“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 […]
Top 10 Sly and Robbie Songs
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare both established themselves as musicians in Jamaica before teaming up in the mid-1970s. Dunbar was born May 10, 1952 in Kingston, Jamaica, and Shakespeare was born Sept. 27, 1953 in Kingston. Dunbar was a drummer for Skin Flesh and Bones and Shakespeare was playing bass and guitar with the Aggrovators […]
Koffee Confirmed for Debut Performance at Coachella
Jamaican reggae star and Grammy Award winner Koffee is set to make her debut at the 2020 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of the world’s most popular music festivals. The 2020 staging of the festival will be held in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert area in California at the Empire Polo […]
Top 10 Songs of Pam Hall
Songster Pam Hall was born in Jamaica and officially began her career in the mid-1970s as a solo artist. During that time she also provided backup vocals for such well-known artists as Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Judy Mowatt, Dennis Brown, and Beres Hammond. Hall comes from a very musical family. She provided backup vocals along […]
Jamaican Reggae Singer Koffee Signs Contract with RCA
Koffee, the 19-year-old Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, made history with her win at the 2020 staging of the Grammy Awards ceremony in the Best Reggae Album Grammy for her “Rapture” album. With this award, Koffee became the first woman to win in this category since 1985 and the youngest person in history to win […]
Buju Banton featured on the “Bad Boys For Life” film soundtrack
Legendary Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton has a featured track on the “Bad Boys For Life” film soundtrack recording. Banton’s song “Murda She Wrote” provides part of the music for the third and final installment of the popular “Bad Boys” film franchise. The film, which premiered along with its soundtrack on January 17, 2020, stars […]