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PROTOJE HEADS OUT ON A U.S. TOUR!

 Protoje— ONE year after he launched his third album, Ancient Future, sing-jay Protoje kicks off the Ancient Future Live tour Saturday at Hope Gardens in St Andrew. The gangly artiste will perform the 11 songs from the set which he co-produced with Phillip ‘Winta’ James. Ancient Future includes the hit songs Who Knows and Stylin’. The former, done with Chronixx, has done well in the United Kingdom. “He’s having a lot of success with Who Knows and there is demand for him in Europe and North America. But we have to do some shows at home, that’s important,” said Lorna Bennett, Protoje’s manager. Bennett told the Jamica Observer that Protoje did 60 shows in Europe late last year, mainly clubs and festivals. On February 27, he and his InDiggNation Band are scheduled to perform on … 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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“WOMAN POWER” FUELS JAMAICAN MUSIC!

“WOMAN POWER” FUELS JAMAICAN MUSIC!

As we observed International Women’s day on Friday, under the theme ‘The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum’, we were reminded of the contribution female vocalists have made to the early development of Jamaica’s popular music. Their contribution, in helping to shape the island’s music, and the inspiration they have provided for future generations of female vocalists, is many times underestimated. When it is realised that they were operating in a male-dominated field, their success becomes even more remarkable. Perhaps … Read entire article »

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