Reggae Interview Series: Reggae Music In Russia
This month our series “Reggae Around the World” we interview Dub Vision a reggae band group from a Russia. “Dub Division” participated in several music festivals in Russia and abroad. There goal is to promote Dub and Reggae in Russia. Question: What is the reggae scene like there? It is really ill-developed. The situation can […]
Reggae Interview Series: Reggae Music In Hawaii
This month our series “Reggae Around the World” we interview reggae artist Irie Love. She was born and raised in Hawaii in a little town called Kailua on the island of Oahu. She has the opening for the major reggae acts that would come to Hawaii such as Steel Pulse, Don Carlos and the Marleys, […]
Lady G: Musically Taking Control and Still Sexy.
Janice Fyffe a.k.a. Lady G, is one determined lady. She has decidedly made her mark as female artist in Jamaican music and has done so on her own terms. With hits like “Nuff Respect” the female anthem of respect, “Me or You Gun” imploring gunmen to chose family over badness, “Roundtable Talk” W/Papa San, “Breeze […]
TessAnne Chin: Out of many One Voices, A big voice.
My passion…is music, all types of music.The kind of music that leaves a message…And gets yah thinking, the kind a music thatLives on even when many many years have passed-Tessanne Chin So says emerging star Tess-Anne Chin, the younger sibling of uptown dancehall sensation Tami Chynn. Her current single “Hideaway” featured VP Records Reggae Gold […]
Unity Thru’ Music: Marcia Davis Interview
Looking at the public face of Reggae music, both on record and live performances one could reasonably conclude that musically, the genre is man’s music or a bull boys club. The culture of reggae music is testosterone-driven and, as far as equal representation it is far less accommodating to female artists than their male counter […]
Erica Newell Joins The Female Reggae Movement
Erica Newell has been part of the new female movement in Jamaican music. After years of being the back trio with Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers as two plus one (Sharon & Cedella Marley), she is currently is launching a solo career and recording her solo album. Jamaicans.com senior writer Stan Evan Smith spoke […]
An Interview with a multi-talented actress and singer Cherine Anderson
Cherine Anderson is an accomplished young lady despite her age. As an actress, Anderson starred in two feature films, Dance Hall Queen with Paul Campbell and Audrey Reid and the Rasta/Christian love story, One Love with Kymani Marley. A college graduate, Cherine speaks Japanese. We can now add singer to her resume. . Cherine, the […]
Interview With Nadine Sutherland
She is, arguably, the most successful Jamaican female singer of her generation chart wise, Nadine Sutherland is veteran with more than two decades of hits to her credit. Looking at her, it hard to believe she has been around that long, in the looks department, Nadine’ youthful presence-it must be the aerobics-compares favorably to her […]
Shirley Willis – A Thrilling Story of Grace…
Shirley Findley nee Willis, a native of St. Ann, was the unforgettable leading vocal of the age-old gospel group, The Grace Thrillers. One of the most visible and renowned member of the original group, Shirley’s compelling voice in popular songs like “By the Grace of God I am Saved“, “Can‘t Even Walk“, “Oh What a […]
Jammin’ In Jamaica: The Dub Mix
Around the explosive, political and musically transitional period of the late ’60s, America, Jamaica and England were affected by a new production technique that first reared its head in Jamaican studios. Special effects units like delays, echoes, and reverbs had gained popularity through producers like Osbourne (King Tubby) Ruddock, who owned a sound system and […]