By Howard Campbell—- Bunny Wailer (second right) accepts the Pinnacle Award from Pat Chin of VP Records at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 2. At left is Carlyle McKetty of the Coalition To Preserve Reggae, which presented the award, and Wailer’s manager Maxine Stowe.— Reggae legend Bunny Wailer received the Pinnacle Award from the Coalition To Preserve Reggae on November 2 at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn, New York. Lone survivor of the … Read entire article »

THE SOUTH FLORIDA TOP 15 ALBUMS/CD’s CHART                                   11/1/19 TW        LW      WOC  TITLE                                    ARTIST                                 LABEL Three weeks @ No.1 1 1          6          RREGGAE JAMMIN VOL.5 (3) VARIOUS ARTISTS TAD’S RECORDS 2 3          7          It All Comes Back To Love    Maxi Priest                              S-Curve/BMG Music 3 4          8          Perfect Picture                         Bugle                                       An9ted Entertainment 4 5          4          Chiliagon                                 Spragga Benz                          Easy Star Records 5 6          5          Parts Of The Puzzle                Busy Signal                             VP Records 6 2          10        Royal Soldier                          Jah Cure                                  VP Records 7 7          11        More Work To Be Done … Read entire article »

By Chris Cooke —- The High Court in London last week ruled mainly in favor of Sony Music and Warner Music in their legal battle with radio app TuneIn. The judge rejected the app’s defense that it was simply a sophisticated search engine for radio, reckoning that the tech firm itself was communicating the music contained in each radio station’s stream. With no licences covering much of that communication, TuneIn has infringed the copyrights of the two major … Read entire article »

By Stephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer— Content creator and CEO of LHDT Productions Heather Elliot-Whitehead.— On the verge of announcing its official premiere, LHDT Productions, the producer of the international reality TV series Dancehall Divas are covering all ground to safeguard its stationing as a means to capture its target markets. It has been over a year since the cat was let out of the bag about plans for the new drama-packed production, which, according to the company’s CEO … Read entire article »

By Will Barker—- DANIEL Craig is leading fundraising efforts to rebuild a Jamaican jerk chicken shack gutted by fire. The 007 actor, 51, regularly ate from Piggy’s in Port Antonio during filming of the latest James Bond movie No Time To Die. Daniel Craig is helping rebuild a Jamaican chicken shop he ate from while filming No Time To DieCredit: PA:Press Association The James Bond cast and crew frequented Piggy’s in Port Antonio, which was gutted by fire But a … Read entire article »

By Stephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer—t C In the late ‘90’s, Leshorn Whitehead emerged on Jamaica’s reggae music scene, being a conscious voice that could easily be singled out in a medley. The industry was introduced to Chuck Fenda, an artiste with music heavily concentrated on the plight of poor people and social affairs and, in the streets, it merited him the title of ‘Poor People Defender’. The roots and culture artiste declared in his single, I Swear: “I swear, … Read entire article »