Jamaica’s quiet side It’s a starry night, a nearly full moon lighting our path through the lounge chairs scattered on the beach. Splashing into the Caribbean Sea, there’s no shock of cold to slow our steps across the sandy bottom. The water is warm as a baby’s bottle. We walk out, and out some more, [...]

Johnny says piece on DJ peace With the peace meeting between Vybz Kartel and Mavado coming a few hours before Backyaad Crack-Up’s 2007 season opened on Tuesday evening, Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley had something to say about the process. And, although coming after hilarious comments about the need for wide angle shots to bring out the [...]

Spice, Ele, Missing in action After much controversy surrounding the inclusion of deejay Spice in the line-up of performers at Magnum Follow Di Arrow and the subsequent omission of Beenie Man, fans ended up seeing neither of the two perform. Earlier, ‘the doctor’ had declared that he would not be performing if Spice was on [...]

The man behind the beats Trying to get in contact with one of dancehall’s most renowned producers, Donovan ‘Don Corleon’ Bennett, was no easy task. The star producer is a very busy man these days, working with major players in the industry such as Sean Paul, Bounty Killa, Vybz Kartel, Beenie Man, Sizzla, Capleton, Wayne [...]

‘Follow Di Arrow’ unites the music It was another successful year for Decky Promotion’s Magnum ‘Follow Di Arrow – Unite The Music’, held last Saturday at the James Bond Beach in Oracabessa, St. Mary, as the event, though missing a few billed acts, still managed to thrill the hundreds who turned out despite the rain. [...]

Diaspora expressed through film, music – The Brown and White As part of the College of Arts and Science’s project “Diaspora: Re-Imagining Cultural Space,” the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies recently sponsored a film and a musical performance to explore the concept of diaspora. Awake Zion

‘Malo’ is 2007 Soca Monarch Marlon ‘Malo’ Webster took the 2007 Carib Soca Monarch title in a landslide on Sunday night, with an energetic, creative and intense presentation that captured the imagination of the judges and the hearts and souls of the crowd. Until ‘Malo’ stepped onto the National Park stage asking those present to [...]

Strip Tease: a star-studded night Last Saturday’s staging of ‘Strip Tease 3, Jungle Extasy’ at the Students’ Activity Centre, UTech, featured some hot performances on stage from not only billed acts, but also from a couple surprise ones as well. At 2:43 a.m., after the likes of Razz and Biggy, Renaissance, Swatch International and other [...]

‘Jumbie’ storms Downtown The blistering afternoon sun could not outshine the young masqueraders yesterday participating in the 2007 Downtown Junior Parade of the Bands. Although the start of the event was delayed there was an even flow of bands up until mid-afternoon. Small, medium and large bands all braved the heat and masqueraders paraded past [...]

Charlie Chaplin no dancehall comedian Blessed with a sense of humour, a memorable voice and an ever conscious mentality, deejay Charlie Chaplin is a pioneer in the dancehall. While the image of an English comedian with a quirky moustache may come to mind when one hears the name, Richard Bennett a.k.a. the Jamaican Charlie Chaplin, [...]