Category Archives : Featured Artiste


Meet Etana – “The Strong One”

Etana, born Shana Mckenzie on May 22, 1983 in Kingston, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Etana is a Swahili word from West Africa which means “The Strong One”.   Career In 2007 while working with reggae singer Richie Spice as a backup vocalist, she recorded and released her first single “Wrong Address” which quickly rose to number one in […]


Meet Yasus Afari

Yasus Afari is a dub poet, reggae artiste and author, born John Sinclair in Ross Hall, St Elizabeth, Jamaica on September 4,1962. In April 2007 he launched his best selling book ”Overstanding Rastafari: Jamaica’s Gift to the World” at the University Of The West Indies In Kingston, Jamaica. On October 5, 2013 he launched  his latest […]

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Yasus Afari and Jablespanol's Carl Gordon at the official album launch of Public Secret

Yasus Afari Launched Public Secret 3

Yasus Afari launched his 8th album, “Public Secret” at the Red Bones Cafe in Kingston on October 5, 2013. The Album was produced by Senya-Cum Records and Mandeville Music Group. It was recorded mixed and mastered by Yasus Afari and the Dub Vijan Band at the Shelta Recording Studio in Mandeville, Manchester. The album features 15 […]


Yasus Afari and The Dub Vijan Band

In 2009 Yasus was in studio in Kingston doing recordings for his 6th album called “Kiss Me Neck”. The musicians who worked with him on this album were all acquainted with each other as they had often met while doing their own independent work in the music industry in Jamaica. Studio engineer Leroy “Fat Man” […]

Yasus Afari & The Dub Vijan Band

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Etana Released Latest Album “Better Tomorrow”

On February 26,2013  VP Records released Etana’s third masterpiece “A Better Tomorrow”. Recorded at Kingston’s legendary Tuff Gong Studio, and produced by Shane C. Brown of Kingston’s Juke Boxx Productions, it is her most confident and cohesive work to date. The official album launch to took place in Kingston on March 6, 2013. “I wanted this album to feel like a concert […]


Meet Dre Island 6

A smooth, heartfelt sound is what you hear combing the vocal chords of Dre Island, born Andre Johnson on May 2, 1988 in Kingston Jamaica Dre Island is no stranger to the Jamaican music industry. He has done extensive work in the studio as a producer with top reggae artistes such as Julian Marley, Sizzla Kalongi, […]