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The highly anticipated music video for Tosh Alexander’s Reggae-fusion single “My Ting Different,” featuring Lady London, is finally in the Big Apple.  Fresh from releasing the intoxicating dance-ready audio earlier this month, entertainment publicist Paul Thom of The Thom Brand told Caribbean Life on Friday that the official music video serves as the soundtrack for […]

Pre-eminent Caribbean calypso-soca arranger Frankie McIntosh and Ray Allen, professor emeritus of music and American studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), on Sunday, released their book, “Frankie McIntosh and the Art of the Soca Arranger,” during a book-signing ceremony and Steel Pan Jazz Performance at the Don Buchwald Theater and Tow […]

As Vincentians in New York celebrated their 45th anniversary of political independence from Great Britain late last month, Abena Amory was one of the artistes performing at the Gala Luncheon at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens. The other performer was calypsonian Dennis Bowman, a perennial competitor in the annual Vincy Mas, the […]

As is said in Jamaican parlance, “big thing a gwaan (big things are going on)” for New Jersey-based reggae artiste Ras Emmanuel, who is creating waves with the release of his hot new single, “Dancehall Forever,” featuring DJ Lushy Banton. The single, which is the lead song from his recently released album of the same […]

Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, the four-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist, producer, and lyrical master, has released the video for his powerful new track, “Banner.” Ronnie Tomlinson, the Brooklyn-based, Jamaican-born entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life on Friday that the track released on Oct. 11 “has garnered mainstream attention and conversation.” “This homegrown anthem tackles critical issues such […]

Carnegie Hall said on Tuesday that legendary reggaeton superstar Ivy Queen will make s her Carnegie Hall debut in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Nov. 20. Named Billboard’s Women in Music Icon in 2023, Ivy Queen first emerged on the music scene in the 1990s with “a powerful ethos of empowerment and self-determination,” Carnegie Hall […]

GRAMMY-nominated artist Ky-Mani Marley has announced his highly anticipated 24-date “Love and Energy Tour,” which will tour the US. Fresh off the wildly successful five-brother Marley Brothers Legacy Tour, Ky-Mani is thrilled to showcase his elevated new tracks and timeless classic hits. The upcoming tour launches on Nov. 11 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo […]

Dominica’s rising dancehall artist Supalyne is back with an exciting new release that’s sure to turn heads. Teaming up with the fierce and unapologetic $hyanne, their latest track, “Bounce,” is set to take the airwaves by storm. Born Shain Alexander in Fond Cole, Dominica, Supalyne has been carving out a name for himself on the […]