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

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 […]

‘Saving Grace’ relocates dancehall

After years of hearing about the negatives associated with dancehall music, Orville Matherson yearned for the day when foreigners would get to see the brighter side of reggae’s outrageous offspring.

He’s putting reggae’s roots on film

As Generoso Fierro haggled over some rare records, he realized he might be in over his head when the seller pulled out a machete.

But the MIT radio DJ, who was visiting Kingston, Jamaica, in February to show a documentary at the island nation’s first-ever Reggae Film Festival, kept his cool. […]

Adrian Clarke: No stranger to Jamaica

The newly crowned King of Calypso Monarch Adrian Clarke says he is no stranger to Jamaica, despite the fact that he has only visited the island once for a performance at the University Campus.

“But I have a lot of Jamaican friends - a lot of Jamaican friends!” he said. “One […]