Ninja, Shaggy ignite Spring Break The DongoRgon Ninja Man, Shaggy and Beenie Man were the artistes who ignited the eight staging of the Spring Break Show at Long Bay Beach Park in Negril on Saturday night. Close to 50 acts, including some not originally billed for the event, took the stage in the show which [...]
Jasmine’s Juice Being ‘wined’ (literally) and dined in Trinidad and Tobago for 10 days is truly an experience that provides a feeling of complete and total satiety. Big observation about Trinidad – I have never seen so many people from one country consume so much unhealthy KFC. The heart disease rate must be rampant! In [...]
Buju’s Trelawny ‘Drive’ Dancehall star Buju Banton created the greatest moment of electricity at yesterday’s colourful opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, bringing the large audience to its feet. Banton, who had previously joined Beres Hammond as part of a cavalcade of stars under the Sly & [...]
Welcome, World! It was truly a once in a lifetime kind of concert and a fitting start for the biggest show ever put on in the Caribbean, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. On a warm Jamaican evening in Trelawny, there were so many stars one could not possibly call allâ but a bit of [...]
No ordinary Alaine! Some say you can’t judge a book by its cover. I think in some cases you can. Especially when you meet people like Jamaican singer Alaine, who is beautiful inside and out. When I arrived at the rehearsal studio in Corinth for my interview with Alaine, I met her signing autographs for [...]
Rik set to Rok Jamaica When Shaggy’s hit song It Wasn’t Me was released in 2001, it catapulted a then amateur singer Rickardo Ducent into the mega star light. Years later Ducent a.k.a Rik Rok is back on his own steam with a new label and a new album. According to Rik Rok, contrary to [...]
Reggae, dancehall put pep into ‘pop’ contest The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is getting a musical facelift. According to Keneshia Nooks, marketing and promotions co-ordinator at the JCDC, they are trying to move away from the worn look of the Popular Song Competition to include fresher reggae and dancehall features. “People usually know the [...]
Jamaica – tacky and tasty To consider Jamaican jerk chicken gourmet may be a lonely stand to take in the minds of culinary critics. For that matter, Jamaica’s draw in general for many travelers may have waned in recent years. Between tales of violence and harassment, crime aimed at visitors and an overdependence on the [...]
‘Good Carnival’ for Roving Tent Calypso and Chutney tent promoter, Nirmal Massive Gosine, of the Roving Tent, has reported the tent’s best season to date. Massive started off promoting his own tent for calypsonians and chutney artistes five years ago. In the previous years, he strongly criticised the PNM for not supporting East Indian art [...]
‘Venom’ for UTech students Although patrons were slow in turning out for ‘Venom’, at the Students’ Activity Centre, UTech last Friday night, selectors and artistes who passed through the event ensured that the party stayed afloat. The venue was still scantily occupied when The STAR team arrived at minutes after 12 a.m., as the majority [...]