The promotional muscle for Koffee’s debut album Gifted in the United Kingdom has paid off big time. The 10-track set, which was released March 25 via Promised Land Recordings/Columbia Records UK, debuted at number nine on the Official UK Albums chart on Friday.   It is the first time in the history of the UK […]

Incarcerated reggae superstar Buju Banton says he only  wants to be associated with music after he is released from prison. Buju, who is scheduled to be released from US federal prison by December 8, yesterday released a statement saying: “I only want to be associated with my craft.” Buju, real name Mark Myrie, was convicted […]

What started out as a song dedicated to his wife after seeing her disappointment when Donald Trump won the United States (US) election in October 2016 has morphed into an entire album, and now, singer Aaron Nigel Smith is celebrating the project’s No. 1 debut on the Billboard Reggae Album chart for the week dated […]

The undeniable influence of Jamaica and it’s culture was plain to see last Friday during the latest staging of the online musical battle, Verzuz , which was between accomplished musicians and recording artistes Alicia Keys and John Legend. Co-owner of the Verzuz brand , American producer Swizz Beats, has been clear about the Jamaican influence even in the […]

Reggae act Christopher Martin continued putting in the work with a stop at Miami’s Art Basel last week. Martin who recently released singles Come Back and Bun fi Bun featured on the upcoming Strictly the Best compilation out this January, also has an upcoming 2019 album in the works. Ahead of this release, he made a splash in Miami at various events […]

VYBZ Kartel is back at the Tower Street Adult Correction Centre (formerly General Penitentary) in Kingston after being discharged from The University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew on the weekend. The deejay’s attorney, Tom Tavares-Finson, confirmed the development to the Jamaica Observer yesterday. “He went back to the institution over the weekend […]

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 […]