SOUTH FLORIDA – Today (Sept. 18), iconic and legendary band, The Wailers, drop the music video for their current single, “Philosophy Of Life” featuring Paul Anthony. Watch it here! Co-directed by Emilio Estefan and Daniel Bethencourt, the video features the band performing the song with some of the members playing through TVs. “Philosophy Of Life” is the […]
New York, New York – Red-hot Dancehall talent Shawn Ice and Reggae and Dancehall’s “Globe Boss” I-Octane have teamed up for “Times Like These,” a song which can easily be hailed as Dancehall’s most inspirational contribution this year. Behind the sonically appealing single is popular production duo Platinum Kids and Studio 91 Records. “Times Like These” […]
BROOKLYN, NY – Newcomer dancehall/urban artist, Zoo Rass has been making waves across oceans and in the US with his newly released EP project titled ‘Mood Swings.’ Born to Jamaican/Guyanese parents, Zuberi Shury, who goes by the stage moniker Zoo Rass, is a Coney Island, Brooklyn native. Zoo Rass has been working diligently on his musical […]
NEW YORK – Influenced by the dancehall and reggae rhythms of his native island of Jamaica, rising recording artist Tallis DNB (Di New Breed) crafted his sound by fusing his musical roots with the various boisterous music genres found in the melting pot that is New York City. Party anthems or social justice messages, dancehall […]
by Howard Campbell TAMPA – Before production began last year on his latest album, I’m Livin Well, Glen Washington already had a number of songs written for the Willie Lindo-produced project. If it’s one thing Washington is not short on, it’s composing music. “I feel better when I write my own songs. I don’t mind […]
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Presents a Free six-part monthly panel series highlights the influence of Black art on mainstream American culture MIAMI – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) proudly announces the launch of a new six-part monthly panel series, THE HERITAGE PROJECT: AN ONLINE […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In a few days, a new music release hits the airwaves all courtesy one of Jamaica’s biggest entertainers, Busy Signal and Trinidad and Tobago’s Shurwayne Winchester. The tune, aptly called, “Lights Off’ was produced collaboratively by T&T’s Nyce Nation and Jamaica’s Lampshade Muzic. The song’s release is perfectly timed. Major […]
NEW YORK – VP Records joins family, friends and fans as we collectively mourn the passing of Reggae icon Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert. Toots first became widely known in 1966 for his recording of the song “Bam Bam” which won the Jamaican Independence Festival Popular Song Competition. That success was followed by “Do The Reggae” (the […]
By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller I read a headline: “I want to break up with my boyfriend, but we’re self-isolating together.” Wow. I get that marriage and dating can be tough, but I can’t relate to people who claim to be ‘stuck’ in a relationship. Is your partner holding a gun to your head? I […]
by Howard Campbell KINGSTON, Jamaica – Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, the soulful singer who is said to have given reggae its name, died here Friday at the University Hospital of the West Indies. His publicist, Claude Mills, told South Florida Caribbean News that Toots’ manager Cabel Stephenson confirmed his death. Toots, 77, was admitted to hospital on […]
Pastor Dorothy Roberts Continues to Mentor and Serve the Community
by Howard Campbell SOUTH FLORIDA – Pastor Dorothy Roberts has never shied from community service. A resident of South Florida since the mid-1980s, she has helped mentor and nourish hundreds of the region’s less fortunate citizens. Roberts, who is from rural Manchester parish in central Jamaica, is president of the Hollywood Family and Community Enrichment […]
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