Ernie Smith- The Best of Ernie Smith: Original Masters (VP Records 2010)
Federal Records has a released a greatest hits album of long time Jamaican recording artist Ernie Smith.  This greatest hits album features both his well-known baritone voice and his song writing talents.  Included in this CD are his self written hits like “Pitta [...]

Back in the 1930’s Colombia was infused with a music that was born on its shores, which hug the tropical Caribbean island hotbed.  That music, which quickly became popular all over the Caribbean and Latin America, was called CUMBIA.  Like much of the Caribbean’s culture, Cumbia is a blend of African-Indigenous-European sounds that coalesce into [...]

Level headed and immensely humble, despite her fame and popularity, Anderson is well aware of the subtleties and nuances of fame and it’s something she takes in stride.
“I have always been pretty level headed and it’s cool to have people respect you for your talent and that is part of the plus side.

International Jamaican Reggae superstar Capleton, with pressure from the gay community, he was missing from the line-up

The museum is requesting donations to help preserve Jamaica’s vibrant music history

Strictly the Best Vol. 40 – Various Artistes
Tell It Like It Is – Stevie Face
Crucial Times – Sizzla Kalonji …

International Reggae Artist Rankin’ Scroo latest album “Solid” does not stray far from his Jamaican roots.  He consistently delivers the knowledge and spiritually uplifting message that echoes in the reggae community.
He explains that the tracks are SOLID throughout the album.  “I love all the tracks,” but the ‘whammy’ is “Heavenly Father”, he said.  “The lyric [...]

KINGSTON, Jamaica  _ An annual concert that draws hundreds of tourists to celebrate Bob Marley’s birthday has been canceled for the first time since its inception in 1992 over noise complaints.
Police denied promoter Clive Pringle an event permit because of several run-ins with police and residents in Negril, superintendent Dezeita Taylor said Thursday.
The Bob Marley [...]

Quincy Jones, who produced the 1985 anthem, announced last week that he planned to redo the song to benefit recovery from the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

NEW YORK  _ Grim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes set the tone for the all-star, international “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, which featured two hours of desperate pleas for an even more-desperate nation. But it ended on a hopeful note, with a buoyant call for Haiti’s revival by native son, Wyclef Jean.
“Enough of this [...]

Tickets are now on sale for THE 29th ANNUAL RAGGA MUFFINS FESTIVAL held in Long Beach, CA on Saturday, February 20th and Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at the Long Beach Arena.

Bounty Killer presented by 7 star international performing at Shatto in Los Angeles, NOV 27

“It’s a very smart movie and I fought to get the part,” he says. “I hadn’t done a movie in this genre and the role wasn’t written for an African American and the director didn’t want an African American to be the lead. So there was a campaign that had to take place on my behalf to prove and convince the studio I was right for it.”