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Reggae crooners eager to tour Zim

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Reggae crooners eager to tour Zim
Top Jamaican reggae crooners are eager to tour Zimbabwe after fellow countrymen Luciano’s maiden visit to Harare last year proved an eye-opener, an international promoter has said.

Trevor Hall, otherwise known as Ras Jabulani, told city.com this week that fellow Jamaicans had approached him on several occasions with intentions to hold […]

Tenor Saw still on dancehall’s roll call

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Tenor Saw still on dancehall’s roll call
Ring the alarm, Tenor Saw is coming. Although this month marks 20 years since his death, the legacy of Clive Bright, one of dancehall’s most influential and unique singers, lives on.
Tenor Saw’s death was mysterious. In 1988, the 22-year-old’s decomposing body was found in bushes near a road in […]

Rico Mason - Creating a new sound musically

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Rico Mason - Creating a new sound musically
The struggle has been on for a long time to thrust soca music into the regional spotlight. It has not been easy. Soca artistes and soca lovers have had to sit back and watch as reggae, reggaeton and other forms of music have been welcomed by the international […]

ICM FEST returns to Florida

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

ICM FEST returns to Florida

Caribbean Music Festival (ICM FEST) returns with a vengeance on its original pre-Thanksgiving weekend on November 16, at the historic Virginia Key Beach Park in Key Biscayne, Florida.

This popular event has experienced a lot of positive changes since its inception in 1997 as a family fun day, when it was originally […]

Great Haul of China

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Great Haul of China

Jamaica ended a record-breaking medal performance at the 2008 Olympic Games with a bronze in the women’s 4×400 metres on the final day of competition for the nation’s athletes at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing yesterday.

The island’s contingent here, led by an awesome performance from Usain Bolt, finished with a record […]