Tony Anthony Singer Tony Anthony, a leading figure in Canadian reggae for over 20 years, plans to release a new album this summer. The set will be a collection of classic songs he describes as personal favorites. One of them, That Wonderful Sound, was originally done by Tom Jones in 1969. Anthony’s version, which he co-produced with Ifield Joseph, was released early this month for his Phylani Music label. Anthony is tight-lipped about the other songs on the … Read entire article »

South Florida has long been home to Jamaicans who once lived ‘up north’, but moved to the Sunshine State for its warm climate. A lot of them also grew up on Rock Steady music from the 1960’s and American soul music in the 1970’s. The Manhattans That demographic was well-represented at the Reggae Meets Soul show at Coral Springs Center For The Arts on April 20. The Manhattans, Leroy Sibbles, Nadine Sutherland, The Cables and Ambelique gave … Read entire article »

FOUNDATION RADIO NETWORK TOP 30 MUSIC CHART          (NY)    4/19/19 TW      LW WOC TITLE                                      ARTIST                                 LABEL                      HPR Second week @ No.1 1          1       13        REGGAE MUSIC (2)           KABAKA PYRAMID     GHETTO YOUTHS INT’L #1 2          3       14        I’ll Be Around                         Winston Francis                      Aqua Gem Records     #2 3          6       11        Beautiful Life                          Richie Spice/Kathryn Aria      VP Records                 #3 4          5       11        Ain’t Too Proud To Beg         Richie Stephens                      Taxi/One Pop Records #4 5          10     6          Yardie                                      Herbie Harris & The ATF Band    ATF Music Prod   #10 6          8       10        Hold Me Tight                         Peter Lloyd/Taddy P               … Read entire article »

BY RICHARD JOHNSON–Observer senior reporter— Co-franchise holders of the Miss Jamaica World Pageant Dahlia Harris (left) and Weston Haughton flank current title holder Khadijah Robinson at the launch of this year’s contest at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew last Thursday. (Photo: Norman Thomas) — There is a new co-franchise holder for the Miss Jamaica World Pageant. Actress, marketer and media personality Dahlia Harris has stepped into the position made vacant due to the passing of Aston Cooke … Read entire article »

Nicki Minaj dreads— From: 18karatereggae.com— The world knows that Nicki Minaj’s ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels is Jamaican. They also know that the Trinidadian rapper has done songs with many Jamaicans like Beenie Man, Gyptian, Mavado and Sean Kingston. She also incorporate a little dancehall reggae in some of her songs. Yet, apart from admitting she was born in Trinidad, she does not embrace that country in her music. Well, Trinidadians have had enough and many of them are beginning to … Read entire article »

Soldiers standing over the cash reportedly found at the home of ousted Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir— A large stash of cash, totaling $130 million, has been found at the home of Sudan’s ousted president Omar Al-Bashir. Omar Al-Bashir Prosecutors announced after the seizure that Al-Bashir is under investigation for money laundering. He is being at the Kobar high-security prison. A source in Sudan’s judiciary told Reuters news agency that suitcases loaded with more than $351,000, six million euros and five … Read entire article »

BY ALEXIS MONTEITH–Observer writer— A view of the Mandela Highway near Kingston. — As Jamaica signed on to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on April 11, a report to the American Congress entitled ‘China’s Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean’ sought to examine the implications of growing Chinese influence in the region. The BRI is an initiative that advances international development cooperation between China and its partners to build up connectivity and ensure benefits to all parties … Read entire article »

By Peter Christopher— Police Commissioner Gary Griffith strikes a pose with Jamaican reggae artiste Buju Banton after meeting him at the Hilton Trinidad Saturday night. Griffith met with Banton to assure him that the rest of his stay in T&T would be comfortable after officer raided Banton’s hotel room hours before.— Hours af­ter de­fend­ing his of­fi­cers’ de­ci­sion to search the ho­tel room of Bu­ju Ban­ton, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith met with the Ja­maican reg­gae artiste to … Read entire article »

Though its official release date is May 3, Grass is Greener, a song by Asadenaki and Blvk H3ro, will be featured in documentary of the same name that airs April 20 on Netflix. Today is celebrated internationally by marijuana advocates as 4/20. Directed by hip hop stalwart Fab 5 Freddy, The Grass is Greener fields interviews with a number of marijuana advocates, such as Bunny Wailer, Asadenaki’s father, Damian “Junior Gong” Marley, Snoop Dogg and B-Real of … Read entire article »