Port Royal Music Festival 2008 Date Announced

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 the story »

BET signs on as media partner for reggae charity concert

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 the story »

Jamaica to experience Reggae in Symphony

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 the story »

Reggae Singer Cocoa Tea records Endorsement song for Obama

Barack Obama has won what could be an influential endorsement among reggae fans: Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, who’s backing the Illinois senator in a new tune. “This is not about class Read the story »

Marley Family to Rock Miami

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 the story »

2008 Reggae Academy Award winners

Best Reggae Song - She’s Royal Omar ‘Tarrus’ Riley

(Songwriter’s Award) Read the story »

Global Reggae Conference 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 the story »

Marley’s Mind Control Wins 2008 Reggae Grammy

Stephen Marley, the second son of Bob Marley, yesterday laid claim to the Reggae Grammy for his album Mind Control. Nominations in the category Best Reggae Album included Read the story »

The University of the West Indies to host annual Bob Marley lecture

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 the story »

Africa Unite - A Celebration of Bob Marley’s Vision

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 the story »

Reggae Month Endorsed and Supported

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 the story »

Buju Banton Inna Heights - 10th Anniversary Edition

Gargamel Music, Inc. in conjunction with Penthouse Music and VP Music Group, is happy to announce that the Buju Banton Inna Heights - 10th Anniversary Edition CD/DVD hits Read the story »