Atlanta, GA  Steadfast in the promotion of his second, solo album, Reggae Music Lives, Gramps Morgan shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. From exclusive in-store album signings at VP Records retail stores in Jamaica, Queens and Miramar, Florida to successful launch parties in Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, Miami and most recently Texas, Gramps is determined to heal the world with music, one song at a time. Charts This message driven album is charting the world over. … Read entire article »

 BY JACKIE VARRIANO If you’ve ever wondered what would’ve happened to Sublime had lead singer Bradley Nowell survived his deadly dance with heroin, I have the answer. It’s in Minneapolis-based reggae rock/ska/dub trio Jon Wayne and the Pain. Recovering addict Jon Wayne leads the group, and the back story of this Midwesterner’s struggle with addiction reveals commonality with Nowell as well as a peek inside the band’s moniker. Hint: It has less to do with clown-faced serial killers or … Read entire article »

Estelle   By Garfene Grandison——, There’s just something about Jamaica that enthrals international artistes, even those like Estelle who have travelled the globe and have seen and done it all. The Grammy-award winning, Britain-born singer paused for a quick chat with Outlook at the Tuff Gong studies during rehearsals for her performance at Pulse’s Caribbean Fashionweek last weekend. A true lover of Jamaica, the 32-year-old gushed about her love for the island, trying hard to ditch her deep British accent for the light Jamaican Patois lilt. She loves the sun and it … Read entire article »

By Jeff Weiss for LA Weekly—-  Reggae’s always made sense in L.A. Our sub-tropical latitude, languid pulse, and phosphorescent ganja mesh seamlessly with its exported rhythms. After all, the genre was spawned during one broiling Kingston, Jamaica, summer, spread to the world via the mesmerism of Bob Marley, and now serves as a dorm-room rite of passage for any stoner with a six-foot bong. In fact, my Occidental College street pharmacist put me up on dub … Read entire article »