Albums by Beres Hammond, Sizzla, Ziggy Marley, Sly and Robbie & the Jam Masters and American rapper Snoop Lion have been nominated for the Best Reggae Album category at next year’s Grammy Awards.
Submitted by Cashbox CanadaPhoto Credit Tanya Ernandez-Dennis Darrin Kenneth O’Brien better known by his stage name Snow, is a Juno Award winning Canadian reggae musician. He is best known for his 1992 single “Informer”, which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
With the global impact of Jamaica’s Reggae and Dancehall music local acts are increasingly coming into focus with the possibility of earning big bucks.
A scene from ‘Wi Love Wi Self’, the piece which a delegation of students will be using to represent Jamaica in the Caribbean Schools’ Drama Festival in Barbados next week. – Contributed
By Howard Campbell— TOURING has become a way of life in the past six years for Alborosie, much in the mould of his musical heroes Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Culture and The Gladiators.
Tessanne Chin continued her amazing journey on the NBC TV talent show The Voice last night, advancing to the top five and keeping alive the hope of a nation anxious to see the talented Jamaican go through to the finals.
