Buju Banton, Busy, and Koffee Big Winners at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA)
The Jamaican reggae artists Buju Banton, Busy Signal, and Koffee were the top winners at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) online event program. Organizers of the event decided to “go on with the show” online in in response to the limitations imposed by COVID-19 social-distancing mandates to stop the spread of the […]
Ziggy Marley One Of Many Stars Participating In Live Stream As Many Work From Home
Jamaican reggae artist Ziggy Marley is one of the many star performers participating in a Live-streaming endeavor organized by Global Citizen. In the short period of ten days, the live-stream series called “Together at Home” has featured numerous stars who are working from home. While many stars have implemented pop-up concerts on their own, a […]
Koffee’s Hit Song “Toast” to Be Featured in US Television Commercial
The hit recording “Toast” from Jamaican Grammy Award-winner Koffee is having a new round of exposure as it is featured in a mainstream television commercial in the United States. The song can be heard in a commercial for Life Water (LIFEWTR) is a premium brand of bottled water that has been a part of the […]
A Reggae Lovers Rock Quarantine Playlist To Help You Get Through COVID-19 Social Distancing
Social distancing will be the new norm for many of us in the next several weeks due to the CoronaVirus (COVID-19). Let’s admit social distancing is very hard but the experts say this practice will help save lives and slow the spread of the virus. To ease the difficulty of social distancing we have put […]
Top 10 Songs by Queen Ifrica
Top 10 Songs by Queen Ifrica Ventrice Morgan is better known to fans as Queen Ifrica. The dynamic reggae singer and disc jockey was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica on March 25, 1975. Her father is the ska music legend, Derrick Morgan, who was a major figure in early reggae and rocksteady. A number of […]
“Rhythms Of Africa” left a sold-out crowd wanting more during South Florida’s Reggae Month Celebrations
On Saturday, February 29 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica in South Florida filled the Great Hall of the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines for Willie Stewart’s Rhythms of Africa Music Around The World concert. This 8th presentation of the event was a fitting musical celebration of Black History Month and Reggae Month […]
Early Pacesetter in Jamaican Music, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Pulled Out All the Stops for Show at Ft. Lauderdale’s Culture Room
Last month’s appearance of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, a living legend in Jamaican music, at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was truly an unforgettable experience on so many levels. For starters, in 2003, Perry was awarded a Grammy for Best Reggae Album with his album, titled Jamaican E.T.. And in 2004, the venerable Rolling Stone ranked […]
Dairy Cows in Kenya Love Reggae Music – They Produce More Milk
Dairy farmers in Meru, Kenya, use music to inspire their cows to give more milk, and they have discovered that reggae music has the desired effect. Relying on scientific research that proves music has an effect on animals just like it does on humans, the farmers report that not only does playing good music prompt […]
Rolling Stone Magazine Lists Top 50 Bob Marley Songs
The list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine that ranks the top 50 songs recorded by reggae legend Bob Marley was originally published in 2014, but it is offered now in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the singer’s birthday. In addition to ranking the songs, Rolling Stone offers the story describing the genesis of […]
Newsweek Magazine Features Jamaican Singer Koffee
Koffee, the Jamaican reggae singer who became the first female artist to win a Grammy award in the Best Reggae Album category for her album “rapture,” is the subject of a feature article in Newsweek magazine for February 2020. The article covers Koffee’s rise to stardom on the reggae music scene, a scene traditionally dominated […]