The top 12 finalists of the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition will go head to head in front of the nationon TVJ, this Thursday, July 15at the competition’s virtual Presentation Show, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The finalist will try to out-sing and out-perform each other with their vibrant and patriotic Festival Songs, as they vie for public votes on their mission to becoming Jamaica’s next Festival Song Winner.
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Kingston, Jamaica: It is now official! Richard 'Richie B' Burgess, a radio veteran with almost 30 years of broadcasting experience will join Jamaica's newest radio station, The Bridge 99FM, company chairman Bobby Clarke has announced.
NY: In a blockbuster move that some say is a definite game changer in radio broadcasting, the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group, the operators of Queens, New York-based IRIE Jam Radio will in July this year, launch a brand new radio station in Jamaica called The Bridge 99FM. 99FM was previously owned by the RJR communications group.
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has extended the entry deadline for its 2021 Unique Arts and Performing Arts competitions until Friday, June 11, 2021 at midnight.
All thirteen of the 2021 Miss Jamaica Festival Parish Queens have now been crowned ahead of the competition’s televised Grand Final on Sunday August 1.
Zürich, Switzerland(Sonique Solutions) –In her continued mission to deliver the sounds of the Caribbean to an international audience, Trinidad-born Swiss Soca-Pop artisteNatalyah has a released a new single and a captivating new music video for, ‘Save Meh’.
CaribPR Wire, Toronto, ON, : Canada’s first Black Caribbean reality show, Auntie Jillian, begins airing on Synergy TV on Sunday June 20th, 2021, at 8pm EST with a Live “Meet The Danfords” post-show special hosted by Fusion’s DJ DLife. “I never thought people would be interested in my family, let alone make Canadian television history,” exclaimed Jillian Danford, aka Auntie Jillian. “But to have the show airing throughout the Caribbean and the U.S has completely exceeded my wildest expectations.”
Hanover, St. Mary and Kingston &St. Andrew are the three latest parishes to crown their Festival Queens, who will represent them in the upcomingMiss Jamaica Festival QueenNational Competition this August.
NEW YORK, NY: Synergy TV’s top-rated entertainment talk show Fusion hosted by DJ D-Life is the hottest culture show in the Caribbean and U.S jampacked with celebrity interviews, newsmakers and ordinary people with extraordinary talents. “This summer, we are taking it on the road,” says an excited DLife, who is also the Executive Producer. “We are kicking things off with the cast of Auntie Jillian - The Danfords - and my viewers will meet them first on Friday June 18th at 8pm - and then on a live show hosted by me following the premier on Sunday June 20th at 8pm. This is big!”
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica born international dancehall artiste, Moses Davis, more popularly known as Beenie Man, was fined J$150,000 (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) after he pleaded guilty to breaching the Disaster Risk management Act (DRMA).
Kingston, Jamaica: Veteran Jamaican radio DJ Ron Muchette has recently inked a deal with the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group to be included among the roster of talent for the Group’s Jamaican expansion via the launch of a new station called The Bridge 99FM.
Toronto, Ontario (Sonique Solutions) –Award-winningJamaican Reggae sensation Blessed has been echoing in the consciences of the music-loving masses with his song ‘Black Man’. The Toronto-based artiste has been enlightening listeners withthis uplifting offeringwhich is the lead single off his recently releasedEP, ‘New to You’.
WASHINGTON DC, - Grammy Award winning Reggae/Dancehall artiste Orville “Shaggy” Burrell, has implored upcoming Jamaican artistes to adopt a more businesslike attitude to their music operations in order to take full advantage of the local and international opportunities in relation to Reggae and dancehall music.