A VOCIFEROUS promoter of the culture of contemporary black people and an iconic figure in music since topping the charts, first with The Equals back in the Sixties, then in the Eighties as a solo artist, Eddy Grant has spent much of his long career making music on his own terms and pushing that of others.

Few Jamaicans chart in Japan, US and Europe signalling, as pundits suggest, that international reggae doesn't need Jamaica.

Despite surrendering a two-goal advantage early in the third period, Galivan rallied the Gladiators to the win.

Sean Paul and Jah Cure IT has not been a good year for Jamaican pop music. Sales tracker, SoundScan, reports that music buyers in the United States showed little interest in what Jamaican artistes had to offer in 2009.

Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man has been pulled from the Big Day Out line up. It follows outrage over his lyrics, which among other things, encourage the execution of gay people.

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Julian Marley: "I just want to create music that speaks for itself." Details: Julian Marley and the Uprising With Stephen and Damian Marley.

By Nomava Nobumba 16 November 2009 A former Springbok player says Ras Dumisania s tuneless version of South Africa's national anthem performed ahead of the match between the two countries in Toulouse had contributed to their defeat.

Data show that the sales for reggae albums are so weak that conscious reggae group Morgan Heritage and dancehall producer turned singer Serani were able to chart on Billboard, despite first week sales of 300 and 1,120 units respectively.

The outcry over the inclusion of anti-gay reggae artist Beenie Man in the Big Day Out line-up has been heard: The homophobic Jamaican musician has been pulled from the January music festival in Auckland and a number of cities in Australia.

"I really am way into the idea of having the orgasmic experience ... the ups and downs," says Matisyahu of his most recent studio and road experiences.

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Gateway Capital Holdings/GCH Consulting has signed musical group "One Third" to their management roster.

The announcement that a rapper known for his anti-gay lyrics will perform at next year's Big Day Out has sparked a backlash among gay rights groups.

The Established Chinese rocker Xie Tianxiao is promising a new style of music for China in his album due for release at the beginning of next month: "The Chinese style of reggae." That will be also the title of the album, which combines traditional Chinese instruments, such as the guqin, with Jamaican reggae music.

The Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition team members are about to start out on their glorious expedition to the South Pole.

Alberta has purchased an additional 45 ventilators to help the province's intensive care units cope with a potential siege of H1N1 cases.

Johnny Cash sang about having shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Bob Marley belted out that he had shot the local sheriff, but not the deputy.Now, an aspiring artist accused of threatening a Virginia Tech-like shooting rampage is evoking reggae singer Marley and "The Man in Black" in a legal test of violent lyrics that's playing out in a ...

WILL HE PLAY? Beenie Man's appearance at next year's Big Day Out has sparked an investigation.