WESTERN BUREAU: Maxi Priest promised a party, but not once did he warn of plans to rock the roof off RIU Montego Bay's amphitheatre on Tuesday night. In fact, guests at the Spanish-owned all-inclusive resort got much more than they bargained ...
Hanief Lallo, winner of the Youthlink Jazz and Blues talent competition, was in a jubilant mood yesterday after collecting his prize from Youthlink coordinator Kareem Latouche, at The Gleaner's North Street offices....
It's not that Maxi Priest wasn't expected to bring down the house - it was the way he did it. In collaboration with his son, Marvin Priest, and sidekick, the New York-based DJ, Beniton the Menace, he got everybody dancing in the process...
The Ministry of Tourism hosted a reception and launch of the Usain Bolt Jamaica advertising campaign, held at The Devonshire, Devon House, Hope Road, on Monday.
On Sunday night, Ken Boothe walked out of the darkness, red vest rich against an otherwise full-black outfit, to welcoming handclaps from an audience which, mere minutes earlier, had been clapping impatiently for showtime.
During a 1965 recording session at Federal Records, Trinidadian guitarist Lynn Taitt decided he wanted a different sound for Take It Easy, a ska song he and his band, The Jets, were cutting with singer Hopeton Lewis...
The launch of the 2010 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Sunday was, in common parlance, "a blast."That term should be taken both figuratively and literally. There was much fine music by classy artistes...
James Cameron's Avatar is on a course to sink Titanic at the box office.Number one for the sixth straight weekend, with US$36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to US$552.8 million, according to studio estimates...
When three R 'n B divas join forces one can not only expect a dramatic effect, but a powerhouse of amazing vocals, lyrical depth and three artistes wanting to make a difference musically and socially. R 'n B superstars and Grammy Award winners Deborah Cox...
The organisers of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival have teamed up with Flow, Jamaica's broadband communications company, to add new hi-tech communications features to the renowned music festival.
WESTERN BUREAU: The party vibes at the 2010 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival are expected to flow into Jazz Beach J'Ouvert at Aquasol Beach Park in Montego Bay on Saturday afternoon. Dollis Campbell of Image...
It was barbecue time at Laura Mazabel and Tristan Alvarado's home at Tryall Club, in Hanover, on Sunday afternoon and we have the highlights for you...
VETERAN REGGAE artiste Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert last Wednesday donated US$2,000 to the Enid Smedmore Foundation of the Wolmer's Girls school. The presentation was made during a small media briefing, which was hosted by Norma Brown-Bell, chairperson...
While vacationing in Negril in 1975, singer/songwriter John Oates said he was turned on to a saucy mento song by Stanley Beckford and the Starlights that was taking Jamaica by storm. "I remember hearing this song called Soldering, and I brought it back home and actually...
Club de Vin's members and friends were out last Thursday for the monthly wine meeting at Veena and Denny Chandiram's home, The Lagoons, in Montego Freeport. Back in the city, the Consular Corps of Jamaica hosted high tea at King's House...
Last Thursday night's taster of jazz and blues at The Deck, Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, served up a delightful sampling of music to a crammed house. However, as soulful as Suzanne Couch was, and despite Bluegrass in the Sky's rapid-fire lyrics...
Bacchanal Jamaica organisers are promising 10 weeks of a 'feel-good' atmosphere for the 2010 carnival season. The event was launched last Wednesday at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. The promoters urged revellers to come out and enjoy the festivities...
In an attempt to help Haiti to a speedy recovery, The Gleaner and TurnKey Productions will be facilitating the donation of non-perishable items and cash for the island's destitute at the upcoming Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival.
While the original Tour for African Star rocked the dancehall it was the video for the remix which made it to BET and MTV, carrying Capleton along to an album deal with Def Jam. The arrangement yielded two albums, Prophecy (which contained the Tour remix) and I-Testament.
From 1,500 patrons 14 years ago to an expected 30,000 this year, having hosted some of the world's top music superstars alongside local talent and now at its fourth home, the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival has been a musical chameleon.
Rocksteady great Ken Boothe will perform tonight at Studio 38 bistro at the Pulse Centre on Trafalgar Road. Boothe is likely to perform an extended set, similar to John Holt's two-hour set at the same venue on January 3.
Militant. Provocative. Unapologetic. Complex. That's Yasus Afari, well-known Rastafarian performance poet and cultural ambassador. Always the rebel and ever advocating black heritage and his faith, his captivating presentations have left indelible marks in people's mind the world over. And there's no stopping him.
Come today, TurnKey Productions expects the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium (commonly called Greenfield stadium), the new home of its Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, to be 85 per cent ready in its quest to recapture the jazzy, sexy ambiance that has been one of the trademark features of the festival since its inception.
In 1995, Capleton's Tour, released on the African Star label, took off like the jet plane from which it borrowed the defining sound at its start. It was not just that the song was popular - which it undoubtedly was and still is - but it also defined a time of changing popular cultural identities and images in Jamaica.
