Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | January 27, 2009
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What a Revelation!
A YEAR ago, Delroy Roberts was struggling to get his Inspire Records off the ground by shopping the fledgling company's debut album to reluctant distributors. Now, that album, Revelation, by singer Little Hero, is sitting pretty atop Billboard Magazine's Reggae Chart...

No love for reggae in soca land
THE DECISION by promoters of the San Fernando Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, to incorporate reggae in the February 20-24 event, has not gone down well with socaphiles. Most of the respondents to a January 23 story in the Trinidad Express newspaper hit out against...

Cannabis Cup salutes Tosh
REGGAE LEGEND Peter Tosh was recently inducted into the Cannabis Cup's Counterculture Hall of Fame in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tosh, who strongly lobbied for the legalisation of ganja, was inducted by reggae historian Roger...

Something extra
WESTERN BUREAU: REGGAE STAR Maxi Priest, American Rhythm and Blues groups Atlantic Starr and the O'Jays, brought the curtains down on the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in fine style, Saturday night. Priest fired on all...


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