Dancehall and Reggae artiste Stacious is the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song winner. The Singjay won the title along with a trophy and $3 million dollars cash at the Festival Song Grand Final at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston on Thursday. Entry songs from the competition’s top 12 finalists covered a range of Jamaican music genres, including Mento, Ska, and Reggae/Culture.
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“If you think about the devil creating a room called temptation, it’s hip-hop — beautiful women, a lot of money, a lot of drugs, everything that could distract you. But you have to be steadfast, that is not what I’m here for.”
MIAMI, FL– Island Sea Fest has just announced a partnership with the world’s leading cruise line, Royal Caribbean International, foran eleven night cruise that features a five night stop at the magical celebration that is Trinidad’s famous Carnival in February 2023.
Lauderdale Lakes, FL - Fresh from a sold-out opening night in Palm Beach on July 10th, the Jamaican Bad Boys of Comedy tour, featuring Oliver Samuels, Drew Thomas and Chris “Johnny” Daley made their second stop at The Garden in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida on Sunday night, (July 18) to a standing room only crowd. Due to unforeseen circumstances, host Oliver Samuels was absent, but comedian Raul Blaze, who is fast becoming a sensation on social media, filled in as host and opened the show by introducing himself and taking a rollcall of Jamaican parishes to see which ones were represented.
The top 12 finalists of the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition will go head to head in front of the nationon TVJ, this Thursday, July 15at the competition’s virtual Presentation Show, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The finalist will try to out-sing and out-perform each other with their vibrant and patriotic Festival Songs, as they vie for public votes on their mission to becoming Jamaica’s next Festival Song Winner.
Kingston, Jamaica: It is now official! Richard 'Richie B' Burgess, a radio veteran with almost 30 years of broadcasting experience will join Jamaica's newest radio station, The Bridge 99FM, company chairman Bobby Clarke has announced.
All thirteen of the 2021 Miss Jamaica Festival Parish Queens have now been crowned ahead of the competition’s televised Grand Final on Sunday August 1.
Hanover, St. Mary and Kingston &St. Andrew are the three latest parishes to crown their Festival Queens, who will represent them in the upcomingMiss Jamaica Festival QueenNational Competition this August.
Kingston, Jamaica: Veteran Jamaican radio DJ Ron Muchette has recently inked a deal with the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group to be included among the roster of talent for the Group’s Jamaican expansion via the launch of a new station called The Bridge 99FM.
NY: In a blockbuster move that some say is a definite game changer in radio broadcasting, the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group, the operators of Queens, New York-based IRIE Jam Radio will in July this year, launch a brand new radio station in Jamaica called The Bridge 99FM. 99FM was previously owned by the RJR communications group.
Zürich, Switzerland(Sonique Solutions) –In her continued mission to deliver the sounds of the Caribbean to an international audience, Trinidad-born Swiss Soca-Pop artisteNatalyah has a released a new single and a captivating new music video for, ‘Save Meh’.
NEW YORK, NY: Synergy TV’s top-rated entertainment talk show Fusion hosted by DJ D-Life is the hottest culture show in the Caribbean and U.S jampacked with celebrity interviews, newsmakers and ordinary people with extraordinary talents. “This summer, we are taking it on the road,” says an excited DLife, who is also the Executive Producer. “We are kicking things off with the cast of Auntie Jillian - The Danfords - and my viewers will meet them first on Friday June 18th at 8pm - and then on a live show hosted by me following the premier on Sunday June 20th at 8pm. This is big!”
Toronto, Ontario (Sonique Solutions) –Award-winningJamaican Reggae sensation Blessed has been echoing in the consciences of the music-loving masses with his song ‘Black Man’. The Toronto-based artiste has been enlightening listeners withthis uplifting offeringwhich is the lead single off his recently releasedEP, ‘New to You’.