Veronica Campbell-Brown, the queen of Jamaican sprinting, recently announced on Irie Jam Radio that she will return to the adidas Grand Prix in NYC on May 25 to run her specialty, the 200 meters. One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix will kick off the summer on May 25 [...]
Hard to imagine that it has been twenty years since Irie Jam radio launched the very first, historic radio simulcast on New York radio. Back then the show was on air for only three hours each Saturday night (midnight to 3am) on WRTN now WVIP in New York and Irie FM in Jamaica. CEO Bobby [...]
Irie Jam Radio – the tri-state area’s #1 Caribbean radio station announced that it has brokered an important agreement with Resorts World Casino New York City to host Caribbean events at the Casino’s state of the art entertainment facility located at Aqueduct in Jamaica, NY. “I am thrilled to partner with Resorts Word Casino New [...]
Musicologist Winston “Merritone” Blake one of the famous Blake brothers (Trevor, Monte and Tyrone) who founded Merritone Music, will be the recipient of a proclamation from the office of Yvette Clarke, 11th Congressional District, New York and an ‘Appreciation Award,’ from Irie Jam Radio for his contribution to the music industry. The awards will be [...]
Reggae rising star Romaine Virgo, who made international headlines last year when he became the first ever reggae artist to perform on one of country music’s most revered stages – the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee – is again in the spotlight, this time for securing a whopping 4 nominations for the 2011 Linkage [...]
Veteran reggae hit maker and “Pot Of Gold” label head Richie Stephens will be honored with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the third annual Linkage Awards slated to take place on Sunday, March 11 at the Macedonia Center in Mt. Vernon, NY. The announcement comes less than a month after he was presented with an [...]
Fresh from signing his new record deal with DJ Khaled’s We The Best Group and a few weeks from regaining his US visa, the Gully Gaad Mavado is definitely riding high. At this weekend’s Reggae Rhythm and Blues with mega stars like Babyface and Monica, Mavado could definitely have been called the main headliner. He [...]
Today Irie Jam Radio presents its first ever, Reggae Rhythm and Blues….will you be there?
Bobby Clarke of Irie Jam Radio and also the organizer of Reggae Rhythm & Blues 2011, has sent out a release to the media retracting their story about a New York proclamation being issued to Beenie Man. “Last week, Reggae Rhythm & Blues issued a statement to the media regarding reggae artiste Beenie Man receiving a [...]
Jamaican Reggae Singer Tarrus Riley will be visting his Hawaii MASSIVE next in Honolulu, Maui, Kailua Kona from August 11th – 13th! If you have listened to Tarrus’ last album released in 2009 entitled Contagious, then you know what to expect! His melodic voice soothes you like warm honey! This man is the TRUTH! His his international fans [...]