Passa passa in some ways has degenerated into lawlessness – local promoter A local Passa Passa promoter has remarked that in certain aspects the new dance craze has degenerated into lawlessness. Stan Gouveia told Stabroek News in an invited comment that he could understand the concerns of the authorities in Barbados and Grenada which have [...]
Star Hangar’s – A look at the style of Morgan Heritage The Star got to rummage through the wardrobe of Morgan Heritage, our artiste of the month. We know you want to know what they have hidden in those drawers. Today we kick things off with Mr. Mojo and Gramps of the group. In the [...]
ICON – Still harder than the rest The Harder They Come has been described as a ‘cult classic’ so many times it has become cliché. It has now been immortalised on stage, another tribute to a warts-and-all movie that showed how the other half lived in Jamaica. The musical version of director Perry Henzell’s powerful [...]
Montego Bay became soca city Montego Bay was transformed into a dancing city for just over five and a half hours on Sunday night, when thousands of revellers made the western city’s leg of the Supreme Ventures of Jamaica Carnival a memorable soca blast. The crowd, which swelled to Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest proportions as [...]
Dancing Against the Beat The girl in the flounced white micro-mini and green glitter tube top writhes to the dancehall beat throbbing through the Q-West nightclub. She drunkenly gyrates in a motion that sends her skirt riding up high enough to show her panties, if she were wearing any. Grenadian elders have condemned Passa Passa, [...]
A critical look at dancehall culture The launch of Donna Hope’s book, Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica, took place on Friday afternoon at The Old Dramatic Theatre, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The formal introduction to this latest body of research exploring the sociopolitical meanings of [...]
Mad Cobra slithers almost alone The cobra is not by nature a chummy creature; keeping its belly close to the ground. And snipers are famed for going it alone, waiting and waiting  and waiting in the right place for the right shot at the right time. It is no surprise, then, that deejay Mad [...]
The Wailers jam Down in the District 2006 It’s spring again, and that means it’s time for college students to awaken from their nest of Natty Light cans and pizza boxes and emerge from their humble abodes. It’s also time for outdoor music. MSU will kick off its own string of warm-weather music Thursday with [...]
Roots reggae come to warm up Fairbanks Let’s face it. With spring coming in at a snail’s pace, Fairbanksans could benefit from a little more warmth. From Seattle via Jamaica, Clinton “Basie” Fearon and his Boogie Brown Band can’t guarantee that they’ll bring warm weather up when they play The Blue Loon on Friday. But [...]
Morgan Heritage – The path Morgan Heritage are more than just a legendary reggae band. They’re a revolution, a family, a force of nature, and a crew of five independent artistes on a musical mission. With Full Circle, their seventh album for VP Records, Morgan Heritage connects with reggae’s past while blazing an uncharted path [...]