Music Gary “Nesta” Pine Returns With Back To Roots — First Album in Ten Years on Jahdax Music
The Portland-born singer and former Wailers frontman released his third album on 30 September 2026, produced by Paul Kastick. Five tracks are in the Listen library from official YouTube; the full eleven-song sequence is on Reggaeville.
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Music Yaksta Turns Up the Heat on ‘Bed Room’ — a Late-Night Love Song After ‘The Microphone Saved Me’
The St Mary dancehall artiste released the single on Friday 2 October 2026 through New League Music, distributed by VPAL Music. It is smooth, contemporary dancehall and an unapologetically adult departure from his motivational lane — and it is in the Listen library now.
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Music Christopher Martin Drops the Official ‘Ova Yah Suh’ Video
The lovers-rock favourite has released the official visual for ‘Ova Yah Suh’ on christophermartinVEVO — months after the audio single landed in August. Martin announced it on Instagram on October 6, pointing fans to YouTube. It is in the Listen library now.
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Music Elephant Man Posts the Official ‘Eyelash’ Video — Energy God Goes Straight to Instagram
The dancehall veteran announced the official visual for ‘Eyelash’ on Instagram on October 6, pointing fans to elephantmanVEVO. The clip landed on YouTube a day earlier. It is in the Listen library now.
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Music Burning Spear Puts ‘Call On Me (Live)’ Forward for Grammy Consideration
Winston Rodney took to Facebook on 5 October 2026 with a short for-your-consideration message for his 16-track live album — “For your Grammy consideration. Call on me.” — filed under “Roots and Culture” and backed by Suncity Radio 104.9 FM. This is an artist campaign, not a Recording Academy nomination.
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Music Vybz Kartel Announces ‘The Sun,’ a Full Chambah Collaboration Due 18 December 2026
The Worl’ Boss took to Instagram in early October to lock a Friday, 18 December release for The Sun — a full album produced with Chambah, his close collaborator since freedom. It follows God & Time; no tracklist, features or cover art had been shared publicly as of 3 October.
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Music Spectacular Drops the Official Video for ‘I Need It’
The Jamaican roots-reggae veteran’s first extract from forthcoming album Rhythms of the Righteous landed on streaming in early September; the @Burningspectacular channel posted the official video on September 30, with fresh Conquering Sound promo October 2. The video is in the Listen library now.
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Music Masicka Brings Forever1NE Home: Portmore Festival Set for Caymanas Park, December 19
The Portmore deejay will headline his first self-staged show in his hometown with the inaugural Forever1NE Music Festival at Caymanas Park on December 19, 2026 — Magnum as title partner, Zimi Entertainment co-promoting, more acts still to come.
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Music Glen Washington Signs Exclusive Management Deal With Donsome Records as Atlanta Team Eyes 2027 Festival Circuit
Per a press release dated October 1, 2026, Jamaican-born roots singer Glen Washington has signed an exclusive management agreement with Donsome Records, LLC in Atlanta. Adrian "Donsome" Hanson will lead career management, catalog administration, marketing and live booking — with recent releases "Sound Victory" and the album "Just Giving Thanks" in the frame.
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Music Sean Paul Drops ‘DIP’ With Sommer Ray
The Dutty Rock Productions single is out on streaming under Milk & Honey Records. DancehallMag tracked the Sommer Ray tease and the day-before Dip Out countdown; the YouTube Music audio is in the Listen library now.
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Music Kabaka Pyramid Goes Back to the Bars on ‘A Warrior’s Pain’ With R-Mean and Styles P
Fifteen years after Rebel Music, the Kingston lyricist revisits his hip hop side on a new single with American rappers R-Mean and Styles P. ‘A Warrior’s Pain’ is the foundation for Rebel Music 1 & 2, a lyrics tape marking the anniversary, he told the Jamaica Observer. The official video is in the Listen library now.
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Music Valiant Is Male Dancehall Artist of the Year at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, His Second Straight Win in the Category
Valiant has been named Male Dancehall Artist of the Year at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards, the first edition of the ceremony staged in Trinidad and Tobago rather than New York. Kaboom Magazine calls it his second consecutive win in the category, following his 2024 award and a Best New Dancehall Artist trophy in 2023. He went in with five nominations, including Album and Song of the Year for ‘Prove Them Wrong’ and ‘Passenger Princess.’ “Always aiming to become one of the greatest, it’s another step on my journey,” he told Kaboom.
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Music Shenseea Drops the Armour on ‘Vulnerability’ — and Films It as a Therapy Session
Six days after sweeping three dancehall awards in Trinidad, Shenseea released the most personal record of her career. ‘Vulnerability,’ out September 25, 2026 on Columbia / Since ’93, names the father she never met, the mother she lost and the walls she built in between. The official video stages it as a therapy session. It is in the Listen library now.
