Davina Henry, Staff Reporter, Jamaica Gleaner, Jan 29, 2014 Beginning his recording career with I Will Buy You a Rainbow in 1967, Max Romeo was making a living from music decades before computers became the primary means of recording, distributing, storing and playing back songs. The man, whose classics include War Inna Babylon and Let the Power Fall On I, and who also released a definitive collection in 2009 has seen the changes which CDs and Internet outlets such as YouTube and iTunes have brought about Continue reading →

Tarrus Riley is set to release his fifth full-length album, Love Situation, on February 4. The 17-track collection is produced by Dean Fraser for Cannon, assisted by Shane C. Brown of Juke Boxx Productions, Mitchum ‘Khan’ Chin and Jordan McClure. The project was mixed by Brown and Romel Marshall and was mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer, Michael Fuller. Riley, known for making thought-provoking music, has created a lane for himself, with songs like She’s Royal, Start Anew, Contagious, and Good Girl Gone Bad. Those songs Continue reading →

  Jamaica Gleaner,   Legendary Jamaican reggae musician, Junior Murvin, best known for the single Police and Thieves, is dead. The Portland-based singer reportedly died at his home at Summers Town Road in Port Antonio early yesterday. Murvin, whose real name was Murvin Junior Smith, was born in St Jamesin 1949, but following the death of his father, relocated to Port Antonio with his mother and other siblings. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry would later help catapult Murvin into stardom, producing Police and Thieves in 1976 with the singer’s raging falsetto driving the track. Continue reading →