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Interview: Slashe Is The 2023 JCDC Festival Song Competition Winner

Donald “Slashe” Anderson, is the 2023 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s Festival Song Competition winner. The winning song, “Best In The World” produced by Donovan Germain of Penthouse Records, is his second attempt

30/07/2023

News

King Jammy, Nitchie Kutchie and Ritchie Stephenson Among The Names Listed In The JCDC Festival Song Competition Finalists

Three weeks ago there was an announcement by Minister Grange that there will be no Festival Song Competition this year. After much pubic outcry including from Prime Minister, Andrew Holness who said

01/07/2022

Culture·Reggae

Slashe- winner of the 2023 Jamaica Festival Song competition

Seven Years Of “Lion Reggae Playlist” Live Album

Seven years ago today, on August 17, 2017, JR Watkis released the live album “Lion Reggae Playlist” under the imprint label Think Media LLC featuring the soulful vocals of Slashe, who later

17/08/2024

Anniversaries·News

Kimiela ‘Candy’ Isaacs became the second visually-impaired act to win the Jamaica Festival Song competition in its 58-year history.

Edna Manley College Alumna Becomes Second Visually Impaired Artist To Win Jamaica Festival Song Competition

Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts graduate Kimiela ‘Candy’ Isaacs became the second visually-impaired artist to win the Jamaica Festival Song competition in its 58-year history on Saturday July

14/07/2024

Awards

Dancehall Producer Suku Ward Says He Has Never Received A Music Royalty Check

Ward 21 frontman Suku told WMV in an exclusive interview that he has never collected any money from his music publishing. In an exclusive sit-down interview, the deejay and producer reflects on

03/11/2023

Exclusives·Features·Music

Jamaica's Minister Of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, Prime Minister Andrew Holness

Government Of Jamaica Endorses “Dancehall Week” Through Ministry Of Culture

Kingston, Jamaica In an exciting development for the Jamaican cultural scene, the Honourable Olivia “Babsy” Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, has given her resounding support to the inaugural Dancehall

27/10/2023

Dancehall50

Popcaan’s ‘Great Is He’ Not Submitted for the 2024 Grammy Awards: Check Out the List of 65 ‘Best Reggae Albums’ Under Voter Consideration

Dancehall star Popcaan‘s fifth studio album, ‘Great Is He,’ was not submitted for any category in the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. This year, 65 albums were submitted for Best Reggae Album, but Popcaan’s third

11/10/2023

Awards·Grammy News

From Sean Paul to Byron Messia? Charting the Evolution of Dancehall Hits

Byron Messia made a claim on Monday that his song Talibans which spent one week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at No. 99 is the biggest dancehall song since 2005. That year

19/09/2023

Charts·Dancehall·Music

Beenie Man’s Grammy Winning Album “Art And Life” Needs 23,000 Units To be Eligible For Gold Certification In The U.S.

Beenie Man’s 12th studio album Art and Life released by Virgin Records on July 11, 2000 has surpassed sales units of 477,000 in the U.S. including 400,000 pure copies and 96.2 million on-demand streams. The

15/03/2023

Album Sales

Reggaeton Lawsuit: Clevie Talks About The Impact Of Dancehall On The Reggaeton Genre

Legendary dancehall producer Clevie from the dancehall hit riddim making duo Steely and Clevie has been making music for the last 50 years he says, “We have been working together since 1973 with Augustos Pablo. The trained

22/02/2023

Interview·WMV Investigates

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