Stolzoff returns with 'Louder Than Words'
EIGHT YEARS after his book on the mechanics of dancehall music became a minor hit in the United States, American anthropologist Norman Stolzoff is digging in to make a film about reggae's outrageous offspring. Louder Than Words is the title of the movie Stolzoff hopes will be released...
Lessons from Filomena Navarro
Filomena Navarro is happy to bet anyone $1,000 she makes no errors when writing in Spanish. An educator by profession, she says she owes such confidence to a preparatory school teacher who helped develop her skills. Seņora Navarro began teaching at 18 years old, spanning nurseries...
Carnival again!
Bodies were hot and wet this weekend and Easter Sunday was no exception. Celebrated in high style, Jamaica Carnival, along with Digicel, presented Carnival Countdown at Richmond Estate, Priory, St Ann. Executives from The Pegasus were spotted...
Icon - King Tubby reigns
Claim to fame: Master engineer regarded as the father of dub. Responsible for introducing special effects such as reverb and echo, bringing a new dimension to reggae in the 1970s. Most famous work: King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown....
Mitchum Chin: Reggae's new guitar hero
GUITARIST MITCHUM 'Khan' Chin gives an approving nod to a new Ernie Smith track as it is being edited at the Grafton studio in east Kingston. He has been around long enough to know a hit song in its formative stage. The 38 year-old Chin has been a professional musician for almost 20 years...
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