Reggae Artist Walker.T Creates Music Label

Reggae artist Walker.T has joined the ranks of many reggae leaders by creating and launching his very own music label. The Walkerton Music Group Inc. was created for the independent music entities. Walkerton Music Group Inc.

CARIMAC Encourages use of Open Source programs

KINGSTON, Jamaica — June 18, 2008 — Yesterday’s release of Firefox 3 set a new record for the most downloads in a single day. Though it is one of the most popular open source applications, Firefox is just one of 100,000 such programmes listed on SourceForge.net.

Keyshia Cole, Ne-Yo For Reggae Sumfest

NEW YORK, NY, Mon. June 17, 2008: Reggae Sumfest organizers yesterday added top R&B singer, Keyshia Cole and rapper Ne-Yo, to this year’s international night concert for the July 13-19 festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Cole, known for hits like `Should A Let You Go,` `Heaven Sent` and `I Remember,` has been added to the line up for Friday, July 18 along with Grammy award –winning rapper Ne-yo, born Shaffer Chimere Smith.

BERES HAMMOND TO HEADLINE FIRST ANNUAL REGGAE SUMMER FEST FOR CANCER RESEARCH SHOW SEPT. 7 AT RFK STADIUM

Washington, DC – The National Alliance Foundation, a non-profit network committed to promoting peace and harmony while raising funds and awareness for cancer, announced today plans for the First Annual Reggae Summer Fest For Cancer Research reggae show. The inaugural concert will bring top-flight reggae and entertainment to RFK Stadium, home of Major League Soccer’s D.C. United team.

Carifest C.A.R.E.S. But Eek-A-Mouse Doesn’t

When asked at last week’s Carifest CARES (Compassionate Artists Recognizing Entertainment Solutions) press conference what Carifest meant to him, Eek-A-Mouse replied. “It doesn’t mean (expletive) to me” He then changed the subject entirely and went off on a tirade, dissing all the “white people who control reggae, like Ace Of Base, Matisyahu, (whose name he repeatedly mispronounced and called Matissaweh), Sean Paul and Shaggy; bitterly blaming them for his inability to get signed by a major label. He even he included the late, great, reggae founder Bob Marley in his racist rant, citing that he had a white father.

BOOK LAUNCH OF YVONNE COKE’S PERSPECTIVES FROM THE JAMAICAN MAP

Write Visions Limited in association with Hands Across Jamaica For Righteousness (HANDS) launches Yvonne Coke’s second book entitled, Perspectives From The Jamaica MAP. This event will be held at the Pantry Garden, 4 Dumfries Road, Kingston 5 beginning at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The guest speaker will be Bishop Joel Edwards, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance of the United Kingdom.

Perspectives From The Jamaican MAP promotes God’s vision for Jamaica as found in the National Motto, Anthem and Pledge (MAP). As Yvonne Coke continues her unapologetic campaign for the return of the values exposed in the MAP, the book taps into the thorough-going Judeo Christian ethic that is foundational to the MAP.

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