By Howard Campbell---Observer senior writer--- Keeling Beckford--- HAVING started his career as a teenager in the 1960s Keeling Beckford appreciates the evolution of the music business, and one trait he
By Howard Campbell---Observer senior writer--- Marlon Asher--- THE lighters come out at dances and in the clubs when Marlon Asher's Ganja Farmer is played. Recorded in 2005, the Trinidadian singer
Since his death on September 11, veteran singer Toots Hibbert and his group the Maytals have made major moves on the Billboard charts with three albums. After registering impressive debuts
THE SOUTH FLORIDA TOP 15 ALBUMS/CD’s CHART 9/18/20 TW LW WOC TITLE ARTIST LABEL 1 1 8 HELLO AFRICA (3) CHEZIDEK TAD’S RECORDS 2 2 7 Living Well Glen
Though he is from Trinidad and Tobago, the land of Kitchener and Sparrow, Cliff Manswell has an affinity for Jamaican music. In the past 15 years, he made his name
By Brian Bonitto---Associate Editor --- American rapper Kanye West (center) with reggae singer Buju Banton (right) and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke at Banton's Gargamel Studio on Friday.--- AMERICAN
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL---Observer senior writer--- Dr Phillip “Phillip T” Thompson--- DR Phillip “Phillip T” Thompson, former lead singer of the Inner Circle band, died in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on August
THE SOUTH FLORIDA TOP 25 REGGAE CHART 9/18/20 TW LW WOC TITLE ARTIST LABEL HPR 1 1 19 CRUISIN’ (2) KIM THOMAS HEAVY BEAT RECORDS #1 2
BY BRIAN BONITTO---Associate Editor — Olivia “Babsy” Grange-- OLIVIA “Babsy” Grange — minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport — is appealing to members of Jamaica's entertainment fraternity to follow
The artwork suggests that Bulby has let us into his world. Seated between 2 lionesses, he pensively sits as a king. The mountains of Jamaica can be seen in the