Stories by Kimberley Small

Her music is not reggae, but in the recurring ad-libs is the undeniable inflection of Jamaican patois, as Zuri, mumble-sings what her 'mama said' and 'lick yo' head'.Zuri, daughter of Grammy Award winning reggae artiste Ziggy Marley, has begun to...

Musical forms like calypso and soca, are often buried in shallow graves, tongue-in-cheek quips and sexual innuendo (for example, Kitty Cat by Square One or Big Phat Fish by Machel Montano). It can be assumed the intent was to amuse the audience, and...

Earlier this year the shores of Negril were awash with yogis and reggae fans, who came to the island to enjoy the inaugural TmrwTday Culture Fest from May 17 to 23.The presence of reggae legends like Lee Scratch Perry, reggae revivalists such as...

Each year, celebrities, fine artists and art aficionados flock to the shores of Miami Beach for the extensive Art Basel exhibition.For the first time this year, a piece of sound system culture will be put on display by veteran sound system Irish...

It has long been the practice of politicians to use the music of entertainers as a means of injecting energy into their campaigns and political rallies, but according to Chronixx, he does not take kindly to the use of his music for political...

In light of the global political atmosphere, where news pervades that groups of people around the world suffer persecution because of the circumstances of their birth, Father Richard Ho Lung's latest production boldly presents Queen Esther, as he...

Gavin 'Gavsborg' Blair, Jordan 'Time Cow' Chung, Shanique Marie, Bobby Blackbird and Kemikal Splash make up Equiknoxx Music. These contributors share an ideal - that dancehall music is potently universal from its roots to branches, and that real...

By all appearances, the television series adaptation of Marlon James's beloved, Man Booker prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings is in worthy hands.Following the recent announcement that Melina Matsoukas will sit in the director's chair...

It was unfortunate, for a moment, that Mikayla 'Koffee' Simpson was not called back for sixth form at Ardenne high school. Her mother told The Gleaner that her disappointment was momentary, and her pride proven in just a matter of months. With hopes...