July 21, 2020Reprinted from Clinton Lindsay / Foundation Radio Network After making inroads in the US college market with his previous song, singer Jahmark Tafari is looking to maintain that momentum with the follow-up, Reggae on U.S.A.The song was released in May, the second single from Happiness, the album by Jahmark Tafari and his band The Soulshakers. In February, the …
Deliverance with Musical Accompaniment Reprinted in part from WorldMusicCentral.org by Tom Orr May 3, 2020 Unless you’re living so far off the grid that the likelihood of you even coming across these words is non-existent, you know what’s on the mind of everyone in the world today. I fall squarely into the demographic of “everyone,” and thus the pandemic concerns …
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer Reprinted from the Jamaica Observer Monday, February 17, 2020 For nearly 40 years, Jahmark Tafari has carried the banner of Rasta and roots-reggae, an unapologetic disciple of the sound that made Marley, Tosh and Burning Spear legends. Recently, he has been embraced by an unlikely demographic. A remix of Happiness, a song he recorded …
HAPPINESS at #1 on college radio hip-hop charts nationwide. Big Shoutout to the originator of college hip-hop radio, the one and only Nes “Nasty Nes” Rodriquez, often imitated but never duplicated 🙂 RapAttackLives.com
KPFK 90.7fm JAHMARK “HAPPINESS” RADIO INTERVIEW – 1/13/2019 on “Reggae Central” with Chuck Foster … managed to squeeze in four songs from the album in between interview segments:- 1) Reggae On USA, 2) Malena’s Song, 3) Can’t Stop This, and 4) Happiness … had an awesome time Chuck! Great job Lisette! Let’s get the youths WOKE
MIAMI RHAPSODY was released in the movie theaters approximately two years after Bernie’s on January 27th, 1995. Thanks to a friend of the band who was good friends with the musical director, Dawn Soler, Jahmark & The Soulshakers song “Rock You Baby” made it onto the soundtrack of Rhapsody. This song was collaboratively written by Jahmark and Calvin Banks (of The …
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’s II was released in theaters on July 9th, 1993. The musical director, Peter Wolf, had seen Jahmark perform live in concert and asked him to collaborate on a song slated for the movie soundtrack. The name of the song was “Ocean Blue” and was released in the movie as a soca-type song for a line-dancing scene. Later …
HAPPINESS – brand new album release! on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Shazam, etc. … streaming on the web worldwide, check it! Tracks include:- Happiness Malena’s Song Rock The House Can’t Stop This Baby Don’t You Worry Never too Late Reggae On USA Po-Po (Trigger Happy) Rock You Baby Save The Earth Ocean Blue Tenacity House Of JAH And Jamaica Smiles Everything’s …
LIVE ‘N DIRECT Those were the “good ol’ days” (pre-Covid) … Jahmark & The Soulshakers jammin’ at the HOB
“When we speak of the betterment of man’s life, we mean not merely the economic improvement of living standards. We refer, in addition, to the spiritual conditions in which man lives. For just as a man without the means to feed his hunger or clothe his nakedness can take no pride in his existence as a human being, so also …
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