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Jamaican reggae singer Julian Marley. Digital One Entertainment
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By Nelson A. King
Julian Marley, son on Reggae King
Bob Marley is one of the headline acts
on a new compilation album titled
“Reggae Vaccine” that features Gyptian,
Bounty Killa, Anthony B, Jah
Vinci, Ed & Jethro Sheeran, Africa
superstar Shatta Wale, Wayne Wonder
and Mojo Morgan from Morgan
Heritage.
According to Tony Turner, the
Jamaican-born owner of Images, LLC,
an entertainment promotion company,
based in Poughkeepsie, upstate
New York, Julian Marley is featured
on the single “So High,” a love ballad
that is laid atop a reggae rhythm by
producer Richard Roach.
Sean “Contractor” Edwards, executive
producer of the disc, recalled first
meeting the young Marley backstage
at a concert in London.
“A close friendship blossomed and
led to Julian being invited to be a part
of the project,” Turner said.
“It is very good to be a part of the
‘Reggae Vaccine’ album” Marley, a
devout Rastafarian told Caribbean
Life. “It (‘Reggae Vaccine’) has a great
rhythm with so many great songs.”
“Reggae Vaccine” also features
Jethro “Alonestar” Sheeran and his
pop star cousin Ed Sheeran, whose
Grammy Award single “Shape of You”
was one of the biggest songs globally
in 2017.
“Sean and I have collaborated since
our 2018 Billboard #1 album”, Sheeran
said. “To work on this project with
one of my fav artists Shatta Wale and
my cousin Ed Sheeran was a dream
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Singer Jo Mersa Marley. Ricardo
Stephens @radiantsun
By Nelson A. King
After the release of his well-received
EP “Comfortable” in 2014, Jo Mersa
Marley took some time to work with
some of the giants in the music in honing
his sound.
Scoring features on tracks such
as “Light It Up” on Morgan Heritage’s
Grammy Award-winning album
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By Nelson A. King
Melody Landell-Bailey, aka Mel Mariah,
considered a super talented 18-yearold
pre-medical student, who was born
in New Rochelle to Jamaican parents,
Kenneth Bailey and Maria Landell-Bailey,
is enjoying musical success with
her debut single, “Kay.”
“Kay” was recently added to the playlist
of Supa Jamz radio, WLLY 103.7
FM and 99.5HD2 in West Palm Beach,
Florida.
“I’m happy whenever anybody is
moved enough by my work to share
it on their platform, but it’s especially
exciting to have my song added to Supa
Jamz’ playlistK,” Mel told Caribbean
Life over the weekend.
“My music will always ultimately be
up to the interpretation of the listen-
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‘REGGAE
VACCINE’
Julian Marley, Jethro Sheeran feature on compilation
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