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JAMAICAN ARTISTS ARE URGED TO “JOIN MUSIC UNIONS!”

JAMAICAN ARTISTS ARE URGED TO “JOIN MUSIC UNIONS!”

By Howard Campbell—  Top: Noel “Skully” Simms. Bottom: Junior Lincoln—- Junior Lincoln, financial director of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA), is urging artists to join local music unions and prevent embarrassment should they fall on hard times. A fuming Lincoln was responding to singer Mikey General’s claim that not enough is being done by the music industry for veteran acts, like percussionist Noel ‘Skully’ Simms, who died February 4 at age 82. But Lincoln, who knew Simms for over … Read entire article »

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LUCIANO’S SON, MENELIK, LAID TO REST!

 Top: Luciano viewing the remains of his son, Menelik, at his thanksgiving service held at the Meadowvale Seventh-day Adventist Church on Red Hills Road, St Andrew, last Sunday. Bottom: Sophia McClymont, 89, mother of reggae singer Luciano, whispering a word of comfort to him at the funeral of her grandson, Menelik McClymont. REGGAE singer Luciano was a picture of grief at the thanksgiving service for his son, Menelik McClymont, held at the Meadowvale Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew on Sunday. The singer, whose given name is Jephter McClymont, urged the congregation to let peace reign. “My son was snatched from my hands by cruel hands. I have watched him grow and now he is taken away from us. The Lord has surely put me to test. We need more love; we should all unite and … Read entire article »

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SIZZLA KALONJI GOES “RADICAL” APRIL 15!

SIZZLA KALONJI GOES “RADICAL” APRIL 15!

  Sizzla Kalonji—-RADICAL, a collection of songs revisiting Sizzla Kalonji’s early years with producer Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell’s Xterminator label, will be released April 15 by VP Records. According to a press release from the Queens, New York company, the 16-track set “unearths musical gems from the Xterminator label sessions between the early ’90s and 2000”. The title track, What’s Wrong With the Picture, Hardcore and Burn Dem Schism are songs Sizzla recorded before getting mainstream acceptance with the … Read entire article »

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