Dancehall’s New Wave Rises High
Spend a day in a city with a sizeable Caribbean population and you’re bound to hear certain tunes blasting into the open sky, loudly announcing the arrival of a new
From The 70’s To Modern Day – Barrington Levy’s ‘Englishman’
The release of Barrington Levy’s ‘Englishman’ at the close of the 70s announced a new golden era of Jamaican music that would carry Jamaican music into the next decade. Rub-A-Dub
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Lloyd ‘King Jammy’ James Honored at Reggae Sumfest 2023
One of Jamaica’s most noted and established music producers, Lloyd ‘King Jammy’ James, was honored by producers of Reggae Sumfest for his 60 plus years in the music business. Prior
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Tarrus Riley’s “She’s Royal” Hits 100 Million on YouTube
Tarrus Riley’s “She’s Royal” music video hits 100-Million streams on YouTube. The song, from the Reggae stars album Parables, met the milestone over the weekend putting him in the 100-Million
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‘Money, Power, Respect’ For Jahvillani at Reggae Sumfest
It was ‘money, power, respect’ for Jahvillani at the 2023 staging of Reggae Sumfest. The Dancehall star, who credits Montego Bay for giving him his ‘buss’ in the business, performed
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Sesame Carnival Launches 2023 Carnival Season at VP Records Retail Store
On Saturday July 29th, Sesame Carnival, one of New York’s largest mas bands in Brooklyn’s annual Labor Day Parade launches their Queens-based mas camp. The mas camp is the central
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