The town of Linstead in St Catherine has seen a number of its locals make an impact on the local music scene. They include Jigsy King and Tony Curtis.

Another of the town’s fledging acts is Binghi Bob Fiya and he is hoping to score similar success as the aforementioned acts.

Binghi Bob Fiya shot onto the scene in 2002 when he scored a top ten hit on the New York Reggae chart with Bible. One of his latest singles Tallawah is number one on London’s 99.5 FM Galaxy Radio chart.

The musical journey for Binghi Bob Fiya has been far from smooth sailing. “It’s rough and smooth at times. Overall it’s a blessing to be able to write and record songs which bring joy to the people and a lesson which teaches me the business side of this great industry,” he explained in a recent interview.

He cites the lack of airplay for his music and the inconsistency in the music business as concerns he would like to address.

Binghi Bob decided to pursue music through self motivation after reading the bible. Out of that came Bible which opened up a number of the bolted doors that once lay in his path.

Binghi Bob Fiya is currently in the studios working on his debut album which he expects to be released later this year.

RDX release video for Turn Your Swag Up

Dancehall duo RDX has released their latest video for the track Turn Your Swag Up. The video was recently premiered on the Caribbean network, TEMPO. Locally, the video received premieres on HYPE TV and TVJ’s Intense.

Turn Your Swag Up video was directed by Rick Elgood. This marks the fifth time that the duo has worked with the famed director. They previously collaborated on Dancers Anthem, Skip, Ben Ova and Movements.

RDX is gearing up for a scheduled performance in Kenya on April 23.

Tony Anthony snags four nods in Canada’s Reggae Achievement Awards

Canada-based reggae singer Tony Anthony who recently collected nods in the 2011 JUNO and EME awards, continues to revel in the success of his debut album Million Chance. He has earned four nominations in the 2011 Canadian Reggae Achievement Awards.

The awards will be handed out in Toronto on June 4. His nods include Best Male Vocalist, Artiste of the Year, Song of the Year for the song Torn, and Album of the Year.

Since its release in 2010, the album Million Chance has received favourable reviews and has been listed on several overseas reggae charts.

The first single Torn topped the local charts, while the follow up single Bad News is currently riding local and overseas charts.

Leba Hibbert’s Intoxicated now out

Singer Leba Hibbert, daughter of ska/reggae veteran Toots Hibbert, has released her debut album Intoxicated.

The set is now available on iTunes. Physical copies of the album will be released over the next few weeks, ahead of a local launch for the collection.

Leba is currently opening dates on her father’s current tour. On April 15 and 16 she will play in Singapore at the Timbre Rock & Roots music festival alongside Michael Franti, Bob Dylan and John Legend.

Next week the trek will hit Australia for a number of dates.

“I am very pleased with the reviews so far on the album and I can’t wait to get back to Jamaica to start things rolling,” said an excited Leba.

Among the tracks on the album are a cover of Neither One of Us, Open Arms, I See You, Daydreaming, All I Wanted, Its Over, Rain and Oh People.

CHART UPDATES

Lady Gaga’s Born this Way single has been removed from the #1 spot on Billboard’s Dance Music Club Play chart by Katy Perry’s ET. Alexis Jordan moves in for the kill as Good Girls occupies the number two spot. Perry spends a third week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as ET featuring Kanye West clocks her fourth number one single from her latest album Teenage Dreams.

Chris Brown as Look at Me Now clocks an additional week at the top spot on Billboard’s R&B Hip Hop singles chart. The track is also number one on Billboard’s Rap Singles chart.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa has the number one Rap album with Rolling Papers, while over on Billboard’s 200 album chart Adele reclaims the throne with 21 which sold an additional 88,000 copies over the past week to bring her tally to 1.03 million copies.