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MAXI PRIEST AND SHAGGY HEAD TO BERMUDA OCTOBER 17!
By Colin Thompson— Mr Boombastic: Shaggy—- Reggae stars Maxi Priest and Shaggy will headline the America’s Cup Jam to take place during next month’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda, according to an official flyer which has appeared on social media. According to the flyer, the duo will perform at an October 17 concert at the No 1 Car Park on Front Street between 8pm and 11pm. Shaggy is a Grammy Award-winner while Maxi Priest is regarded as … Read entire article »
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SINGER ANJU PRIEST IS BACK WITH NEW SINGLE “HAPPY & FREE!”
Anju Priest is Happy & Free— IT has been 11 years since singer Anju Priest’s first album Stages was released. And though he has released songs in the interim, he recently teamed with singjay I-Octane on a single he believes will reintroduce him to fans. Happy & Free is the name of the song. Initially released in the Cayman Islands where the dreadlocked artist has lived for 12 years, it is the lead single from The Essence of Life, his second album. “The first thing I did differently with this album was the collaboration with I-Octane which brought a new sound to the music. With this song, the team and I deliberately infused reggae with dancehall,hip hop and salsa,” Priest said in an interview with the Jamaica Observer. Preceded by an EP of the … Read entire article »
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BEENIE MAN, MAXI PRIEST, MORGAN HERITAGE, ROMAIN VIRGO AND OTHERS, HEADLINE THE PALM BEACH JERK FESTIVAL, MAY 25!
The highly anticipated 12th annual Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival will be hosted this year by Full-A-Vybez Inc., and 1 800 411 Pain, a medical and lawyer referral service. This amazing event continues to attract South Floridians and visitors from all cultural backgrounds. Last year’s attendance was unprecedented, as it was the 11th anniversary of the Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival and the energetic festival goers and their families came out in record numbers. The 2014 event was amazing, both in attendance and in good Caribbean spirit, introducing a new platform for a superior festival in 2015. The Palm Beach Jerk and Caribbean Culture Festival has become a staple event in the West Palm Beach community and is a well anticipated event. This year we look … Read entire article »
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“BONAFIDE” – TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER!
By Kevin Jackson— Maxi Priest—- TWENTY-FIVE years ago, the album Bonafide broke British reggae singer Maxi Priest in the American mainstream market. Released in June 1990, the 12-track set had a strong cast of Jamaican producers: Handel Tucker, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chung and Augustus Clarke as well as Briton Nellee Hooper, known for his work with Soul II Soul). The drum-and-bass team of Dunbar and Shakespeare led an impressive list of musicians including keyboardist Robbie Lyn, drummer … Read entire article »
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“OUR MUSIC CAN SURVIVE ANOTHER 40 YEARS” SAYS PRODUCER CLIVE HUNT!
By Sadeke Brooks— Clive Hunt— For decades, music producer Clive Hunt has been arranging songs behind the scenes, but lately, he has come forward as a VP Records-signed producer, working with numerous big names in reggae music. Recently, Hunt has come to the fore working on albums for the likes of Etana, Jah Cure, Maxi Priest, Beres Hammond and Queen Ifrica, as well as the Destiny movie soundtrack that featured Christopher Martin, Karian Sang, Busy Signal and Etana. Hunt says he is currently working on a Dennis Brown cover album with Maxi Priest, Queen Ifrica, Richie Spice, Ikaya and Dennis Brown’s daughter, Marla Brown. He explained that he is currently signed to VP Records so productions for the record label now take up the majority of his time. “They have enough work for me that I can work … Read entire article »
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WELCOME TO JAMROCK REGGAE CRUISE 2015, ANNOUNCES FULL ARTIST LINE-UP!
