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THE DANCEHALL CLASSIC “ANYTHING FOR YOU” CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!

November 8th, 2015 | Add a Comment

By Richard Johnson— Top:(L) Beenie Man (R) Louie Culture Bottom: Terror Fabulous, Buju Banton REWIND to the early 1990’s. Jamaican dancehall artists were having the time of their lives and the music was making mainstream inroads, particularly in North America. During that time, a number of acts were being signed to major American record labels and dancehall music was winning Grammy Awards. Among the Jamaican artists being signed was Nadine Sutherland. She signed to Elektra Records affiliate EastWest Records. Fast-forward … Read entire article »

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DJ SNOW IS BACK IN JAMAICA!

February 11th, 2015 | Add a Comment

SNOW… I’m here to catch a vibe again FIFTEEN years is a lot of time to be absent from the music business. However, Canadian dancehall artist Snow is not perturbed. He is in Jamaica for two weeks to kick-start his career and promote his single Shame. “Everywhere I went in the Jamaican communities in Toronto, people were saying ‘Snow, you got come down’. So I just said ‘lemme get focused and get serious’. So I’m here, I hope to do some recordings… I would love to work with Ninja Man. I’m here to catch a vibe again,” he said. Snow, 45, arrived in the island on Monday. His first stop was the Jamaica Observer office on Beechwood Avenue in St Andrew. Accompanying him was veteran deejay Ninja Man. Released in the last quarter of … Read entire article »

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WOMEN IN REGGAE: KAREN MASON AND THE STORY BEHIND ELEKTRA RECORDS!

October 24th, 2012 | Add a Comment

By Howard Campbell—– This is the fourth in an eight-part feature on the impact of women on reggae as artists, administrators and managers. Today we feature record executive Karen Mason. Top: Terror Fabulous, Bottom: MASON… My world really came together when (Colombia executive) Carol Cooper signed Super Cat When the annals of dancehall are documented, most musicologists will agree that the 1990s were the genre’s golden age. One of the persons responsible for that glittering period was Karen … Read entire article »

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“NADINE SUTHERLAND & FRIENDS LIVE” AT REDBONES CAFE’ IN KINGSTON!

August 28th, 2012 | Add a Comment

REGGAE artist Nadine Sutherland will be the featured guest at the Redbones Blues/Jazz Café on Argyle Road in St Andrew on Friday. The evening dubbed, Nadine and Friends Live, is centred around the artiste’s musical journey. Sutherland The friends who will be performing were selected by Sutherland. A 1979 Tastee Talent Competition winner, Sutherland’s early career was nurtured by reggae king Bob Marley. Sutherland’s voice is on Dave Kelly-produced track Action, a combination with Terror Fabulous in 1993. The song … Read entire article »

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BOOK EXAMINES REGGAE’S LACK OF GROWTH IN CANADA – THE LAND OF THE MAPLE LEAF!

June 24th, 2012 | Add a Comment

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL——- THOUGH some of Jamaica’s leading artists have lived in Canada, the land of the Maple Leaf has never had a booming reggae scene. Singer-turned-author Michael ‘Visionary’ Thompson examines some of the reasons for this shortfall in his book, The Hidden Agenda of Reggae Music. The St Catherine-born Thompson launched The Hidden Agenda in February at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston. He told the Jamaica Observer recently that it is a compressed autobiography as … Read entire article »

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