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JAH DORE RETURNS WITH LATEST SINGLE “FAKE PEOPLE!”
By Kevin Jackson—- JahDore—- SINGER/MUSICIAN JahDore kicks off his 2015 campaign with Fake People, a song produced by JDMP Records. He hopes it will get him back into the spotlight after success a few years ago with the single This Love is Over. He recently spoke about the inspiration for Fake People. “After losing the files for an album that I was working on, I tried to get help from persons who claimed that they were my friends. I didn’t get support from any of them and that’s when I realised that people are not necessarily who they appear to be,” he said. To help promote the song, a video will be produced and released in February. As for the incomplete album, JahDore plans to revive the project with new producers and management led by JDMP Records. … Read entire article »
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MUSIC STALWARTS, KING SPORTY AND PETER STODDART, GET FITTING SEND-OFFS!
Top: Dennis Sindrey and Kinglsey Cooper of The Caribs Bottom: (From left) Inner Circle’s Ian Lewis, reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, Abdul Mushin and Bernard ‘Touter’ Harvey at the thanksgiving service for Noel ‘King Sporty’ Williams in Miami, Florida, on Monday.— TWO stalwarts of Jamaican music who died recently got their final encore last Saturday and Monday, respectively. Keyboardist Peter Stoddart and singer/producer Noel ‘King Sporty’ Williams were given fitting send-offs in St Andrew and Miami. The thanksgiving service for … Read entire article »
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MICHAEL GOLDBERG, THE WRITER OF JAMAICAN MOVIE “COOL RUNNINGS” DIES AT 55!
Top: Michael Goldberg Bottom: The cast of “Cool Runnings” MICHAEL Goldberg, the American who wrote the screenplay for the 1993 hit movie, Cool Runnings, died last Thursday in California from cancer, philly.com website reports. Goldberg, whose other film credits include Should’ve Been Romeo, Little Giants, Bushwhacked and Snow Dogs, was 55. The Pennsylvania native was best known for Cool Runnings, a comedy based on the exploits of Jamaica’s bobsled team to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Starring John Candy as coach of the novice bobsled team, the movie was a smash hit at the box office, grossing over US$15 million. It made cast members Leon, Doug E Doug, Rawle D Lewis, and Malik Yoba instant stars. Last year marked the film’s 20th anniversary. The movie’s soundtrack featured songs by several Jamaican artists including Jimmy Cliff, who covered … Read entire article »
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SPAIN’S ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH FESTIVAL WINS NEW FANS!
By Howard Campbell— (From left) Chronixx, Jah9 and Jesse Royal performing at Rototom Sunsplash festival in Spain, recently. (PHOTO: ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH FESTIVAL) ORGANISERS of the annual Rototom Sunsplash festival say the August 16-23 show in Benicassim, Spain achieved its objective of appealing to a new demographic. Katia Brollo, a Rototom spokesperson, credits the appearance of neo roots-reggae acts with attracting new fans to the festival which was first held in Gaio di Spilimbergo, Italy in 1991. “The main objective of this year’s show was to increase the visibility of the reggae renaissance, giving the opportunity to the exponents of this movement to come to Rototom and porform on the main stage of the festival,” Brollo told the Jamaica Observer. “Jah9, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal and Chronixx offered high-quality concerts.” Brollo added: “We could become the … Read entire article »
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IN THE SUMMER, REGGAE ACTS FLOCK TO THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT!
By Richard Johnson— BEENIE MAN… one on the few dancehall acts on the European festivals(then) JIMMY CLIFF… advertised for festivals in Spain, Slovakia, Germany and France Bottom—Chronixx– Europe is the bubbling epicentre for reggae music this summer. As Europeans take full advantage of the warmer weather, Jamaican acts are front and centre at many of the reggae festivals now underway on that continent. Perhaps the busiest act this season is fast-rising roots reggae act Chronixx, who has 17 stops in the European leg of his Dread and Terrible tour. But Chronixx is not alone, as many other local acts are making it onto the roster for festivals not only being staged in the traditional European reggae markets such as Germany, the United Kingdom and France, but in Austria, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Poland and Denmark, which are … Read entire article »
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SOUTH FLORIDA-BASED HAL ANTHONY RECAPTURES THE FESTIVAL SPIRIT!
Festival song singer Eric Donaldson—- ROOTS singer Hal Anthony added his flavor to several well-known festival songs. His album, Jamaican Festival Countdown: 1966 – 1987, will be released on Tuesday, in time to kick off the Jamaica Independence Day celebrations. Among the tracks on the album are Baba Boom Boom (The Jamaicans, 1967); Intensified (Desmond Deckker, 1968); Sweet and Dandy (Toots Hibbert, 1969); Play Di Music (Tinga Stewart, 1974), as well as Eric Donaldson’s treble on Land of My Birth (1978); Sweet Jamaica (1977) and the smash hit Cherry Oh Baby (1971). Produced on his and Willie Lindo’s Heavy Beat label, he said he was inspired to do the album because he “grew up in those times and wanted to relive the moment”. “I have always loved the mix from those days. When you … Read entire article »
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SHAGGY GIVES STELLAR PERFORMANCE AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL TO BEGIN HIS SIX-WEEK TOUR!
New York, New York —- Billed on a star studded line up with Don Carlos and legend Jimmy Cliff, dancehall/reggae superstar Shaggy, was set to give the large crowd in attendance, at the world renown Hollywood Bowl, a performance unlike any other. Dressed in black shorts and white shirt, Shaggy came on stage after the roots reggae artist Don Carlos and immediately the patrons began to cheer and scream. Shaggy provided his signature upbeat, uptempo entertainment style … Read entire article »
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“TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS” TO HONOR BEVERLEY’S RECORDS FOUNDER LESLIE KONG, JULY 27 IN KINGSTON!
By Howard Campbell— Leslie Kong—- The 17th staging of Tribute To The Greats takes place July 27 at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew. Dubbed ‘The Chinese Connection’, it salutes the contribution of the Chinese to Jamaica’s popular music. Today, the Sunday Observer starts a six-part series on some of the recipients. When Leslie Kong died in August 1971, he was arguably the most successful Jamaican music producer in terms of overseas impact. Kong died suddenly of an heart attack at age 38. He was at his peak as a producer, having released a number of hit songs by Derrick Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker and the Aces and The Maytals through his Beverley’s Records. History will probably remember Kong best as the person who produced Judge Not, a 1962 song by a teenaged … Read entire article »
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A LEGEND IN THE MAKING: HOW WAS BOB MARLEY SOLD TO THE SUBURBS?
By Chris Kornelis Adrian Boot/Island Records Bob Marley At the time of his death in May 1981, Bob Marley was 36 years old, the biggest star in reggae and the father of at least 11 children. He was not, however, a big seller. For Dave Robinson, this presented an opportunity. Two years after Marley’s passing, Chris Blackwell, the founder of Marley’s label, Island Records, brought Robinson in to run his U.K. operation. Robinson’s first assignment was to put out a compilation … Read entire article »
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THE WAILERS’ “CATCH A FIRE” TOPS MOJO MAGAZINE’S TOP 50 ALBUM LIST!
No.3 The Harder They Come— CATCH A Fire, the sensational 1973 album by The Wailers, has been chosen best reggae album by Britain’s influential MOJO Magazine. It topped a list of 50 albums, many of which helped introduce Jamaican popular culture to an international audience. Catch A Fire was The Wailers’ (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny ‘Wailer’ Livingston) first album for Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. It contained the title song, Concrete Jungle, Slave Driver and 400 Years. … Read entire article »
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