By Howard Campbell/ObserverWriter— Guitar maestro Ernie Ranglin— ONE week before the release of Two Colors, his collaborative album with saxophonist Dean Fraser, guitar legend Ernie Ranglin has entered reggae charts in South Florida and New York. De Ranglin, lead single from the set, featuring Big Youth, is number 18 on the South Florida Top 25 Reggae Chart and number 23 on the Foundation Radio Network Chart. Both tables are operated by veteran broadcaster Clinton Lindsay. Two Colors is scheduled for release on … Read entire article »

– By Theresa Goodwin/Antigua Observer— The sound of his very own music, Thank You, blared from the speakers in the theatre room at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida where Antigua and Barbuda’s Reggae Ambassador underwent an eleven-hour procedure to remove a cancerous tumor from his colon. It also marked a significant and life-changing step for the artist who was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer around three years ago. Causion, whose real name is Gregory Colin Bailey, had remained optimistic throughout … Read entire article »

Beres Hammond— By Howard Campbell— It was the summer of 1985. Music producer Willie Lindo, based in New York, headed to Jamaica for a meeting with singer Beres Hammond. He was concerned that “What One Dance Can Do“, a song he wrote and produced for him, was going nowhere. “When it come out in the first three months nothing never gwaan (happen) for it but when mi reach Jamaica, Beres sey to mi, ‘Willie, I want yuh do … Read entire article »

BY CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer — Dancehall recording artiste Choppa Banks was gunned down in a confrontation with the police on Saturday. The ChopMode artiste, whose real name is Swayne Hall, was killed during a dramatic daylight shootout that claimed the life of one of St Ann’s most wanted man, 42-year-old Manton Brown, also known as ‘Banton’, and also injured a policeman. According to a release from the communications arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Corporate Communications … Read entire article »

BY KASEY WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter– A screen grab of a video showing the zookeeper attempting to pet the lion, who eventually bit off his finger leaving visitors stunned.— Visitors at Jamaica Zoo were on Friday left in shock after witnessing a zoo attendant’s finger being severed by a lion at the St Elizabeth-based attraction. The incident, which was captured on video has since gone viral on social media.https://www.youtube.com/embed/HZO9-W0JCns One of the visitors who asked not to be named … Read entire article »