Barbados moving to shut out dancehall - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) A Barbados minister of government has moved to shut out toxic Jamaican dancehall music from his country. Ronald Jones, the minister of education and human resource development, said the heavy diet of dancehall artistes performing ...March 14, 2010
Catch the dance fever with Cherry L! - The Star Online
Choreoghrapher Hanna Herbertson. If you’re a Cherry L, Hanna Herbertson, or simply a dancehall music fan, you would have noticed the hype building up internationally around St Lucian artiste Cherry L’s 2009 hit ‘Lucian Girls.’ This month, all ...March 19, 2010
Barbados shuts out dancehall - Jamaica Gleaner
The education minister said there was a linkage between dancehall music and some of the increasingly aggressive behaviour exhibited by young people in Barbados. "Barbados is becoming loud, and some of our people are becoming uncaring, uncharitable.March 14, 2010
Scene and heard: Japanese dancehall - The Guardian
Some of my friends (the less intelligent ones) think that I invent music genres for a living, and if they were to see the subject of this blog, it would be difficult to persuade them otherwise. In the UK there is a massive dancehall scene. This is ...March 14, 2010
Jay Sean, Sean Paul collab featured on Now thats what I ... - Jamaica Observer
THE club-bumping Do You Remember by British pop sensation Jay Sean and Jamaican dancehall star, Sean Paul, will be featured on the 75th edition of the compilation series, Now That's What I Call Music. Do You Remember found instant Billboard success ...March 19, 2010
The Other Side of Paradise - Inter Press Service
NEGRIL, Mar 16 (IPS) - It's just before midnight, and the music pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily clad girls in their five-inch heels moving closer to the iron poles. To the rhythms of reggae and dancehall ...March 16, 2010
Julian Marley - Broward New Times
Julian, elder only to Damien, creates music true to the traditional roots reggae legacy of his father moreso than his siblings, but incorporates R&B, hip-hop, and dancehall elements as well. In sum, accessible to the trimmed and dreaded alike.March 19, 2010
One-on-one with F-STINCT - Modern Ghana
Born Olufunmilayo Modupe George, the Microbiology graduate of the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, is out to make a mark with her gospel hip-hop, fused with rap, R&B, dancehall and a bit of highlife. Popularly called F-STINCT on the music scene ...March 19, 2010
Gays Protest Jamaican Raggae, Not American Rap - New America Media
... and hip-hop music, but also promoted gay and gay-positive hip-hop artists who are rarely profiled in the gay press. Most fascinating of all, Julien's film explored the feminist, matriarchal impulses that run through Caribbean dancehall music.March 13, 2010
Konshens gets behind the camera - Stabroek News
Jamaican dancehall and reggae singer, Konshens, has moved into directing his own music videos as the artiste said he refuses to be a “sideshow”. The video for his “The Realest Song” track has received rave reviews in various parts of the ...March 13, 2010
