Mission gone from music
If music is truly a religion, as said by Jimmy Hendrix and Ziggy Marley, then reggae music of yesteryear would be a prayer while dancehall is yet to be defined. Reggae music can be heard in any part of the globe, whether it is a little pub in Papua New Guinea or the from the radio of an elderly man in the hills of Jamaica.
Ska lives abroad
Ska music once jumped, jived and moved with life in Jamaica, but after a while the beat faded. However, the music found new life in the United States of America, with a proliferation of American ska bands.
Caribbean Profile: Destra - a soca dynamo
The Energy Queen, Trinidadian soca star Destra Garcia is sexy, sassy and known for whipping any crowd into a frenzy with her racy performances and lyrics.
Jeanille Bonterre - the first face of Tempo
Jeanille Bonterre holds pride of place on MTV Reggae Tempo, the channel of the American cable television giant which is dedicated to the Caribbean.
Performers record anger over song bias
Many artistes have become quite bitter over the injustice that they say is being meted out to them by producers who simply shelve the songs they record. According to these artistes, either some producers have their own personal favourites or it's all about money.
'Bad Boy' Courtney returns to Melody
The sound of Courtney Melody chanting the Robert French-produced Modern Girl will rock any dancehall crowd and is probably the song for which the artiste is most popularly known.
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