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Music Lieutenant Stitchie, the Spanish Town Deejay Who Took Dancehall to Atlantic and Then to the Church, Dies at 60
Cleveland ‘Cleve’ Laing, known to Jamaica as Lieutenant Stitchie and later simply Stitchie, died on Monday, September 28, 2026, at Kingston Public Hospital, the Jamaica Observer, RJR News and Reggaeville report. He was 60, one day short of his 61st birthday. The schoolteacher-turned-deejay broke out of Spanish Town’s sound-system scene with ‘Wear Yuh Size’ in 1986, was one of the first dancehall acts signed to a major label, and after a 1997 car crash rebuilt his career as a gospel reggae minister. He had been ailing since a stroke in September 2024.
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Music Spragga Benz Reloads Endeavors: Kingston Album Launch Set for Jammin on the Oasis, September 30
Out since 28 August 2026, Endeavors Reloaded reopens last year's Endeavors as a 13-track duet record — Sean Paul, Tarrus Riley, Sizzla, I Wayne, Agent Sasco, Stonebwoy, JC Lodge, Echo Minott and a posthumous Cocoa Tea among the guests. Spragga Benz toasts it in Kingston on Wednesday.
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Music Blvk H3ro Sets ‘Strictly Good Vibes Vol. 1’ for October 2, Then Takes the Vibes Up the West Coast
The Grammy-nominated Portmore singer releases Strictly Good Vibes Vol. 1 — a 13-track capsule of a year’s worth of music — on Diaspora Sound / Boomyard. All tracks are in the Listen library now, sourced from his official YouTube channel. The night after it lands he opens the Strictly Good Vibes Tour at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles, with Ukiah, Santa Cruz, Reno and Pacifica to follow.
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Music Cali P Opens the iThoughts 10-Year Deluxe With ‘This Train,’ a Roots Cut Produced by AEMKA
The Guadeloupe-born, Switzerland-based reggae singer’s first single from the anniversary deluxe of his Billboard-charting iThoughts album landed September 25, 2026 via Mouthwatering / Home Crowd — resilience and faith on a warm roots riddim.
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Music Damian Marley Headlines City Splash 2027 at Brockwell Park
City Splash returns to South London on Bank Holiday Monday, 31 May 2027, with Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley topping the first-wave bill alongside Dexta Daps, Skillibeng, Wayne Wonder, Stefflon Don, Warrior King, DJ Tunez and DJ Puffy — plus Channel One, Saxon Sound, Rampage Sound and a deep soundsystem cast. Tickets at city-splash.com.
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Music Protoje Premieres ‘Love Overflow’ Video, Skated Through Addis Ababa With the Addis Girls Skate Team
The Official Video for Love Overflow — track 12 on The Art of Acceptance — premiered September 24, 2026. Filmed in Ethiopia’s capital with young skaters claiming space in their city, Diggy frames the cut as planting trees for the youth.
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Music Shenseea Leads Dancehall and Lila Iké Tops Reggae at the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards in Trinidad
At the fourth Caribbean Music Awards — the first staged in the region, at NAPA in Port of Spain on September 19, 2026 — Shenseea took Female Dancehall Artist of the Year plus Dancehall Song and Collaboration of the Year for the ‘Shake It to the Max (FLY)’ remix with MOLIY, Silent Addy and Skillibeng. Lila Iké was named Female Reggae Artist of the Year again and won Reggae Collaboration of the Year for ‘Romantic’ with Masicka. Buju Banton, Chronixx, Protoje and Keznamdi rounded out a strong Jamaican reggae showing.
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Music Jackie Jackson, the Bass Behind Toots and the Maytals and a Generation of Jamaican Hits, Dies at 79
Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson died on the morning of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay after a hospitalisation that began in July, the Gleaner and Jamaica Observer report. For more than 50 years his bass anchored Toots and the Maytals; before that it carried rocksteady out of Treasure Isle and onto Leslie Kong-produced records by Desmond Dekker, The Melodians and Jimmy Cliff, and Paul Simon’s ‘Mother and Child Reunion.’ He was predeceased by his wife, singer Karen Smith, and leaves four daughters.
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Music Jah Decko Opens 2027 Tour Bookings Behind ‘Love Who Loves You Back,’ His First English-Language Album
Suriname-born, Amsterdam-based roots reggae singer and producer Darl Douglas — Jah Decko — sets an October 5, 2026 album date and invites festival and club bookers for 2027, after years producing for Joggo, Ziggi Recado and Miriam Simone.
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Music Shaggy Raises the Stakes on ‘Lottery 4.0,’ an Official Remix With Jeremih, Rick Ross and Skillibeng
Out Friday, September 18, 2026 through Ranch Entertainment and VP Records, the remix keeps the Shaggy–Jeremih pairing from the title track of May’s ‘Lottery’ album and adds Rick Ross and Skillibeng. Four voices, four lanes — reggae, dancehall, hip hop and R&B — on one record. Press play: the official audio is in the Listen library.
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Music Anthony B Returns With ‘World of Love,’ a 16-Track Album Featuring Gentleman and Queen Omega
Thirty years on from ‘Fire Pon Rome,’ the Trelawny-born chanter released World of Love on September 4, 2026 through Ineffable Records — roots, lovers rock and dancehall across 16 tracks, with Gentleman, Queen Omega, Mo’Kalamity, FIA, Shuga and Jazzwad along for the ride.
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