Reggae Grammy award could be split into Dancehall and Roots
In April 2006, the proposal to split the Reggae Grammy category into traditional roots reggae and dancehall segments will be examined once more. The prominence of dancehall has forced at least the thought of the sub-division..
Early success for Spear's own label
Winston 'Burning Spear' Rodney has done the record label rounds, from Studio One to Island to Heartbeat. Now in his "pre-retirement" stage, as he puts it, his second album on his own Burning Music imprint, Our Music, has earned a...
Double handful of nominations
Third World, the band which grew out of Inner Circle, celebrated its 32nd year with 'Committed' at King's House, St. Andrew, in December. It was there that William 'Bunny Rugs' Clark, Third World's lead singer, made a comment about the nomination in...
Welcome to 'Gramrock'?
The day has long passed when a young, frizzy, curly haired boy announced to the world "a me name Junior Gong, a telling you/ the youngest...
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