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SLY & ROBBIE TO RECEIVE MUSGRAVE MEDALS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA, OCTOBER 28!

Bassist Robbie Shakespeare (left) and drummer Sly Dunbar.—- The enduring drum and bass team of Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar and Robert ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare are among this year’s recipients of Musgrave Medals from the Institute Of Jamaica. Eight persons will receive medals, with Sly and Robbie and Harvard University professor Orlando Patterson getting gold. The other awardees will receive silver medals. They are singer Myrna Hague-Bradshaw, creative choreographer Patricia ‘Patsy’ Ricketts, poet Dr Ralph Thompson, photographer Donnette Ingrid Zacca, architect Errol Charles Alberga Jr, and physician Anthony Vendryes. The recipients will receive their medals in a October 28 ceremony in the IOJ’s Lecture Hall at Tower Street, downtown Kingston. Patterson and Sly and Robbie are being recognised for ‘distinguished eminence in literature and music’, respectively. Dunbar and Shakespeare began making music together in the late 1970s. They have … Read entire article »

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ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE NAMED “TOP REGGAE BASS PLAYER” BY WEBSITE’S RANKING!

  Robbie Shakespeare & Family Man—- ROBBIE Shakespeare, who has played on some of the great reggae songs of the past 40 years, has been named Top Reggae Bass Player by the Largeup.com website. Shakespeare is known to dancehall/reggae fans as half of Sly and Robbie, the formidable ‘Riddim Twins’ that also includes drummer Sly Dunbar. While he and Dunbar have played on and produced countless hit songs, Shakespeare worked on a number of quality productions prior to Sly and Robbie. These include The Wailers’ Concrete Jungle and King Tubbys Meets the Rockers Uptown. In the 1970s, he was also a member of two high-profile bands: producer Bunny Lee’s Aggrovators and Peter Tosh’s Word, Sound and Power. The Wailers’ Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, one of Shakespeare’s influences, was named number two while Errol ‘Flabba’ Holt of … Read entire article »

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SHAGGY & FRIENDS PERFORMED FOR INMATES AT KINGSTON’S GENERAL PENITENTIARY!

SHAGGY & FRIENDS PERFORMED FOR INMATES AT KINGSTON’S GENERAL PENITENTIARY!

By Simone Morgan—- AS the huge metal gates at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility are closed, the visitor is overcome by an eerie feeling of confinement. With security checks done, it is time for Grammy winner Shaggy to meet his fans — inmates at the facility also known as the General Penitentiary in central Kingston. (From left: backrow) Dushyant Savadia, chairman of the Art of Living Foundation; Ian ‘Ity’ Ellis; drummer Sly Dunbar, Alberto Blackwood, bass guitarist … Read entire article »

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“COMING TO JAMAICA IS A DREAM COME TRUE” SAYS SENEGALESE REGGAE ARTIST THIECKO!

“COMING TO JAMAICA IS A DREAM COME TRUE” SAYS SENEGALESE REGGAE ARTIST THIECKO!

Senegalese reggae artist, Thiecko, spends time with Sophia Brown after a performance at Kings Plaza last Tuesday night— By Leighton Levy— While reggae struggles to excite fans here in Jamaica, many musicians and entertainers across the world still see this land of wood and water as the reggae music Mecca; a place that still inspires creative genius all across the planet. Thiecko is one such entertainer. A dreadlocked singer who lives in France but is from Senegal, Thiecko has been playing reggae … Read entire article »

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MATISYAHU – ONE YEAR AFTER THE INFAMOUS HAIRCUT!

MATISYAHU – ONE YEAR AFTER THE INFAMOUS HAIRCUT!

By Steve Karras—-   Photo: Mark Squires— Much has been made of Matisyahu since he took clippers to his dangling beard and side-curls, 86’d the black fedora and shockingly emerged from his Hasidic outer shell one year ago. Recent photos of the international hip-hop, reggae sensation now reveal a clean-shaven, hip rocker, looking more like he came from a GQ photo shoot than the pages of a Roman Vishniac book about yeshivas in pre-war Poland. The artist’s brash identity makeover … Read entire article »

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ROOTS SINGER RICHIE SPICE – GOES ACOUSTIC ON HIS NEW ALBUM!

ROOTS SINGER RICHIE SPICE – GOES ACOUSTIC ON HIS NEW ALBUM!

Roots singer Richie Spice’s latest album, Richie Spice Acoustic — Soothing Sounds, is scheduled to be released in October. It contains 14 songs including Grooving Girl, Free and Youth So Cold. According to Spice, recording an acoustic album gave him the opportunity to express himself differently. Richie Spice “Wi do different things with the songs, yuh nuh. It kinda tek things to another level,” he told the Jamaica Observer. This is his first album since Book of Job, which … Read entire article »

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REGGAE BRITANNIA: CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS BECAME THE TOAST OF ENGLAND!

REGGAE BRITANNIA: CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS BECAME THE TOAST OF ENGLAND!

By Howard Campbell—— 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. Chaka Demus (left) and Pliers Top: Chris Blackwell AT the dawn of 1992, deejay Chaka Demus and singer Pliers were considered dancehall has-beens. Within one year, the duo made music history and became … Read entire article »

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DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW?

By Marlon Burrell: Did you know that Dennis Brown never formally voiced most of the hits songs he recorded for Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare? According to the engineer who worked on them, The Crown Prince only laid  down the demo vocals for the Riddim Twins to build the music around them. Dennis then left Jamaica for an extended tour and couldn’t get back into the studio to finish the job. After a long wait, Sly … Read entire article »

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