WRITTEN BY POLLY KAMUKAMA--------- Shaggy has performed in Uganda more times than any other Jamaican artist----- Even before Jamaican reggae/ragga stars Wayne Wonder and Demarco performed at the Lugogo Cricket
Jimmy Cliff during an extended performance at Rebel Salute 2005.------ By Hasani Walters------ Genre dominated on iTunes by foreign acts With the popularity of iTunes and other digital distribution methods
BY RICHARD JOHNSON----- THE story of Jamaica, its music, and culture will hit the screens of the popular cable channel, HBO, come August 4, with a repeat on Independence Day,
By Patricia Meschino, New York----- Shaggy (center) performs at the launch party for his Ranch Entertainment label with Beenie Man (right) and Roy "DJ Roy" Walters of Irie Jam Radio,
BY BALFORD HENRY------ OLIVIA 'Babsy' Grange, former minister of youth, sports and culture, says it is unfair for anyone to point fingers in her direction for what is now being
Mikey Bennett According to the Jamaica 50 Secretariat, the hoopla surrounding the choosing of the Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell-produced Nation on a Mission as the official Jamaica 50 song is all for naught.
By Howard Campbell----- SONGWRITER Mikey Bennett says he is not bitter that his composition, Find The Flag, was bounced as the official theme song for Jamaica's 50th anniversary celebrations. BENNETT... composer
BY BALFORD HENRY Observer senior reporter-------- THE bitter quarrel between the Government and the Opposition over arrangements for the celebration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence has spread to the
THERE were mixed reactions to the official Jamaica 50 song, On a Mission, which was released at the Usain Bolt's Tracks and Record Sports Bar and Lounge in St Andrew
BY RICHARD JOHNSON------- JAMAICA'S dancehall is noticeably absent from the line-up of the 13-day concert to be staged in London's O2 Arena on July 25 to August 6 this year.