Author: Reggae world

Super Ape Returns to Conquer was released on September 22 and features 15 tracks. Perry, 81, is a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music and has worked with acts including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Junior Murvin, the Congos, and Max Romeo. There’s another new entry, RAW by Alison Hunte enters at 9. The […]

“There’s no sentencing date set for him at this time,” Kari Knudson, chief deputy clerk at the federal district court, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday. “He will not be sentenced until all the parties involved either enter guilty pleas or have gone to trial.” ZJ Wah Wa — given name Deon-ville O’Hara — is one of 26 […]

Don Was has been tapped as musical director for the event which will take place on November 1 at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The initial line-up also features Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Tom Morello, Gary Clark Jr, Jim James, Citizen Cope, Aloe Blacc, Cyril Neville and Terence Higgins. The organisers note that additional artistes […]

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 […]

An article in the Hollywood Reporter, disclosed that a high-profile production team will oversee the project, led by Melina Matsoukas as director and executive producer. The 47-year-old James is also involved as executive producer. Other executive producers are Malcolm Spellman, whose credits include the hit television series Empire, and Jill Soloway, the creator and driving force behind Transparent, another Amazon […]

Popular entertainer George Nooks had his bail extended until June 28, when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree yesterday.The singer’s attorney, Tom Tavares-Finson, raised concerns in regards to conflicting reports about where his client was arrested. Tavares- Finson told Jamaica Observer that a release from the Superintendent in charge […]

A real estate company in The Gambia has given deejay Mavado land in an upscale area of the West African country.The self-acclaimed “Gully God” performed in The Gambia for the first time on May 13 at a sold-out concert at Independence Stadium in the city of Bakau. The show reportedly drew 50,000 fans. According to […]

Singer Christopher Martin will be part of Apple’s new in-store Today At Apple series in New York tomorrow. He will perform an acoustic set at the new Williamsburg location in Brooklyn. Also tomorrow, British singer Estelle does a live set at Soho in Manhattan. She will debut her song, Love Like Ours (featuring Tarrus Riley) […]

REGGAE singer OMI is currently working on his sophomore album in London, England.Splash caught up with him during a recording session earlier this week. “I’m really loving not only the direction of this album but also the vibe because I get to be more instrumental in the creation of this one. I also get to […]

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 […]