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One of the biggest ironies of the annual Accompong Town Maroons' celebrations over the last several years is the influx of vendors selling non-traditional and imported wares. This anomaly has been discussed and written about ad nauseam, but there seems to be no end in sight.

The last and latest Jamaican music genre in the mini-exhibition on Jamaican music is dancehall. It is written that "perhaps the most controversial and polarising genre of Jamaican music, dancehall, currently dominates the island's musical landscape".

With Bacchanal Jamaica set to start in a few weeks, the organisers have taken the economic conditions into consideration to make the event affordable for patrons.Under the theme 'Treasures', the 10-week season will begin on...

Herbie Miller stands near the middle of Jamaica's musical chronology in words, images and artefacts along the side of a partition at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston, and said "I like to call this our 22 yards of Jamaican music history."

Aisha Davis' hair is more up this year than it was in 2009. She snipped her locks, added some colour, and with a new look and renewed outlook she is looking forward to making 2010 better than 2009 was.

NEW YORK (AP):Her career is only six years old, but Fantasia is already in need of a comeback.The former American Idol champ has endured tough times of late.

Wyclef Jean is taking the lead in asking for help for the millions of people affected by the massive earthquake that struck Haiti. According to his Twitter post, the singer, born on the island, went to Haiti yesterday morning."I am on my way to the DR...

She might be based in Boston, Unites States (US), but Rochelle 'CatEyes' Farquharson is looking to take the Jamaican music scene by storm. The 23-year-old has been around music from the age of four when she began tagging along with her dad ...

The 2010 week-long Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Sunday, January 24. This is the second such partnership between The Jamaica Pegasus hotel and TurnKey Productions as in January 2007...

The 38-year-old actor's wife Rhea Durham, with whom he already has three children Ella (six), Michael (four) and Brendan (16 months), gave birth to daughter Margaret Grace at 6:35 p.m.

There should be a 'bashment' opening to the summer movie season in Jamaica this year with the premiere of the Bashment Granny movie on June 16.There are plans for premieres across the Caribbean, the UK, USA and Canada. However, Paul O Beale, director and producer ...

The theatre season is on in earnest in Kingston, the theatre Mecca of Jamaica. And in celebration of its 50th anniversary, Campion College has joined the festival with Bob Kerr's Cindy: The Modern Jamaican Cinderella...