Queen Ifrica looks to Montego Bay
There are at least six persons crammed inside the studio at Penthouse Records as Queen Ifrica's unmistakable vocals blare from behind the glass. She is recording an introduction to her upcoming album which, she says, is a tribute to the Pitfour Nyabinghi...

Sean Paul warms up for the next thing
THE NEXT Thing is the title of deejay Sean Paul's long-awaited follow-up album to 2005's platinum-selling The Trinity. The set is due out later this year. In the meantime, he is warming up for another crack at the American pop charts by appearing on hit songs by other performers.

Two Bs for Barbados
BEENIE MAN and Buju Banton are the headliners for the Barbados Reggae Festival, it was announced on Sunday. The deejays are scheduled to appear April 26 at Reggae On The Hill at the picturesque Farley Hill National Park, the festival's traditional...

Burnett revisits the Soul of Marley
AS AN in-demand news photographer, David Burnett covered wars in Vietnam and Iran. But he says the bloody scenes he saw in those conflicts have little comparison to the photos he took of reggae superstar Bob Marley in 1976...

Something extra
Our cameras caught the weekend's action from London, Trinidad and Tobago and right here at home...