Published:Monday | March 9, 2015 | 8:58 AMMarcia Rowe
When host Mel Cooke announced the start of the inaugural staging of Kingston Book Festival event Late Nite Lit, subtitled 'A Night of Searing Words', at the scheduled 8:54 p.m. last Thursday, he promised the audience a feast of variety. He said...
Published:Monday | March 9, 2015 | 9:02 AMMarcia Rowe
On Sunday, the United States of America (USA) in general and Alabama in particular celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. In Jamaica, 48 students, the choir conductor and supporting personnel from Oakwood...
Published:Wednesday | March 4, 2015 | 12:11 PMMarcia Rowe
Jazz in the Garden returned from its yearlong break on a high note. The show, subtitled Jazz Divas Chapter One, was successful on two fronts, in audience turnout and in the amazing performances by a pool of seven talented female vocalists, backed by...
Published:Sunday | March 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
On Friday evening, a large audience turned out to experience great music from Grammy-winning United States (US) group Sweet Honey in the Rock and Jamaican performers at Emancipation Park, New Kingston.Some persons also remembered the call for...
Published:Monday | February 23, 2015 | 12:26 PMMarcia Rowe
'Red Bull gives you wings' is the energy drink's familiar slogan. For the past 25 years, those wings have not been only metaphorical. Through its Red Bull Music Academy, the company has literally lifted music practitioners to foreign lands for an "...
Published:Sunday | February 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
In his latest script, Saving Alligator High, Patrick Brown focuses on the tragic circumstances which result in a school nearly being closed. Through clearly defined characters played well by the familiar faces of Jambiz Theatre Company, the story is...
Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe
Pulling in the largest turnout to date for the 2015 celebration of Reggae Month, the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA's)-organised Reggae Praise was a success. This was due to Christians and non-Christians alike braving intermittent...
Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 3:52 PMMarcia Rowe
Jamaica is the land of reggae, but there is still room for other genres of music to flourish. The Organisers of Simply Myrna: Myrna Hague in Concert has found that room. In it they have managed to successfully showcase the jazz and blues genre. Th...
