Festival Des Cultures Urbaines St Laurent Du Maroni 2012 – A NI Mal & DANIS DAN

2012 has been a big year for hot dancehall star Konshens. The artiste delivered an electrifying performance at the just concluded 2012 edition of Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night. This was Konshens’ fourth time performing at the world renown festival and … Continue reading →

Red Stripe star performer for Reggae Sumfest Dancehall icon Shabba Ranks arrived in Jamaica on Monday, a few days prior to his scheduled performance at Reggae Sumfest 2012, in Catherine Hall, St James. Shabba Ranks landed at the Norman Manley … Continue reading →

Essence Magazine called her “a young Kelly Rowland” and superstar artiste and producer Pharrell Williams gave her latest hit song What U Think About Me a thumbs up while overhearing it playing at the Essence Music Festival empowerment seminar. These … Continue reading →

“Audiences will be blown away on all nights of the Festival,” said John Gourzong of Summerfest Productions about this year’s staging of Reggae Sumfest. Romain Virgo and Christopher Martin, hot on the Reggae charts and melting hearts of fans, are … Continue reading →

Grammy award-winning Jamaican deejay, Shabba Ranks, has been confirmed for the 20th staging of Reggae Sumfest. The performer, having appeared at the second staging of the festival in 1994, is coming back to the Sumfest stage after an 18-year break. … Continue reading →

Deejay Popcaan kicks off a busy summer by heading to Europe, where he plans to get his growing European fan base raving this month. Popcaan, real name Andrae Sutherland, heads off to Europe next week for a two-week stint. The … Continue reading →

Artiste Lutan Fyah is refuting claims that he cancelled an album launch because of ego. According to the artiste, while in New York recently, he met a man who told him he was managing up- and-coming artiste Khalilah Rose. “This … Continue reading →

Hit Me With Music, a documentary on Jamaican dancehall music, will be featured at the annual WeBeat Festival, scheduled for June 2-7 in Trinidad and Tobago. According to the guardian.co.tt website, the documentary is part of the Trinidad and Tobago … Continue reading →

A spokesperson for the Rototom Sunsplash festival says Beenie Man’s olive branch to gays last week took “incredible courage” and is calling on Jamaican artistes to follow the deejay’s lead by mending fences with the homosexual community. Filippo Giunta is … Continue reading →

Since the release of a video with Grammy winning artiste Beenie Man’s video statement to the gay community, many artistes have also voiced their opinions on the matter. Bounty Killer, leader of the Alliance and Beenie Man’s long-standing nemesis, recently … Continue reading →

DJ Konshens was an instant hit as soon as his vocals were heard over the microphone and the overzealous women and children in the crowd clapped and screamed at a stage show that took place at the Portmore Seafood Festival … Continue reading →

THE 2012 Digicel Barbados Reggae Festival kicks off April 22 with its traditional beach party in Bridgetown, the country’s capital. A statement from promoters, FAS Entertainment, said the event has retained its customary line-up which features mainly Jamaican acts covering … Continue reading →

THE annual Toronto arts and culture exposé Rastafest will salute Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence with its first local staging on July 20 to 29 at Nature Village Farm in Anchovy, St James. Subsequent to the local staging, the festival … Continue reading →

Summerfest Productions has announced that long-time partners Digicel, Red Stripe, Jamaica Tourist Board and now Pepsi have recommitted their support of the 20th staging of Reggae Sumfest. The greatest reggae show on earth returns to Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, from … Continue reading →

A hotly awaited documentary on Bob Marley has premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival, tracking his journey from bullied biracial Jamaican boy to reggae superstar. “Marley” by Oscar-winning Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald is a two-and-half-hour-long tribute to a … Continue reading →