Howard Campbell (Jamaica Observer) writes that U.S.-based singer Jasmine V Rowe is not afraid to show her Jamaican heritage whenever she performs. He says that she “expresses her Jamaican as well as American roots” on “Tell Me,” her first song, which will be released in early August by Ve3 Inc.

Her sound is strongly influenced by artistes such as Beres Hammond and Judy Mowatt.

[. . .] “I’m very excited to get Tell Me out there for the people to hear. It really means everything to release the song in Jamaica, because Jamaica is a part of me as far as my heritage and the heavy reggae influence within the song,” she said.

The 24-year-old Rowe was born in Paterson, New Jersey to a Jamaican father and American mother. Tell Me is also the debut release of her father Robert’s Ve3 Inc label. [. . .]

While she…