By Cole Lyons--- SunPress Vinyl has launched a campaign to raise money for the creation of vinyl records through Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding platform operated in partnership with MicroVentures. SunPress Vinyl is seeking a minimum
BY KEVIN JACKSON--- (From left) Murray Elias, former A&R chief at VP Records; and engineer Steven Stanley with producers Steelie and Clevie. THE 14-track compilation Old To The New: A
Tuff Gong International, the entertainment company founded by global music icon Bob Marley, will relaunch its vinyl manufacturing services this February in partnership with Sunpress Vinyl. Considered by music purists
BY KEVIN JACKSON--- Top: The cover of JC Lodge's 1991 album Tropic of Love IT’S been 12 years since singer JC Lodge released an album of new material. That drought
By David Katz--- There are few more important Jamaican singers than Gregory Isaacs. He was the passionate hustler with a tender heart, and as his confidence and skill grew, he
George Nooks--- As a member of producer Joe Gibbs’ formidable camp in the late 1970's, George Nooks had hit songs like Tribal War and Left With A Broken Heart. As
“Uptown Top Ranking” is an infectious hit single that knocked Wings’ Christmas blockbuster “Mull of Kintyre” off the #1 spot on the British pop charts in February of 1978. Although
Osbert ‘Madoo’ Maddo---- SINGER Osbert 'Madoo' Maddo, who had big hits in the early 1980's with Jamming So and Coming From Town, died Sunday in the United States. His
By Howard Campbell--- (L) Lloyd Parks, bandleader of Lloyd Parks and We The People band. (R) PARKS... the music did get water down mainly because everybody have a studio in
By Simone Morgan--- Veteran producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee points to a section of his studio that was destroyed by fire earlier this month. LEGENDARY music producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee's Gorgon