The singer/songwriter has become something of an oddity in reggae. The contemporary vocalist is likely to record covers of the latest pop hit just to make the charts.Not so Irie
BY KEVIN JACKSON---Observer writer--- Slow Down, the chart-topping song by Skip Marley featuring H E R, is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of
BY RICHARD JOHNSON---Observer senior reporter--- “A win-win situation”. That is how Walter Elmore of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival is describing the partnership signed between his entity and Borg
One of Spanish Town’s native, International Reggae Luminary and Grammy Nominee, Chronixx, in responding to an Instagram post made by the Reverend Dr. Cleve Laing aka Lt. Stitchie, another native
By Lydia Farthing--- Gramps Morgan. Photo: Joseph Llanes--- Gramps Morgan is not the typical Music City artist that one might expect, draped in a cowboy hat and boots and toting a used
BY KEDIESHA PERRY---Observer writer--- Dancehall singjay and winner of this year's Jamaica Festival Song Competition, Stacious says the novel coronavirus was not enough to stop her show after she opened
The last 18 months has heard Kashief Lindo rail against social injustice in the United States with hard-hitting songs like I Can't See Your Face. But for Ram It Ram,
Minister Marion Hall--- Minister Marion Hall is mourning the death of her father, who passed away on Saturday. "My dad passed away today, right after I spoke to him via
2021 winner Roland Watson-Grant shares tips BY RICHARD JOHNSON---Observer senior reporter--- A call has been issued for entries for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Interested writers have until November
There is something about American country music that always appealed to Wesrok. Maybe it's because he was raised in rural Jamaica where folks are generally humble and hardworking, traits found