Entries tagged with "Yellowman"

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THE MAKING OF FREDDIE McGREGOR’S “BIG SHIP!”

May 7th, 2017 | Add a Comment

By Mel Cooke—- Freddie McGregor— Later this month, Freddie McGregor will receive a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica. One of his many enduring hits is Big Ship, which was written from something he saw. One morning in 1982, Freddie McGregor went up to Stony Hill, St Andrew, to the home of fellow singer Linval Thompson. It should have been a very early start to the day, but Thompson was not yet ready, so McGregor sat in … Read entire article »

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KAFINAL RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I DON’T WANNA WAIT!”

November 17th, 2016 | Add a Comment

Kafinal— Singer Kafinal is delighted about his new single I Don’t Wanna Wait. Produced by Trench Town-based Triple L Records, the track was released earlier this month. “I Don’t Wanna Wait is a call to show the love while we are alive and able to experience and appreciate it,” said Kafinal. Kafinal, who won the Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording in April, has been experiencing a career boost since winning Canada’s highest musical honor. He won for the collaborative effort Nah Complain, featuring veteran deejay Daddy U-Roy. Kafinal (given name Jeffery Williams) hails from Spanish Town in St Catherine. He migrated to Canada seven years ago. “Over the summer I was very busy. I did some of the major festivals across Canada, including Calgary reggae festival, the Toronto Reggae Festival and Jamaica Day in Ottawa,” … Read entire article »

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VP RECORDS TO CELEBRATE GREENSLEEVES RECORDS’ 40th ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW RELEASES!

October 30th, 2016 | Add a Comment

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL— Top: Barrington Levy Bottom: Dr Alimantado Greensleeves Records, the British company largely credited with introducing dancehall music to a wide audience in the United Kingdom, will have a revival in 2017. Chris Chin, president of VP Records, the company that owns the Greensleeves catalog, told the Jamaica Observer that, “We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Greensleeves Records with extensive marketing and new releases.” VP bought Greensleeves in 2008. The latter was actually founded in 1975 by Englishmen Chris Sedgwick and Chris Cracknell. The Greensleeves roster is an impressive collection of late 1970’s roots-reggae, 1980’s dancehall and mega sellers from the 1990’s. Chin, who was awarded the Order of Distinction two weeks ago by the Jamaican Government, cites the Greensleeves acquisition as a highlight of his VP presidency. Sedgwick’s and Cracknell’s fledgling company gathered steam … Read entire article »

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GREENSLEEVES RECORDS TO REISSUE DUB CLASSICS FROM HENRY “JUNGO” LAWS AND LINVAL THOMPSON!

April 29th, 2016 | Add a Comment

Top: Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes Bottom: Linval Thompson– Producers Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes and Linval Thompson, who were critical in shaping modern dancehall, are the subjects of reissue albums from Greensleeves Records. Today, two dub titles, Junjo Presents: Wins The World Cup and Linval Presents Space Invaders, will be released. They showcase the talents of the Roots Radics Band which played on countless hit songs by Lawes and Thompson at the Channel One studio in Kingston. Hopeton ‘Scientist’ Brown was the engineer on both albums. In May, Greensleeves will release three ‘Junjo Presents’ titles: Junjo Presents: Big Showdown, Junjo Presents: Heavyweight Dub Champion, and Junjo Presents: The Evil Curse of Vampires.Linval Presents: Encounter Pac-Men also hits the market next month. A flamboyant figure, Junjo Lawes ruled the dancehall scene during the early 1980’s with Yellowman and Barrington Levy as the main acts … Read entire article »

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VETERAN SINGER/SONGWRITER ERNIE SMITH, IS GRATEFUL FOR HIS JaRIA AWARD!

February 14th, 2016 | Add a Comment

BY RICHARD JOHNSON— Ernie Smith— FOR a second year, singer and songwriter Ernie Smith is being recognized by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) at their honor awards. And, like last year, he’ll be unable to attend. Smith, 71, is being lauded for his exceptional contribution as a songwriter. The ceremony is slated for the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on Saturday, February 28. “I was like oh man! It’s the second time and I can’t make the show. But I am so grateful and just want to thank JaRIA for considering me. I also just have to be thankful to God and everybody out there for still giving me work to the extent that unfortunately, it conflicts with the awards…I am really just so grateful,” Smith told the Sunday Observer. Smith — who is … Read entire article »

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THE JAMAICA REGGAE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (JaRIA) TO HONOR 17 NOTED STALWARTS, FEBRUARY 28!

