Port Royal Music Festival 2008 Date Announced
April 10, 2008
The official date for the third annual Port Royal Music Festival is November 7 - 9, 2008. The change of date from the usual month of August to November will enhance tourism in Jamaica Read more
BET signs on as media partner for reggae charity concert
March 16, 2008
Black Entertainment Television (BET) has joined the Team Jamaica on the Road to Beijing campaign. The network is partnering with Team Jamaica Bickle and VP Records on the Read more
Jamaica to experience Reggae in Symphony
March 15, 2008
If everything goes according to plan, later this year Jamaican music lovers could be in for a very special treat with the staging of Reggae in Symphony. This, according to one of the featured Read more
Marley Family to Rock Miami
February 27, 2008
The music legend received the Reggae Icon Award posthumously Sunday during the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards. His widow, Rita Marley, accepted the award, held at Jamaica’s Read more
2008 Reggae Academy Award winners
February 27, 2008
Best Reggae Song - She’s Royal Omar ‘Tarrus’ Riley
(Songwriter’s Award) Read more
Global Reggae Conference 2008
February 17, 2008
When Erna Brodber discusses ‘Reggae as Black Space’, the distinctive burru drumming and voices of the University Singers fill the Assembly Hall, University of the West Indies (UWI) Read more
The University of the West Indies to host annual Bob Marley lecture
February 1, 2008
The Reggae Studies Unit of the University of the West Indies, Mona will host the Annual Bob Marley Lecture on Tuesday, February 5, at the Undercroft of the Senate Building. Read more
Africa Unite - A Celebration of Bob Marley’s Vision
January 30, 2008
The newly proclaimed ‘reggae month‘ will be getting its full dose of the king of reggae, Bob Marley, with the premiere of the documentary Africa Unite: A Celebration of The Vision of Read more
Reggae Month Endorsed and Supported
January 28, 2008
Thunderous applause greeted the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange after the historic proclamation of Reggae Month at King’s House and she Read more
Nominations for the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards
January 12, 2008
Nominations for the first ever reggae awards are based on recordings first released anywhere in the world between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007 and covers various categories. The first staging of the Reggae Academy Awards will be February 24th 2008, at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Jamaica.
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