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Reggae artiste Nesbeth leaves the island this Saturday for the US to perform on Reggae Summerfest in Washington then off to the city of New York, his very first visit since the release of hit tunes Gunz Out and Board House, to perform on board The Boatride, a boat ride event, schedule to leaves Chesea Pier 23 on Saturday September 5th. Nesbeth, more popularly known for his hit singles Gunz Out and Board House, recently released another single entitled Drive […]

Dancehall deejay Busy Signal can officially claim Europe as his own. Busy Signal recently returned from a two week tour where he gave performances in Sweden, Germany, Norway and Italy. Busy Signal was definitely a welcomed Jamaican act, based on the YouTube hits and online posts of his performances almost immediately after each show, and the shocking colour graffiti signage bearing his name on the walls surrounding various cities. The Uppsala festival in Sweden could be considered the highpoint of […]

Dancehall artiste Chino has been on tour for more than two monthsnow, but that has not impeded his local success. In fact, his string of hit songs have continued to create havoc in the dancehalls, on the radio and on local and international charts. So successful are they that as recent as last week, Never Change (From Mawning) held the numberone spot on the RETV charts and was at the number four spot on the Zip FM Dancehall line-up, while […]

The honor, given to a female recording artist that has inspired the music business with her success, leadership and new ideas, will be awarded to the singer for her accomplishments over the past 12 months. In the last year, Beyoncé kicked off her world tour "I Am..." in support of her third solo album "I Am...Sasha Fierce," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in November and features the hit singles "If I Were A Boy," "Single […]

A crowd the size of Reggae Sumfest came out to the AICHI Reggae Breeze Festival to see Mavado on Saturday night. Thousands of Japanese reggae and dancehall fans flocked to the beach for what could be described as a cross between Sumfest and Fully Loaded. Thousands of miles away from home, Jamaican culture was alive and kicking as sound systems pumped out everything from Garnet Silk to Bounty Killer, surrounded by stalls selling jerk chicken and ital stew! Japanese dancehall […]

Soca star Destra Garcia is pregnant and expecting to deliver her baby sometime in January 2010. It will be the first child for her and the second for her boyfriend/manager/producer of the past nine years, Brian Morris. He is the father of a 13-year-old daughter who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Garcia, known for hits like "Tremble It", "Sassiness", "Bonnie and Clyde", "I Dare You", "Obsessive Winers" and "Carnival", told the Express she had some "mixed emotions at first". "I've […]