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Top acts join Producer Ajal on new project

Jamaica Star 26 Mar 2025
Known for his boundary-pushing reggae and dancehall productions, Producer Ajal delivers a modern roots-reggae project with the rhythm ... Virgin Islands native, reggae artiste Pressure Busspipe, uplifts ...
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SOUNDSCAPE: BLACK MUSIC AND COVID

Dawn 23 Mar 2025
In a socially distanced performance, without a live audience and through different time zones, we shared 90 minutes of community, as we moved through various musical genres (reggae, dancehall, soul, ...
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Cocoa Tea obituary: reggae singer

The Times/The Sunday Times 20 Mar 2025
... Thing and Every 1’s A Winner, while a decade later, in the Caribbean, Cocoa Tea emerged as one of Jamaica’s most popular singing stars as roots reggae gave way to the 1980s style known as dancehall.
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Troyton Music’s ‘River Pot’ dominating charts

Jamaica Star 19 Mar 2025
The rhythm's powerful messages, uplifting energy, and smooth yet hard-hitting instrumentals have cemented it as one of the most talked-about projects in reggae and dancehall.
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Wretch 32 announces sixth album ‘Home?’ with stripped-back single ‘Like Home’ featuring Teni 

NME 18 Mar 2025
Wretch 32 has announced details of a new album called ‘Home?’. Check out the latest single ‘Like Home’ below. READ MORE ... It is comprised of 15 songs, and set to meticulously blend inspiration from across Afrobeat, grime, dancehall and reggae ... CREDIT ... .
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Massive Whales Protect Diver from Shark Attack in Dramatic Video

Greek Reporter 18 Mar 2025
Benoît Girodeau, a reggae-dancehall artist known as Natty Gong, was diving in open waters when the shark swam toward him in what he described as an “aggressive approach.” The oceanic ...
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Astonishing moment two huge 45-tonne sperm whales 'protect' terrified diver from shark by chasing the ...

The Daily Mail 17 Mar 2025
Benoît Girodeau, a reggae-dancehall artist better known by his stage name Natty Gong, was diving off the coast of Mauritius when a 'very curious' oceanic whitetip shark started swimming his way.
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Sting, Shaggy back together for single

Manila Bulletin 15 Mar 2025
... reggae album “44/876” in 2018 and on Shaggy’s 2022 album “Com Fly Wid Mi,” where Sting encouraged Shaggy to depart from his trademark “toasting” on reggae/dancehall hits to sing Frank Sinatra songs.
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GH music is Up & Runnin6 as Stonebwoy rocks O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Business Ghana 15 Mar 2025
The venue, packed to capacity, buzzed with excitement for the arrival of Reggae-Dancehall superstar Stonebwoy, who was set to headline the London leg of his highly anticipated Up & Runnin6 world tour.
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Sting and Shaggy offer a new reggae song as musical medicine for a fractured world

Wtop 14 Mar 2025
... album “44/876” in 2018 and on Shaggy’s 2022 album “Com Fly Wid Mi,” where Sting encouraged Shaggy to depart from his trademark “toasting” on reggae/dancehall hits to sing Frank Sinatra songs.
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Reggae icon dies: ‘One of the sweetest voices and spirits’

Penn Live 14 Mar 2025
The reggae community is mourning the loss of an icon ... He rose to prominence in the country in the 1980s, creating beloved tracks and reggae staples such as “I Lost My Sonia,” “Rocking Dolly,” “Good Life,” and “She Loves Me Now.”.
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Alumnus Iverson Mitchell pursues passion for music, community as professional DJ

Daily Bruin 11 Mar 2025
From DJing Undie Runs at UCLA to making headway in the scenes of club DJing, Iverson Mitchell has plenty of experience in the art of rocking the house ... Whether it was dancehall, reggae or jazz, Mitchell said he would always move with the rhythm ... .
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Three memorable ways the COVID pandemic shaped Black music – five years on

The Conversation 10 Mar 2025
In a socially distanced performance, without a live audience and through different time zones, we shared 90 minutes of community, as we moved through various musical genres (reggae, dancehall, soul, ...
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‘We are one people’: Soca stars including Machel Montano highlight Caribbean’s connection to Africa

AOL 09 Mar 2025
He added ... She added ... “I started off doing the dancehall. I do reggae music, and I do Afrobeats and now I am doing soca to be able to contribute to my culture,” he said ... So you’ll hear soca music with dancehall in it. You’ll hear dancehall with reggaeton ... .
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