2022

Reggae in Canada-Johnny Osbourne among acts being celebrated in docuseries

“Well, he is absolutely one of the legends of reggae music but specifically for this series of documentary shorts that we are doing with the National Film Board of Canada,.....Read more

The enigmatic Duke Reid the Trojan

Described on the Trojan Records website as an “enigmatic character”, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid owned one of the biggest sound systems of the 1950s.....Read more

Killamanjaro patriarch going strong, setting example

 The Jamaican sound system, which stamped its name as a producer of classic reggae dubplates and a leading sound system in clash culture since the early 1970s,......Read more

It’s Official: Dr. Shaggy Delivers Honorary Doctorate Oration, Performance For Brown University Class Of 2020 – Watch

Dancehall megastar Shaggy was not only conferred with his honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University today, but also put on a mini Reggae/Dancehall show to huge cheers from excited students and academic staff, during the institution’s Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony

Jimmy Tucker dead at 80

RENOWNED singer Jimmy Tucker passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia, Tuesday morning. He was 80 years old....Read more

A festive celebration of life for Tabby Diamond

The thanksgiving service for Tabby Diamond seemed to be the perfect excuse for members of music industry to descend in droves on the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre.....Read more

Farewell, Bunny Diamond

Members of the entertainment fraternity showed up at the Boulevard Baptist Church on Thursday as they joined family members in showing their love and appreciation for one of their own, Fitzroy ‘Bunny Diamond’ Simpson, who passed away on April 1......Read more

Jamaica’s Best School Band Competition 2022

On Sunday, April 24, Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) got a joyful awakening.....Read more

The first single Bob Marley ever recorded

In 1962, Bob Marley was only 16 years old and could barely play the guitar. Having moved from St. Anns, Jamaica, to the Trench Town area of Kingston four years earlier.....Read more

TECHNICS LAUNCHES 50TH ANNIVERSARY TURNTABLE IN NEW COLORS

The iconic inventor behind the turntable loved by hip-hop legends and deejays debuts the revamped SL-1200M7L in new colors.....Read more

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