent to the Grammy Awards. It is promoted each year for the past 45 years by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. “I’ve worked tirelessly, especially over the past year, and to know … Read entire article »

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EXCO LEVI GOES FOR HIS FIFTH JUNO AWARD!

By Kevin Jackson—  Exco Levi— SINGJAY Exco Levi, winner of the last four Reggae Recording of The Year categories of Canada’s Juno Awards, has been nominated for the 2016 event which takes place April 3 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. This is the fifth nomination for Exco Levi (born Wayne Ford Levy). The Clarendon-born artist is nominated for the Silly Walks Discotheque-produced Hello Mama.  “It’s really a joy to be nominated for the fifth time. Just to be nominated is a major accomplishment for me,” Exco Levi, who lives in Toronto, told the Jamaica Observer, moments after the nominations were announced. Canadian composer/producer/multi instrumentalist Dubmatix, Kafinal, Kreesha Turner and Lyndon John X are the other nominees. It is the sixth nomination for Dubmatix who won the category in 2010. This year, he is nominated for The French Sessions. Sexy … Read entire article »

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SINGER/ACTOR/COMEDIAN KAFINAL, GETS ONTARIO’S PEABO AWARD!

 Kafinal— ENTERTAINER Kafinal recently won Singer of the Year at the Peabo Awards in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. It capped an outstanding year for Kafinal who is also an actor and comedian. He received the Trailer Blazer, Song of The Year and Top Male Performer awards last summer. He received the Trailblazer Award during the 25th annual Jamaica Day Festival in Toronto. The awards for Top Performer and Song of The Year (for Nah Complain featuring U-Roy) were presented by Uprising Music and Entertainment Productions. “2015 was an excellent year for me musically. It was a year filled with progress and amazing highlights,” he said. “Winning awards give a great feeling as it shows that the hard work that I put out is being recognised. The love and support from the fans are the best … Read entire article »

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NO COMPLAINTS FROM KAFINAL AND U-ROY!

   Kafinal & U Roy—  KAFINAL and dancehall legend U-Roy have reaped success with their single Nah Complain which has topped reggae charts in Canada and New York City. Kafinal is scheduled to head to the United Kingdom this week for promotion of the song. He will premiere the video for Nah Complain on Ben TV Lifestyles. The single is number one on the Foundation Radio Network’s Top 30 Reggae Chart, and Puggy Simeon’s Friday Morning Reggae Review Top 10 in Canada. Among Kafinal’s new recordings are Nah Lock it Off for producer Paul ‘Computer Paul’ Henton and Gwaan Gal. … Read entire article »

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KAFINAL TEAMS UP WITH DADDY U-ROY FOR NEW SINGLE!

   Kafinal and Daddy U-Roy— FOLLOWING the success of his single Road Tonight – which sampled Desmond Dekker’s Israelites — singer Kafinal again pays homage to Jamaican pioneer artists. He teams with veteran deejay U-Roy on the single Nah Complain. “U-Roy is one of my mother’s favourite artists of all time. She played his music in the house all the time an’ I became an avid fan,” said Kafinal. “As a matter of fact, when I started singing my mother mentioned that if I ever were to do a collaboration she would love for me to do one with U-Roy.” Nah Complain was recorded in September at the Tuff Gong studios in Kingston. Among the musicians who worked on it were Sly Dunbar, Owen Rennals, Paul ‘Wrong Move’ Crossdale and Courtland ‘Gizzmo’ White. Kafinal lists John … Read entire article »

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SINGER/ACTOR KAFINAL, PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY DESMOND DEKKER WITH NEW RELEASE!

SINGER/ACTOR KAFINAL, PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY DESMOND DEKKER WITH NEW RELEASE!

By Kevin Jackson—  Kafinal– SINGER Kafinal pays tribute to reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker with his latest song, Road Tonight. It is inspired by Poor Mi Israelites, Dekker’s 1968 international hit. The Canada-based singer/actor is best known in Jamaica for the 2004 song Cooking Dat Pwile, on which he teamed with Sambo. Kafinal says he recorded Road Tonight to honor Dekker and help keep his legacy alive. “For the most part we wanted to pay tribute to the late, great Desmond … Read entire article »

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