LOCAL musicians representing their various boy bands have successfully completed a tour to the contentious West Papua region, in Indonesia on a twelve days outing. The visit was part of an arrangement made with promoters in West Papua to have the boys perform their hit songs to their Melanesian family. Those in the team included,…
LOCAL singer, song writer, and music producer David Bogese with the stage name ‘Young Davie’ is currently in Suva, Fiji to participate in the ‘Rise up Fiji concert and appeal this weekend and also to do music recordings. The Solomon Star managed to catch up with him for a short interview, before he left the…
Our very own Rosie Delmah featuring Conkarah with reggae spin of Adele’s ‘Hello’ is streaming number 1 on Swedish streaming service- Spotify. While the music video clip is racking up more than 16 million viewers on YouTube, what really amazes us is the short timeframe (3 months) in which it is able to accumulate such…
THE touring reggae hit maker J Boog was impressed with the reggae cover of Adele’s ‘Hello’ sang by local female artist Rosie Delmah and Jamaica’s Conkarah. J Boog told the local media in a press conference after his arrival on Tuesday, that he has not heard any song from artists in the country but only…
AMERICAN reggae artists, J Boog and his stage associate SIAOSI said that they were honoured to be here in the Solomon Islands for the tour. Both artists expressed this when interviewed by members of the local press, in a conference on Tuesday at the Heritage Park Hotel. The Solomon Star understands that, SIAOSI has always…
SAMOAN/AMERICAN RNB and Reggae superstar, J Boog is set to tour Solomon Islands next month. Organizers, the Heritage Park Hotel announced the arrival to the excitement of local reggae fans. He will be performing at the Heritage Park Hotel car park on the 17th of February. J Boog (born Jerry Afemata, Long Beach, California) is …
THE likes keep popping as the local reggae version of Adele’s ‘Hello’ attracted already over half a million likes on YouTube on Monday. Rosie Delmah reggae cover of Britain’s Adele ‘hello’ featuring Jamaica’s Conkarah produced recently (2015) put Solomon Islands young and talented voice high up— in large part because her sultry voice is more…
A JAMAICAN reggae star says he’s impressed with how popular reggae is in the Pacific Islands. Conkarah has been on tour in PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and he’s been struck by the similarities with Jamaica. He’s even done a duet with a teenage Solomon islands girl, Rosie Delmah, a cover version of Adele’s hit…
It has been an exciting event at the youth festival last week with a group of competitions that brought an audience of youths showcasing their skills either as an entrepreneur or their talent as a performer. In the duration of the past days, there have already been four competitions that took place at the Art…
THE final Youth Market for this year is currently underway at the Art Gallery grounds, east of Honiara, starting Tuesday. With the theme “Equality, Humanity and inclusive “, it will be a five days event that will end this Saturday. A series of competitions such as song, rhyme quest, ragga muffin, choir, dance competitions, entertainment…