ByronLee - uptown, downtown and soca
CONTROVERSY HAS always surrounded Byron Lee's place in the history of Jamaican popular music. Critics said he never used his resources to promote Jamaican music while those close to him credit his musical and business instincts for his longevity...
Another satisfying evening of jazz
The word has clearly spread among those who are interested in live jazz. That the place to be on the final Sunday of alternate months is the Jamaica Pegasus Gardens. There, between 6 and 9 on those evenings, one is virtually guaranteed high-quality entertainment...
'Madagascar Escape 2 Africa' - An overdue homecoming
All the loveable characters are back - Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins in Madagascar Escape 2 Africa. Left marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers ...
Dance Theatre Xaymaca 13: creative but repetitious
Dance Theatre Xaymaca 13th Season of Dance at the Little Theatre, located on Tom Redcam Avenue, in Kingston, last Sunday evening, was a dazzle of creativity and a pang of repetition.The first part of the programme started on a high. The opening dance choreographed...
Willard White the new voice of Royal Northern College of Music
London, England: Jamaica-born baritone Sir Willard White, who began his career at the Jamaica School of Music in Kingston, is now the president of The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in the United Kingdom...
'Hush', strong on message but ...
There were screams of delight and horror as students empathised and sympathised with each triumph and trial of the characters. Such was the response generated by the movie Hush from the approximately 240 eighth-graders...
Dancehall not fuelling violence, says lecturer
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite growing concern about the correlation between dancehall and crime, some people with intimate connection to dancehall music are contending that it is unfair to label the genre as a contributing factor to the violence in society...
Something extra
With the US election taking centre stage around the world, Something Extra remembers those who had other reasons to celebrate....
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