Rose blooms again, released new video

MICHAEL Rose has fond memories of growing up in Waterhouse, the second child of a 'litter' born to working-class parents. It's where he started a career that has made him one of roots-reggae's acclaimed singers.

Last year, the 50-year-old Rose went back to his hometown to work with producers Lloyd 'John John' James and DeMarco at the famed King Jammys studio. The result is the soon-to-be-released album, Michael Rose Returns to Kingston 11. read more>

Tarus Riley Tops Reggae Academy 2008

Best Reggae Song She’s Royal - Omar Riley
(Songwriter’s Award)

Best Solo Male Reggae Vocal Performance She’s Royal - Tarrus Riley

Best Solo Female Reggae Vocal Roots - Etana
Performance

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Featured Album

Artist: MDV -CD Title Roots Allsorts

No lazy assumptions are to be made when describing the music of MDV. The qualities gracing this conscious London based reggae band has granted them the favour of always having kept their art relevant to modern times whilst still preserving an original sound. MDV's musical expression is a promise of love and light to those demanding refreshing change and for those who miss that feel-good rush when faced with the fortunate onslaught of good, real reggae music. read more>

Chart Beat -Feb 29th

Queen Ifrica is still the leading lady on  the Jamaican music charts with her "Daddy Don't Touch Me There" song. She has grabbed the 'Female Deejay of The Year' title for two award ceremonies the E.M.E & the Irie Fm Awards. The only award she did not win the top female title post was the Reggae Academy awards. The Queen continues to occupy the # 2 Position on the Hype TV Top 20 Chart.

Serani ft. Bugle's "DOH" remains 'The Shot to Watch' at the # 3 Position. The song seems determined to hit the top spot but will it reach the top any time soon.

'The Greatest Gainer' this week is "Wine Gal" by Beenie Man. The song dashed two spots up the chart from the # 14 Position to occupy the # 11 Position. In total the song as moved a whopping eight spots up after only two weeks on the chart.read more>

OS - Musician/Producer

From Trenchtown and the Bronx ,step forth another act read more>

Inaugural Reggae Film Festival impressive

The first-ever Reggae Film Festival was launched with the showing of three films at Emancipation Park.

Appropriately, the Film Festival opened with the screening of a
documentary about one of Jamaica's legendary musicians, entitled "The
Legacy of Rico Rodriques," by director Jep Jorba from Spain. Among the other flicks was the German feature film on Jamaica, "Almost Heaven," directed by Ed Herzog and featuring a number of Jamaican actors, including Carl Bradshaw, who was in attendance and Oliver Samuels. The final one was the Wayne Jobson-produced Stepping Razor documentary on reggae icon Peter Tosh.

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Latest Blog Entry

Hip hip, hooray! Jamaican government proclaimed February  as Reggae Month. This long overdue act was welcomed  among all the players within the local music industry. But  it seems as if  this all about Bob Marley, further communication of the Rastaman to generate support and profit for a class of politicians devoid of ideas to solve the many problems facing  our society. What about King Tubby and Lee Perry both of whom  are responsible  for the most far-reaching changes in Jamaican music culture, dub?

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Music that catalog the 1970s gone missing from the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation ( JBC) which was under the watch of the National Archives, appears to have been stripped of 80 per cent of its content. It is suspected that the items were removed over the period 2004 to 2007. If true, the P.N.P administration played lip service to protecting  our cultural heritage which captured  one of the most creative period in the nation's history, birth  of Rockers, Dub and  Roots reggae. Yet again this government was dominated men and women who never set foot into a dance hall or rub a dub peon a bass box... they lack  that connection to the heartbeat of the   music  which articulate our pain in distant places. what say you? post>