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Ziggy Marley Wins Reggae Grammy For Second Straight Year
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Why This St Barth Rum Week Is the Caribbean Festival You’ll Want to Plan a Vacation Around

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This Caribbean Rum Festival Has Rare Bottles, Beachfront Parties and a Week in St Barth There’s a moment at the Caribbean Rum Awards when you realize this isn’t just another festival. Maybe it’s sipping a vintage agricole on the rooftop bar at Le Barthelemy with the sea rolling below, or stepping into a dinner at […]

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Eddie Murphy Releases Another New Reggae Track

Above: Eddie Murphy By the Caribbean Journal staff Eddie Murphy isn’t done with reggae. The multi-talented star has released another new reggae track, this time called “Oh Jah Jah.” The release comes after Murphy debuted “Red Light,” his first reggae song, which was a collaboration with Snoop Dogg (then Snoop Lion) in 2013. That was […]

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Shaggy, Ziggy Marley Highlight 2015 Reggae Grammy Nominations

Above; Ziggy Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff The nominations are in, and six reggae stars will duke it out for the 2015 Best Reggae Album Grammy award. Six artists are on the books for this year’s awards, from reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry to reggae royalty Ziggy Marley. Here are the full nominations: Fly Rasta […]

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A Reggae Woodstock?

Above: Jamaican Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Damion Crawford By the Caribbean Journal staff Woodstock in the Caribbean? That’s the idea being discussed by Jamaican Minister of State Damion Crawford, who said Jamaica could soon be hosting its own version of the landmark New York music festival. The plan would be to […]

Shaggy, Ziggy Marley Highlight 2015 Reggae Grammy Nominations

Above: John Holt By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the titans of reggae, John Holt, passed away in London on Sunday. Holt was a legend of rocksteady who first rose to prominence as part of the group The Paragons. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Holt was active for a half century. “His accomplishments are […]

Tessanne Chin Comes Full Circle in St Kitts

 Above: Tessanne Chin at the St Kitts Music Festival (photos by CJ) By Alexander Brtiell BASSETERRE – It was a year ago that Tessanne Chin was slated to perform here at what was the 17th annual St Kitts Music Festival. But at the last minute, Chin was let out of her contract by organizers, for […]

Tarrus Riley Talks Reggae

Above: Tarrus Riley (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell ST KITTS — Global reggae star Tarrus Riley recently wowed the crowds at the St Kitts Music Festival, where CJ was able to catch up with him to talk about the state of reggae music. What was it like playing in St Kitts? Musical — energetic — reggae […]

For One Night, St Kitts Becomes the Caribbean Reggae Capital

 Above: Tarrus Riley at the St Kitts Music Festival (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell BASSETERRE — For one night, this was the Caribbean’s capital of reggae. After an evening of all kinds of music on Thursday night, St Kitts got the full-on reggae treatment on Friday, as a host of stars descended upon […]

Ziggy Marley Wins Grammy Award For Best Reggae Album

Above: Ziggy Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff Ziggy Marley took home the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album on Sunday night for his latest album, “Ziggy Marley in Concert.” Marley won in a difficult category that featured Beres Hammond for “One Love, One Life”; Sizzla for “The Messiah”; Sly & Robbie and the Jam […]

Ziggy Marley, Snoop Lion Among Nominees For Best Reggae Grammy

Above: Ziggy Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff Snoop Lion and Ziggy Marley are among the contenders for the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award. The Grammys released the official nominations this weekend, with Snoop Lion nominated for “Reincarnated,” Ziggy Marley nominated for “Ziggy Marley in Concert,” Sizzla nominated for “The Messiah,” Sly & Robbie and […]

Reggae Album of the Year 2013: Beres Hammond's "One Love, One Life"

IN A REGION as musically prolific as the Caribbean, it’s always hard to pick an album of the year. Beres Hammond, the world-famous native of Saint Mary, Jamaica first released his latest album at the very end of 2012; “One Love, One Life” was his first album in four years, and made its worldwide debut […]

Etana to Headline Brooklyn's Reggae Culture Salute in November

Above: Etana By the Caribbean Journal staff Reggae star Etana will headline the Reggae Culture Salute in Brooklyn in November, according to the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music, which organizes the annual event. Etana has recently been touring to promote her new album, “Better Tomorrow.” Also on hand at this year’s fete will be Freddie […]