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The Jamaica 60 Festival Song Competition will be held this year, as decided by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport. The Jamaica Festival Song Competition panel was unable to determine ten suitable songs from the 123 entries. Therefore earlier in the year it was decided that due to a lack of quality entries, […]
Minister Grange disclosed in parliament this week that despite extending the deadline, the panel that usually selects the finalists for the Jamaica Festival Song Competition was unable to determine ten suitable songs from the 123 entries. The JCDC Festival Song Competition has been experiencing a shortage of entrants in previous years. Minister Grange declared in […]
May 2022 (ReggaeVibeMedia) – The end of the world Clash era is here and it all came to a close in the UK. People from all across the globe came out to support the event and it was a massive turn out. The UK crowd was very particular about what they were presented musically which […]
SOJA, the best-selling reggae band, won Best Reggae Album at the 64th Grammy Awards on Sunday. The Virginia-based band won for its 15-track album Beauty in the Silence, which charted on Billboard. The award was presented in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the pre-Grammy ceremony. Lead vocalist/guitarist Jacob Hemphill acknowledged […]
The Reggae music industry suffered a saddening blow as two great pioneers of Reggae transitioned within days in non-related situations. Donald ‘Tabby’ Shaw was a victim in a drive-by shooting incident Monday, March 28 at McKinley Crescent in the Olympic Way community of St Andrew. A gunman opened fire on a group of people outside […]
On Tuesday, a Dutch court sentenced Jah Cure to six years in prison on a charge of attempted manslaughter, despite prosecutors’ demands for an eight-year term. His lawyer, Jan-Hein Kuijpers, stated that a decision on an appeal would be made after a conversation with the Jamaican musician. “We don’t know if an appeal will be […]
Denroy began his career in the 1970s, forming the Black Eagles, a reggae band with Devon “Igo Levi” Foster and Llewellyn “Jah T” Breadwood in New York City in 1974. Morgan’s most successful single was “I’ll Do Anything For You,” which reached number nine on the American soul chart and had musical accompaniment from the […]
Reggae Month is celebrated in February. Reggae Month is a month-long celebration of reggae music that takes place primarily in and around Kingston. You may go to reggae gigs in and around Kingston, as well as attend lectures, documentaries, find new talent, enjoy established talent, party at any of Kingston’s weekly events, and attend lectures. […]
The long-running International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), which were originally scheduled to take place on May 1st this year, have been rescheduled for May 7th, 2023. Dr. Ephraim Martin, President of Martin’s International and Chairman of the Black Heroes Matter Coalition, made the announcement via Zoom Press Conference on Tuesday afternoon at the […]
The Reggae Vibe “Bredda” collection is dropping NFT’s daily! As the first installment of the Reggae Vibe NFT Collection series, this drop honours the creator of Reggae Vibe Media, Bother Ahmad, aka “Ras Mahddy”. As a youth growing up in America Brother Ahmad was influenced by Art and Music. Through his years his love for […]
