Entries tagged with "Ken Boothe"

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NEW GOVERNMENT NEW SONG? THE FIRST JAMAICA 50 SONG SHELVED!

May 21st, 2012 | Add a Comment

A song proposed to be the official soundtrack for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary celebrations has seemingly fallen out of favour. Late last year, the Jamaica 50 Commission approached music producer Mikey Bennett to compose a theme song for the country’s Golden Jubilee in August. Top:BRYAN… said there was no official arrangement Bottom: Mikey Bennett Bennett accepted and came up with Find The Flag which featured 15 artists. However, he is at a loss to what has come of the song … Read entire article »

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CHAKA DEMUS DOES AN ALBUM – WITHOUT PLIERS!

May 16th, 2012 | Add a Comment

By Balford Henry_—— CHAKA Demus, one-half of the successful Jamaican recording duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, has just completed a solo album he thinks will make him a household name again. “I just finished working on it. We haven’t even named it yet but I think it is going to be great,” Chaka Demus told the Jamaica Observer recently. MURDER THEY WROTE… Dancehall duo Chaka Demus and Pliers are still actively touring Chaka Demus, whose real name is John … Read entire article »

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“I GAVE THE BRITISH “EVERYTHING I OWN” SAYS KEN BOOTHE!

May 9th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Cecelia Campbell-Livingston—- In August, it will be 50 years since Jamaica gained Independence from Britain. Today, the Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment section reflects on the influence Jamaican pop culture has had on that country in REGGAE BRITANNIA, a weekly feature leading up to the Golden Jubilee. KEN Boothe was recognised as one of reggae’s premier balladeers in 1974, when he topped the British national chart with Everything I Own, his cover of American group Bread’s Anything I Own. BOOTHE… … Read entire article »

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STEELY & CLEVIE PRESENTS “MEMORIES” (CD REVIEW)

January 2nd, 2012 | Add a Comment

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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