January 28th, 2016 | Add a Comment

Top: Yellow Man Bottom: Alan Magnus—- SOME of Jamaican music’s noted stalwarts will be honored by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) during its annual awards at Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on February 28. Pioneer artist, sound system operator and producer Prince Buster tops the list of awardees. He is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Born Cecil Campbell, Prince Buster is responsible for some of reggae’s early iconic songs. They include his Wash, Wash and Judge Dread, as … Read entire article »

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A LARGE TURNOUT AS BARRY G AND DAVID RODIGAN ROLL BACK THE YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY!

December 2nd, 2015 | Add a Comment

Veteran disc jockeys David Rodigan (left) and Barry ‘G” BACK in 1985, dancehall music was emerging from the Kingston and London underground into the mainstream. Disc jockeys Barry ‘Barry G’ Gordon and David Rodigan played major roles in that transition. Last Saturday, the two renewed their rivalry at Resort World Casino in Queens, New York. It marked the 30th anniversary of their memorable clash at Empire Roller Rink in Brooklyn. Both are still on top of their game. Rodigan, the affable 64-year-old Briton, hosts a weekly program on BBC Radio 1Xtra while the charismatic Barry G, 60, rules Jamaican afternoon airwaves on Mello FM.Garfield ‘Chin’ Bourne of New York promotion company Irish and Chin organized Saturday’s show, which had a large turnout. “The David Rodigan and Barry G epic sound clash series touched the … Read entire article »

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LUCIANO IS ADDED TO THE SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, JUNE 19-21!

May 16th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Luciano— ROOTS reggae singer Luciano is the latest Jamaican artist to be added to the 22nd annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival set for June 19-21 at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, California. According to the organisers, the ‘Messenjah’ has been included in the line-up as “his voice resonates like a divinely ordained instrument possessing the power to comfort souls from all walks of life”. The three-day festival is peppered with Jamaican acts who have long been staples on this North American summer festival. Among the reggae acts listed for the opening day of the festival are UK-based Steel Pulse, veteran deejay Yellowman, singer Admiral Tibet, the band Pentateuch and rising singer Hempress Sativa. The ‘big guns’ come out blazing on day two — June 20. The legendary Jimmy Cliff; reggae ambassadors Third World; veteran … Read entire article »

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THE DAUGHTER OF DANCEHALL LEGEND YELLOWMAN, NOW TURNS TO MUSIC!

August 8th, 2014 | Add a Comment

FOSTER… my dad is very supportive of me being an entertainer— One year ago, Kareema Foster was working as an Emergency Medical Technician in New Jersey when she got an urge to make a career change. That change was musical. Recently, she recorded her first song, We Don’t Give a What, which she describes as “roots-reggae, dancehall and pop”. “It was one of the first songs I wrote when I quit my job as an EMT, and decided to pursue my passion for music full-time,” she told Splash. “It serves as my introductory war cry, saying, ‘I’m here now! It’s my time now’!” Foster, a singjay, is the daughter of dancehall legend Yellowman. Though she worked in the medical field, she always wanted to emulate her ‘old man’. One of her early gigs was an … Read entire article »

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CHRIS MEREDITH KEEPS MAKING THOSE RIDDIMS!

July 19th, 2014 | Add a Comment

MEREDITH… a bit too much computers in the music… LAST year when bass player Chris Meredith decided on a return to music production he wanted his comeback project to reflect the sound that inspired him as a youth — stripped-down roots-reggae. While listening to a number of 1970s ‘rhythms’, he found one particularly appealing. “Is a old Bunny Lee beat wid two bass part, an’ wi actually play the second part. When wi start play it, everybody get “excited”, he recalled. The result of that ‘exciting’ jam is the Positive, a beat driven by songs from a number of old school and emerging roots acts such as Big Youth, Sangie Davis, Linval Thompson, Johnny Clarke, Jah9, Jesse Royal, and Brian Gold. Meredith played bass on the track accompanied by veteran musicians Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith (guitar), … Read entire article »

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