Canadian Tour Operators Ready to Sell Jamaica Jazz and Blues

Kingston, JAMAICA:- On the recent trip to Toronto to launch the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues FESTIVAL in Canada, Wal­ter Elmore, Pres­i­dent of TurnKey Pro­duc­tions and Mar­cia McDon­nough, Mar­ket­ing Man­ager for the Fes­ti­val, vis­ited sev­eral major tour oper­a­tors in Toronto.  The two were on a mis­sion to reach out to the Canadian […]

JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival 2010 Heats Up Toronto

Kingston, JAMAICA:-A host of media and travel pro­fes­sion­als came out to wel­come the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Fes­ti­val on its very first launch in Toronto, Canada.  The Fes­ti­val was launched at a lun­cheon held at one of Toronto’s largest hotels, the Delta Chelsea, on Octo­ber 15. Wal­ter Elmore in his […]

Delly Ranx guest stars on Deadly Mix Radio this Friday on BigUpRadio.com

Dance­hall pow­er­house Delly Ranx is this week’s spe­cial guest on Deadly Mix Radio. Join your hosts Lon­es­tar Sound of San Francisco/Philadelphia for this very spe­cial event. Delly Ranx has just released his Good Pro­file album from Ita­tion Records that includes the bomb­shell track “Wish Good” and more. Do not miss this exclu­sive interview […]

Digicel Caribbean Hot 30 Countdown Oct 25th

CHECK OUT LAST WEEK“S SHOW

Dig­i­cel Caribbean HOT 30
Octo­ber 19 to October 25

THIS
WEEK

LAST
WEEK

TITLE OF SONG

ARTIST

GENRE

ORIGIN

1

1

Lioness on The Rise
Queen Ifrica
Reggae

JAM

2

3

House Clean­ing
Movado
Dancehall

JAM

3

4

Run This Town
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West
Crossover

BDS

4

6

She Can’t Wait
Demarco
Ragga Soca

JAM

5

5

Care­ful
Kar­tel & DI Genius
Dancehall

JAM

Hot Pick

Hus­tling Hard
Busy SIg­nal
Dancehall

JAM

6

6

You A Mi Baby
Vybz Kar­tel
Dancehall

JAM

7

11

Hope & Pray
Movado
Dancehall

JAM

8

8

Life
G Whizz
Dancehall

JAM

9

16

Gal­lis
Mr. Vegas
Dancehall

JAM

10

10

Far Away
Queen Ifrica
Reggae

JAM

11

7

Think Bout Me
Macka Dia­mond & Uni­corn
Dancehall

JAM

12

12

Fly Away
Machel Mon­tano & Col­lie Buds
Ragga Soca

TRINI

13

15

Tru Friends
Demarco
Dancehall

JAM

14

9

Hol­i­day
Ding Dong
Dancehall

JAM

15

13

From Mawn­ing
Chino
Dancehall

JAM

16

24

Unfair
Wasp
Dancehall

JAM

17

22

Slow Whine
Machel Mon­tano
Soca

TRINI

18

18

Like A Jumbie
Ricky T
Soca

TRINI

19

14

You’ll Never FInd
Jah Cure
Reggae

JAM

20

24

Never […]

Singer Jah is A Force to Reckon With

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Singer Jah  —  African Queen

A force to reckon with, reg­gae ris­ing star “Singer Jah”, known for utter­ing the word ‘waskaa’, when­ever he hits the stage.
Now, hav­ing entered and won the Mag­num King and Queen com­pe­ti­tion last year, Singer Jah has since recorded three songs for Mag­num: Reg­is­ter, Padang and Pro­fes­sional. The video for Reg­is­ter has been get­ting some air­play on local and […]

Tap Tap Revenge 3 Launches With Michael Franti Music

Michael & Spear­head have teamed up with Tapu­lous to bring you the best music-gaming expe­ri­ence of your life. You can lis­ten to Michael Franti music and play it on the newest game  —  Tap Tap Revenge 3. Tap along with your favorite Michael Franti songs. The all new Tap Tap Revenge 3 fea­tures enhanced game­play, cus­tom themes, […]

Gana Gana featured in new Mr Vegas Video

Gana Gana in new Mr Vegas Video “Gallis/ Sassa Step”
Jamaican dancer Gana Gana is one of the dancers fea­tured in the brand new Mr Vegas med­ley video for “Gallis/ Sassa Step”, which was directed by Jay Will and pre­miered in new York as well as Jamaica last week.
“Gallis/ Sassa Step” is one of the hottest dance videos […]

New Image Promotions Artistes Update

With sum­mer long gone and the Christ­mas sea­son fresh in the air, many artistes have gone back to the draw­ing board to re-organize their Christ­mas sea­son pro­mo­tional cam­paign.  Some will be drop­ping albums while oth­ers will be releas­ing sin­gles, but mat­ters not what the case maybe, Christ­mas is the pul­sat­ing time of year that is […]

Gramps Morgan Delivers at Citi Field

Queens, NY– On Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 3rd, 2009 reg­gae crooner, Gramps Mor­gan filled Citi Field, home of the leg­endary New York Mets base­ball team, with the sweet sounds of reg­gae music.

Deliv­er­ing a siz­zling pre-game per­for­mance,  Gramps warmed the hearts of thou­sands of base­ball fans with a ren­di­tion of “Don’t Cry for Jamaica”, a sin­gle off […]

Buju Banton live in Berkeley and San Francisco!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
Doors Open 7:30pm, Show Starts @ 9pm
SHATTUCK DOWN LOW | 2284 Shat­tuck Avenue, Berke­ley
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Doors Open 8pm, Show Starts @ 10pm
ROCKIT ROOM | 406 Clement Street, San Fran­cisco
Pre­sale Tick­ets Avail­able at www.ticketweb.com
and Organic Rootz, 2435 Chan­ning Way, Berkeley

The 7th Annual International Soca Awards

Life with­out Soca may just be a dull, monot­o­nous exis­tence, with lim­i­ta­tions on how one should party, and enjoy the plea­sures of life.  With every rhythm of the per­cus­sions sends a move­ment straight to the hips.  It intox­i­cates the mind and soul in a pri­mal and cul­tural level that only few could truly under­stand.  Only […]

Reggae Got Talent Competition 2009

CALLING ALL REGGAE ARTISTS PRODUCERS SOUNDS & DJS!!!!!

Real­ity Shock, Houseofreggae.de, For­wardFm & Jah Army bring you the very first
“REGGAE GOT TALENT COMPETITION 2009″
THERE ARE 3 COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
1. UPCOMING ARTISTS
2. PRODUCERS & LABELS
3. DJS & SOUNDS

FOR FULL DETAILS ON HOW TO ENTER, CHECK THE COMPETITION RULES PDF HERE:
www.realityshock.com/rgtrules.pdf
OR DOWNLOAD THE ZIP FOLDER HERE:
www.realityshock.com/solob.zip
(con­tains the rules, flyers […]