Julian Marley's album "As I Am", released earlier this year, has received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Reggae Album. This is Julian's second GRAMMY nomination, following a nomination for his 2009 release "Awake". "As I Am" is nominated for Best Reggae Album along with Koffee's "Rapture", Sly...
Photo by Raph_PH via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) Article by Mary Papenfuss, huffpost Grammy-winning singer Pink won the People’s Champion of 2019 at the E! People’s Choice Awards ceremony Sunday night and immediately proved why she was picked. “I don’t care about your politics. I care about your kids,” Pink...
Photo by Heather Kaplan Article by CHRISTOPHER THIESSEN, via CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND don’t wanna be the last man standing,” a life-worn Willie Nelson reflects on his 2018 album opener. But no sooner do the words leave his mouth than the conflicted country balladeer bargains...
Photo by BEN HIDER (©GETTY IMAGES) Article by Jeff Nelson, via PEOPLE JAY-Z is teaming up with the NFL. On Tuesday, the New York Times confirmed that the rapper has signed a deal with the NFL so that he will advise as a “live music entertainment strategist”; through...
Article by Martin Vennard via BBC News. Millions of people around the world go to music festivals each year. At one time, they were seen as encouraging heavy drinking and drug-taking while providing poor facilities and bad food. But now organisers are more focused on festival-goers'...
Photo by Ben Ritter Article via coveteur.com Last month Selah Marley accomplished an elusive feat in the art world: She created a work that people were compelled to see. A Primordial Place, Marley’s sensory installation of floral- and foliage-filled landscapes, drew droves of attendees to Brooklyn’s City Point, garnered attention from...
Photo by Dana Jacobs Photo/Elena Strawn Article by Lauren Alvarez, via Forbes Capitol Music Group partnered with tech company Muzik to host an inspiring female-centric event in honor of International Women’s Day (3/8) on Wednesday, March 6. Hosted by CMG’s SVP, Global Creative Amber Grimes, the empowering...
Photo by Umair Abbasi (Flickr) Article by Cathleen O'Grady, via Ars Technica In Anchorage, Alaska, in the bleakest midwinter, the Sun rises just after 10am, hovers close to the horizon for a few hours, and dips back down again shortly before 4pm—all in all, just five hours and 28 minutes of...
Photo courtesy of Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. Article by Elizabeth Ofosuah Johnson, via Face2Face Africa With so much focus on culture, history and preservation of originality, February 2019 has been declared Golden Reggae month in Jamaica. According to the Jamaica Gleaner, the celebration was declared and launched by the...
Video Courtesy of Te Karere TV Article by Jessica Tyson, via Māori Television Jamaican reggae musician Julian Marley was welcomed with a pōwhiri at the Auckland Airport today, exactly 40 years after his father, Bob Marley, also received a Māori welcoming in 1979. The 43-year-old is visiting as part...