Lindo died at a London hospital on September 4 at age 64, from acute cardiac failure and arrhythmia. A press release from The Wailers said the service will be held at Ruach City Curch in Brixton Hill. Interment follows at Lambeth Cemetery in Brixton. Lindo started as a session musician while still a student at […]

SINCE reggae gained Grammy recognition 37 years ago, six women have been nominated in the Best Reggae Album category. Only one, Koffee, has won. Two women, Etana for Pamoja and Spice with Ten, are in the running for the 2022 award. Sean Paul (Live N Livin), Gramps Morgan (Positive Vibration), Royal (Jesse Royal) , and […]

Alkaline, who is set to debut his clothing line at this year’s staging of Caribbean Fashionweek in St Andrew, has released a new single titled Impact. The song is produced by Gego Don Productions. It has received more than 700,000 views since being uploaded to YouTube on May 12.Alkaline fans can next see him in […]

Veteran sound system operator Jack Scorpio wants to revamp his esteemed Black Scorpio brand with millennials. For the new year, he is extending invitations to young selectors, audio engineers and artistes to join his sound system and record label. “I am personally investing back in my sound system, which is being remodelled, and my studio, […]

La-Marko Cobban from Highgate Primary School in St Mary is already creating waves at six years old. He is the recent recipient of two individual gold medals and one silver medal in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) music and speech parish finals.  La-Marko also copped a group gold medal for music in the parish […]

In the late 1990s and 2000s, dancehall entertainer Merciless engaged in several high-profile lyrical battles with fellow deejays Beenie Man, Ninjaman and Bounty Killer that made him an instant legend in the world of dancehall. Clad in full military gear and using his legendary catchphrase, ‘bad man no tek bad up’ at Sting 2000, he […]

WITH his two-year court case behind him, George Nooks says he will be able to pay greater attention to music. The singer was found not guilty on drug-related charges yesterday when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree. Nooks, who appeared before Judge Jacqueline Wilcott, was represented by Queen’s Counsel […]