He may never be listed among Jamaica's most influential musicians, but Byron Lee certainly had one of the most enduring careers in the history of the country's popular music....
There was a tremendous pouring of love on love's most celebrated day. The occasion was the second Lion's Club of Kingston charity fund-raiser dubbed, Musical Delights II.
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The island's glamorous people converged on the western end of the island last weekend for the annual Sugar Cane Ball at the Round Hill Hotel and Villas and a fund-raiser for the Prince Charles Foundation hosted by Michele Rollins and former United...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
BERLIN (AP):An Iranian movie made against the backdrop of last year's election campaign and centring on a man whose wife is killed in a shoot-out between police and demonstrators, made its debut yesterday at the Berlin film festival.Director Rafi Pitts...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE THIRD instalment in the fortnightly Studio 38 concert series fell on Valentine's Sunday and the music, live and recorded, duly acknowledged the day for lovers with a generous serving designed for matters of the heart....
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Pulse Investments Limited launched the 10th anniversary of Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) last week at Studio 38 in New Kingston.This year's CFW is set for June 8-14 at the National Indoor Sports Centre.Addressing the launch, Pulse CEO Kingsley Cooper...
In the last few days, planeloads of Jamaicans have been landing in Trinidad and Tobago for its annual carnival. Jamaicans are not the only ones pulled to this wild event.
FOR JAMAICA Inc hosts a simultaneous global premiere of Listen 2 The Call, a benefit song for Haiti, today at 4:53 p.m.The song is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake which shook Haiti on January 12.Listen 2 The Call...
The vibe and energy did not start to build at Bacchanal Treasures on Friday night at Mas Camp, New Kingston, until the selector started playing some of the older soca songs.
When Sparkles Disco played Pearl Jam's Footsteps and Alison Hinds' Faluma...
Valentine's Day was definitely a family day out for many and Something Extra captured some of them at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel and The Jamaica Pegasus hotel yesterday....
The Wailers were a musically cohesive unit on all angles. Together, texture, vocal flexibility, timbre, sense of musicality, thematic interest, kinship and vision was reflected in their overall sound and informed their spirituality and aesthetic concepts....
Acting in plays/TV commercials, teaching, singing, motivational speaking and designing advertising campaigns are some of the many things Joan Andrea Hutchinson does. However, she is better known locally and internationally for her poems, monologues, stories and performances, written and done in Jamaican Creole (JC).
Ten years ago when Alberto D'Ascola settled in Port Antonio, Portland, all he wanted to do was record some wicked tunes with the biggest names in dancehall/reggae.
The Promised Land, Dennis Brown's early 1980s song of joy (the promised land, going to the promised land), concern (there is a lot of work to be done in the promised land), hope...
Judge the latest album by Sanchez, Now and Forever (produced by Donovan Germain, released by VP Records), by its simple, effective cover. In that image which makes the all-important first impression, Sanchez is the epitome of sartorial savoir-faire mature dancehall style...
Mervyn Eyre (left), president and chief executive officer, Fujitsu Caribbean (Jamaica) Limited, has the full attention of (from right) Fay Jacobs, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC); Bruce Levy, Myers Fletcher & Gordon (MF&G), and presenter Tricia-Gaye Watson, attorney-at-law, MF&G, at the conclusion of the presentation on 'The Cybercrimes Act'...