MIAMI – New artists are added to the 2015 Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise. Reggae royalty including the eight-time Grammy-winning musician and producer Stephen “Ragga” Marley, #1 Billboard Hot 100 chart topper and multi-platinum British artist Maxi Priest and the Grammy-winning team Mykal Rose with Sly & Robbie will join the bill. Plus, two of Jamaica’s most anticipated rising stars – roots singer Protoje and dancehall vocalist Popcaan – will take the stage. They join previously-announced artists – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Julian “Juju Royal” Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Bounty Killer, Capleton, Elephant Man, Barrington Levy, Third World, Jah Cure, Tarrus Riley, Busy Signal, Morgan Heritage, Tanya Stephens, Cham T.O.K. and Christopher Ellis. Tickets are available for sale now to the general public. Please visit www.welcometojamrockreggaecruise.com for more info. Norwegian Cruise Line’s 5-Night Musical Voyage from Miami to Jamaica Will Set Sail Twice Next Year Due to the overwhelming demand, the state-of-the-art Norwegian Pearl ship will set sail twice. … Read entire article »
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MAXI PRIEST STILL BUSY PROMOTING “EASY TO LOVE” WORLDWIDE!
Maxi Priest— By Sadeke Brooks— With an album that was released in July last year, accomplished singer Maxi Priest says he’s still busy promoting Easy To Love, which he says has been doing very well amid generally low album sales worldwide. The album was released last year through VP Records and Maxi Priest says he has been actively promoting it. “A lot of people tend to think that once you have completed the album, it is over. It’s a massive world out there and a lot of people that I have to introduce to what I am bringing to the table,” he told The Sunday Gleaner. He added that he has shows lined up in Barbados and New York, as well as 13 dates in Europe. However, there are no dates in Jamaica for the artist, whose last performance in the country was … Read entire article »
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BRITISH SINGER ZACHEOUS IS IN TOUCH WITH HIS JAMAICAN ROOTS WITH NEW SINGLE “GIVE THANKS!”
Zacheous— BRITISH singer Zacheous Jackson says his family ensured he was aware of his Jamaican heritage. From an early age, he soaked up the sounds of roots-reggae. Jackson is a roots singer who lives in London, but keeps in touch with Jamaica and its music scene through frequent trips, especially to Westmoreland where his family has strong ties. He is looking to break his latest songs, My Woman and Give Thanks, in reggae land. “I do want to have a presence in Jamaica. The thing is, I haven’t released my songs here because I don’t know who or where to go to in order to do that, so at present my songs have and are released via Itunes,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Observer. Jackson has been recording since 1985, but only … Read entire article »
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SLY DUNBAR & ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE PAY TRIBUTE TO JOHN HOLT!
Sly and Robbie— In tribute to singer John Holt, who died on October 20 in London, England, the Jamaica Observer presents ‘Holt a Day’, a daily feature leading up to his final farewell, which is scheduled for November 15. FOR their 1998 album Friends, the revered drum-and-bass team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare paid homage to the music they grew up listening, by covering songs by singers John Holt and Dobbie Dobson. British singer Maxi Priest, who helped popularise the lovers’ rock sound in the United Kingdom during the late 1980s, covered Holt’s Only a Smile while Ali Campbell put his spin on Seems to me I’m Losing, originally done by Dobson. Holt first recorded Only a Smile while he was a member of the rocksteady group, The Paragons. It was produced by … Read entire article »
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, STEPHEN SOUZA TAKES OVER THE NO.1 POSITION OF THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION RADIO NETWORK MUSIC CHART!
THE NEW YORK/FOUNDATION RADIO NETWORK TOP 30 MUSIC CHART 8/29/14 TW LW WOC TITLE ARTIST LABEL HPR 1 -2 -14 STARTING OVER (WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT) (1) STEPHEN SOUZA REQUEST IT AGAIN #1 2 4 14 Let Me Love You Tonight Wayne Wonder Nature’s Way Entertainment #2 3 1 19 Ride Pon Di Riddim (3) Shuga Penthouse Records #1 4 7 12 1-2-3 I Love You Tarrus Riley Cannon/Juke Boxx #4 5 3 17 Trigger Etana Barb Wiya Productions #3 6 6 15 Really Love You Barrington Strange Strange Records #6 7 8 13 Belly Of The Beast Tom Laing/Capleton Top Tier Records #7 8 10 10 A Woman Called Moses Michelle Gordon Mightyful 13/VPAL #8 9 14 4 Rude Magic! Latinum/RCA #9 10 11 10 Hold On Little Hero/Pzed Earth Strong Records #10 11 12 9 Reggae … Read entire article »
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