Jamaica Gleaner Entertainment
Published: Monday Sunday | October 4, 2009
Untapped potential - Tap dancing industry waiting to be exploited, says Ouida Lewis
Using the floor as a drum and her feet as an instrument, tap dancer Ouida Lewis is a musician of unusual calibre. Multi-tasking as a percussionist, aerobics instructor and lecturer, Lewis hopes to inspire a tap dance revolution in Jamaica through her studio, Rhythm Life Movement, and various other programmes with which she is involved. Read More...
Spirits awoken at Trevor Rhone's wake
A wake is a vigil held over a body before a burial, but at the one held for the late world-renowned Jamaican playwright, Trevor Rhone, there was no corpse. And it may have been a good thing that there wasn't. Read More...
Blackwell says record labels should focus more on artiste development
Island Records' founder, Chris Blackwell, says there is little chance of him returning to the music business full-time, pointing out that the contemporary scene's instant-sales regime does not mesh with his policy of artiste development. Read More...
Pulse models blazing the world's runways
Pulse supermodel Jeneil Williams continues to set the global fashion scene ablaze, maintaining her magnificent run as one of the top stars for the season's international collections. Read More...
A roll-call of Jamaican jazz
Jazz, the African-American-inspired music which started at the beginning of the century in New Orleans, had been explored and certainly assumed by earlier Jamaican musicians. But, the music born of black heritage is not only now being marginalised in reggae/dancehall land but also is in abject decline at its roots. Read More...
Lorlett Hudson uses Jamaican proverbs to change lives
Proverbs are short sayings that express an obvious truth and which sometimes give advice and teach lessons of life. Every culture has them, whether they are transmitted by way of a standard language or through local vernaculars. Here in Jamaica, our cultural heritage is replete with proverbs. Read More...
Icientcy Mau keeping it real, natural
Following in the steps of his mentor Bob Marley, Icientcy Mau says live music is his only focus, as he has no interest in computerised music. The Trench Town-based reggae artiste was laid-back with his leg over the arm of the chair when he visited The Gleaner recently. Read More...
