Higher Place, the debut EP by Skip Marley, is number one on the US Current Reggae Albums chart. It moved an additional 101 copies last week to bring its tally to 2,878. Higher Place was released last August by Island Records. The seven-song set entered at number two on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart (where it is currently number eight). It is nominated for Best Reggae Album at this year's […]
Christopher Martin is one of the headliners at the virtual staging of the second annual HUes of Blue scholarship fund-raiser slated for this evening at 5:00 pm. The event is being hosted by the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network (JHUAN).Martin said he had something special in store.“Some sweet sugar reggae, that's what I endorse. When I was asked to be part of the Jamaican students for Howard University, it was […]
Legendary reggae singer Frederick "Toots" Hibbert died at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew on Friday evening. He was 77.The singer had been admitted at the hospital last week Monday and was in a medically induced coma. Claude Mills, Hibbert's publicist, confirmed the singer's passing. "Jamaica has lost a great cultural icon. The soul of an age has died." https://twitter.com/tootsmaytals/status/1304670520605106176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1304670520605106176%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjahknoradio.com%2Freggae-legend-toots-hibbert-has-passed-away%2F "The family is asking for privacy […]
