Caribbean flavour
at Lincoln Center
JUST IMAGINE if Lord Kitchener and Stanley Beckford performed on the same stage, on the same night, at the Lincoln Center in New York City. What a commotion they would have made! Both men are dead but the calypso and mento, the music they helped make art forms, will be honoured...
Loud statements from Dean Fraser's Cannon
"Long and short of it is that we a try put the music on a level. We are trying to make a statement with what we do." Those are saxophonist Dean Fraser's simple words on his role as a record producer who has been making quiet strides lately.
Chen Jinghua talks sports and change in China
People's Republic of China's Ambassador to Jamaica, Chen Jinghua, says the diplomatic corps chose him rather than the other way around.For the 42-year-old, growing up in Nanjing, China, he was poised to enter a career where learning English was...
Something extra
We desperately needed the rain, and so when it came over the weekend it didn't damper spirits. The lyming and partying rolled on.
Graduating with honours
THE INAUGURAL Reggae Academy Awards, held on February 24 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, is the latest attempt to properly recognise the achievements of local musicians.
Reggae's finest salute The Police
SOME OF reggae and pop music's biggest names have saluted British supergroup The Police on the album, Spirits In The Material World: A Reggae Tribute to The Police. The album was released in the United States on February 19, by New York's Shanachie Records. Most of the 12-track disc...
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