The 14th Diplomatic Week got off to a rocking start on Monday at the Courtleigh Auditorium with a Cultural Evening showcasing traditional music and dance.The event, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, saw performances from...
Pepsi Jamaica, sponsors of the Youth View Awards for the last four years, is embarking on a number of initiatives to treat fans of the brand and the event. New to the line-up of activities this year is Pepsi's live Facebook video chat ...
Today: Reggae Month Celeb-ration with Merritone at Waterfalls, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts Conference on 'The Relevance of Popular Music Education in Jamaica'.Friday, February 1: Trench Town Community Festival begins...
WESTERN BUREAU: Angella Bennett celebrated her 40th birthday last Saturday night on the grounds of the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, and luckily for the RIU Resorts director of sales, there was no need to employ an entertainer....
The public tribute to Dennis Brown, now established as the opening event for the annual Reggae Month calendar organised by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, has certainly grown...
WESTERN BUREAU: They never made it on the big jazz stage at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, but they created sweet music inside the Scotia Palace at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium...
Approximately 61 years after her grandfather's visit to Jamaica, film-maker Susan Robeson has repeated the journey, albeit for contrasting reasons and under contrasting circumstances.Paul Robeson, a noted civil rights...
Western Bureau: Anticipation is now running high in Negril as the resort town gets ready to host the 20th staging of the internationally renowned Bob Marley Birthday Bash, which will be held over four days, February 3-6...
Western Bureau: Musical excitement ruled supreme at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium on Thursday night as patrons who attended the opening night of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Like a drug suddenly removed from the addicted, Celine Dion left her audience yearning and in awe last Friday night.The adrenaline was high in the country and Dion had literally succeeded ...
According to Gregory Lopez, a Calabar High School old boy, Orrett Rhoden was considered, in some way, a prodigy. Rhoden was the only one to get the full attention of his schoolmates when he played one of his pieces for devotion...
Western Bureau: As it was in the beginning last Thursday night when the Talent Stage acts held their own, so it was at the end on Saturday night when the curtain came down on the 2012 staging of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues...
WESTERN BUREAU: With a superb performance on par with the high-calibre production of the 2012 staging of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival; Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley...
WESTERN BUREAU: Like a 'maniac' under the influence of music, Richie Stephens delivered a scintillating performance on night two of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, second to none other than Celine Dion.Sharing the...
For weeks, months, maybe even years to come, people who witnessed it will be talking about the Sweet 16 of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival on the weekend....
Seven stalwarts who have made exemplary contributions to the growth and development of Jamaica's music over the past 50 years were honoured with commemorate awards during Thursday night's start of the 2012 edition of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium, near Falmouth.
The month of February is just three days away and romantic lovers, music lovers and the culturally conscious are preparing themselves in various ways, depending on their individual persuasions and aspirations, for the many events and anniversaries that dominate that month.
On their March 2008 debut album Movement, Rootz Underground's Farming announced the six-member band's commitment to tilling the soil. A staple in their high-energy live set, Farming links music and tilling the soil, lead singer Stephen Newland proclaiming...
It was a fusion of the past, present and the future, as the 16th staging of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival unfolded at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium on Thursday night. While the veterans and accomplished artistes took the main stage to perform during the premiere of the three-day music festival; aspiring stars working to carve out a niche for themselves...
Capturing the sights, sounds and energy on the grounds of the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium was easy for the combination of HBO and platinum sponsors Flow. Indeed, when the lights flashed on the main stage at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, a crew from HBO was at the stadium producing a documentary feature about the 2012 event.
Lead guitarist Charles Lazarus puts Rootz Underground's treks outside Jamaica succinctly, saying, "We have been fortunate enough, to tour on a lean budget." This has seen them growing their audience "from 100 people in a room to where it is today".
