Milk shines at all-white bash It was yet another all-white affair when patrons hit the Asylum Night Club in Kingston last Wednesday night to celebrate with Amelia ‘Milk’ Sewell on her birthday. Milk, a deejay and host for the video countdown on CVM’s E-Strip, held her all-white celebrity birthday bash, Milky Way, and everyone was [...]
Awakening creativity in children through drama Since stepping off the corporate ladder in June, last year, Makeda Solomon, under the Lights Movement Banner, declared her mission to “touch the lives of as many children as possible through the creative and transformational medium of drama”. Ms. Solomon began acting 24 years ago in the United Kingdom [...]
Jah Cure’s Freedom Tour liberates the Caribbean Jah Cure’s Freedom Tour of the Caribbean has reportedly been quite successful. The tour which began in the Bahamas with Millennium Countdown on November 10 ended with Jah Cure in Concert at the Flamboyant Park in Suriname on December 29.
Reggae: from Iowa to Hawaii Dave Bess is living the dream. The Hawai’i-born ‘Iolani ’99 grad rents a house with six bandmates so they can save money for their cross-country tours. They spend summers playing at music festivals, travel together in a van, write most of their own music and enjoy the oddball notoriety of [...]
Prodigal clears the air on ‘gun’ imagery at Genesis From the moment he entered the stage at minutes to midnight – attired in full black and what resembled a bulletproof vest – it became immediately clear that Prodigal Son aka Bless, the headline act at Genesis 2008 (the premier Jamaican gospel showcase), was about to [...]
Sean Paul comes to TT REGGAE superstar Sean Paul will join soca star Machel Montano for the first major concert event of Carnival 2008, “Temperature†at King George V Park. The nine-hour show begins at 8:30 pm on Saturday. Other entertainers scheduled to perform are KMC, Peter C Lewis, with his new band, The Orchestra, [...]
Beenie Man moves past D’Angel in lyrics As he performed yesterday morning at Reggae Campfire, held at the Windalco Sports Club, Ewarton, St. Catherine, Beenie Man made his agenda for 2008 clear. Performing ahead of Sizzla, who effectively closed the show, as when he finished there was no music and no announcement, the large crowd [...]
Welcome to paradise Much ado about doing nothing — West Indies island resort lets pampered guests slow down for sun, sea, sand and sky Italians call it il dolce far niente,or the sweet art of doing nothing. I’m terrible at it. When I travel, the day starts early, ends late and consists of a bathroom-breaks-are-for-wimps [...]
Lucky Dube Tribute Single And Documentary To Get Release A tribute single and video, which will include a behind-the-scenes documentary, to the late South African reggae star Lucky Dube is to get a worldwide release. ‘Chance – A Tribute To Lucky Dube’ was written by the Jamaican artist Prophecy shortly after Dube was tragically murdered [...]
Superb ‘Moment’ with Beres There were handclaps as a countdown from 10 seconds started on the large screens above the stage on Sunday night at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) and a huge cheer as it was complete for Beres Hammond’s ‘A Moment In Time’ to begin. There would be a wait for Hammond, [...]