Grammy nominated Jamaican vocalist Etana releases 12-track Gemini album, her sixth full-length offering. Two singles, Bubble and Truly, had been released prior to the Freemind Music-Zojak World Wide collaboration’s debut. The project showcases the singer’s […]
Grammy award-nominated reggae artistes Junior Reid and Julian Marley team up for a social commentary tribute to the Earth, on the single Mother Nature. The single unambiguously poses questions about the wide-ranging abuse meted out […]
Fifteen-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter-producer Alicia Keys (AK) teed up with fellow virtuoso, and lone black male EGOT, John Legend (JL) to celebrate the Juneteenth staging of the wildly popular Verzuz set. The string maestros, and […]
Grammy award-winning singer Buju Banton releases Blessed, following an exclusive listening session for his eagerly anticipated studio album, Upside Down. The single drips 90’s dancehall elements. Understandably so, since Banton managed to reassemble ‘the dream […]
Multi-hyphenate musician Dre Island releases his 13-track debut on his namesake Dre Island Music imprint, along with New York-based DubShot Records. The album, Now I Rise, is a potpourri of life songs, love songs, redemption […]
Jamaican singer-songwriter Chronixx stopped by Rolling Stone to recount some of his “first times” in their series which shares a similar name. The son of Spanish Town said his foray into music initiated with sounds […]
Gramps Morgan‘s People Like You is an enchanting heartsong, curated to soothe disquiet and inspire hope across the globe, during a time that it is most needed. The Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter told OAJ that the […]
Billboard chart mainstay Jamaican artiste Sean Paul got a little help from his friends to pull off a spirited Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2020 gig. The deejay, a couple of dancers, and his technical crew […]
Grammy award-winning Jamaican artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer headline a historic first in-person and, arguably, the most memorable (and glitch-free) staging of the wildly popular Swizz Beatz–Timbaland Verzuz series. More than 460,000 fans logged […]
The OAJ team caught up with Bronx-honed dancehall artiste HoodCelebrityy for 5 Questions With… The 20-odd-year-old Jamaican-born performer, who is currently signed to US recording label Epic Records, has been using the prolonged quarantine down […]
