After working in Jamaica’s media for approximately twenty-two years – with stints at  SunCity 104.9 FM, Bes 100 FM and Styles 96.7 FM – Disc-Jock Redeem is now back at his original home, Roots 96.1 FM, unleashing Positive Vibrations each and every Saturday from midnight to 6am on Sundays.

The six-hour program, which is also streamed live on his Facebook profile, features  various musical genres spanning several decades. What makes the show unique is that unlike other radio programs, Redeem welcomes and promotes music from up-and-coming artists, providing their lyrical content is not negative or derogatory.

Although Roots 96.1 FM is a community radio station based in Kingston, Jamaica, it can be heard right across the island – and the world – via the internet. The station uses four online radio tuners, which means that it broadcasts digitally twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Listen online via one of the following links:

https://zeno.fm/radio/roots-961fm/
https://streema.com/radios/Roots_96.1_FM
https://radiosjamaica.com/roots-961-fm
https://onlineradiobox.com/jm/roots961/?cs=jm.roots961&played=1

The 2022 Jamaica Festival Song album is now live on global music streaming services across the world including Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Spotify, Tidal and Pandora.

The album titled ‘Jamaica Festival 2022 Song Competition’ features the ten finalists in this year’s contest. It’s the third consecutive year that finalists in the Jamaica Festival Song Competition have been released on global streaming platforms.

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honorable Olivia Grange, who has been leading the initiative as part of her strategy to revitalize Jamaica Festival is urging “lovers of Jamaican music, everywhere, to support the artistes by streaming and downloading the songs.”

According to the Minister, “It is essential that people hear and get to know the finalists and participate in selecting that one song which will drive our Jamaica 60 Independence celebrations. These 30, or so, streaming options are a good medium to expose the music and the performers.”

The winning song will be decided by judges scores as well as public voting via text messaging in Jamaica and via the Reggae Jamaica App across the world. There’s a prize of three million dollars for the winning song to be shared among the producer, the writer and the singer.

^{SOURCE: MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT}

The city of Miramar in Florida – which has a very large and vibrant Jamaican community – will be celebrating Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence (Emancipendence) on Saturday, August 6th, 2022.

The free event will be held at Miramar Regional Park, located at 16801 Miramar Parkway, from 12 to 6 PM EDT.

There will be a farmer’s market, kids zone, cultural stage and live musical entertainment. Legendary Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers will be performing alongside singers Gem Myers and King Banton.