VP Records as thrown additional support behind Gospel artiste Jason Mighty First Album “CornerStone” The record label is going to do both physical and digital distribution of the album. This will see the album being accessible through iTunes, rhapsody and amazon.com.
T.O.K NAMED THE GREATEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL BAND.
Popularly known group T.O.K as been named the Greatest Reggae/Dancehall band by the New York Times Magazine. The group got its start through the annually held Tastee Talent Contest, it was while competing in that contest that the quartet of Xavier “Flexx”, Davidson, Craig “Craig T” Thompson, Alistaire “Alex” McCalla and Roshaun “Bay C” Clarke caught the eye of Nuff Records. Stephen Craig in 1996, they recorded a few tracks for Nuff Records, but it was the framed Sly and Robbie that released T.O.K first hit titled “Them High: on the Taxi label.
The group went on to Danny Browne’s label/studio, where they teamed up with Richard Sham Brown son of well-known guitarist Glenn Brown, Sham was in process of launching his own label. The first track T.O.K recorded for Browne was “Send them Come”, the it was the collaboration with the Lady Saw titled “Hardcore Lover” propelled them into the limelight and led to them being signed to VP Records. T.O.K first album with VP Records was entitled “My Crew My Dog”
SPICE SHOOTS MEDLEY VIDEO
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Dancehall artiste Spice has shot a new medley video for her new singles “Giddy Up” and “Whoa”. The two-day video shoot for Giddy Up was done at two locations in Portmore,
“Whoa” was also done at several locations in Portmore such as Breaton and Reflection Boutique in the Portmore Mall. The video was directed by Ras Tingle and will be premiering soon on National Television.
LET’S
Dancehall DJ Elephant Man released his latest album, on
The Energy God will perform in clubs across the
Elephant Man’s Let’s Get Physical Club Tour for the month of May includes:
NEWS
Little Hero’s single entitled “Praise God” has hit number one in V1 Top 20 Reggae Charts on WSTX 100.3 radio station in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and also the New York and South Florida Charts
UPCOMING ARTISTE ACID
Oneil Waker also known as Acid is a new upcoming artiste trying to make it in the dancehall circle. Acid recorded his first single in the early 1990’s titled “English”, while attending
Acid is a member of Solid Sound based in
STEPHEN MARLEY
Artiste/Producer Stephen Marley has begun a much-anticipated
Stephen Marley has won the Best Reggae Album Grammy and he holds the reggae record with six Grammy wins. Stephen will headline the non-festival shows, tapping
NEWS
E & M Recording artiste Nina Sparkles is looking to annihilate her competition this summer with a blitz of new singles. She has also been generating a big buzz overseas with “Like This, Like That” single featuring deejay Kip Rich.
During the last two months, Nina Sparkles has impressed the media and dancehall insiders with her spunk and daring onstage with a string of impressive stage show outings. Now that she’s back in
Over the past few weeks, her single, “Spite Him”, has been bombing FM radio into submission with its catchy sing-along hook and slamming beat.
She recently completed the video for that single, which will be released on Cable television and National Television Stations
NEWS
Jamaican artistes Beenie Man, Tarrus Riley, Sean Kingston, Ky-Mani Marley, and Stephen Marley all copped two awards each at the 27th International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) on
THE 27TH IRAWMA AWARDEES
The Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards was held on
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Machel Montano
RECORDING ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Beenie Man
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Tarrus Riley
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Etana
BEST SONG
She’s Royal – Tarrus Riley
BEST CD
Mind Control – Stephen Marley
BEST CROSSOVER SONG
Beautiful Girl – Sean Kingston
BEST GOSPEL SONG
Lava Ground – Prodigal Son
BEST FEMALE DJ/RAPPER
Queen Ifrica
BEST MALE DJ/RAPPER
Beenie Man
BEST
Sean Kingston
BEST CALYPSO/SOCA ENTERTAINER
Machel Mantano
BEST REGGAETON ENTERTAINER
Don Omar
BEST LATIN ENTERTAINER
Marc Anthony
BEST COMPAS ENTERTAINER
Carimi
BEST AFRICAN ENTERTAINER
Lucky Dube – Post Humous
BEST SOUKOUS ENTERTAINER
Papa Wembe
BEST HIP HOP/R&B ENTERTAINER
Rihanna
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
TO WORLD MUSIC
King Sunny Ade
MOST OUTSTANDING STAGE PERSONALITY
Machel Mantano
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Church Heathen – Shaggy
BEST POET
Mutabaruka
MOST EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINER
Buju Banton
MOST OUTSTANDING
Morgan Heritage
MOST CONSISTENT ENTERTAINER
Freddie McGregor
MOST PROMISING ENTERTAINER
Ky-Mani Marley
MOST IMPROVED ENTERTAINER
Junior Reid
BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
Dean Fraser
BEST BACKING BAND
Live Wyya
MOST POPULAR SELECTOR
Mighty Crown
CONCERT OF THE YEAR
Reggae Sumfest
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Sumfest Production
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Stephen McGregor
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Stephen Marley
SELASSIE IAWARD FOR SPIRITUAL
SERVICE THROUGH MUSIC
Tony Rebel
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Capleton
MARCUS GARVEY HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Ziggy Marley
Jay Z
IRAWMA
Claudelle Clarke
Errol Brown
Winston Francis
MARTIN’S INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF HONOUR
Freddy McGregor
Dwight Pickney
PRODUCER’S “RESPECT” AWARD
Ky-Mani Marley
AWARDS OF APPRECIATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Herman Hall – Everybody’s Magazine
Winsome Benjamin – Entertainer
Karl Rodney – Carib News