LIGHTS, CAMERA, MUSIC!
THOUGH AN artiste was able to attract some recognition from a song being played by selectors at events, there was a time when access to a mass audience was available only through radio airplay. Since the mid 90s, however, a fairly young..

Ras Mandito no Johnny Reggae come lately
THREE FRIDAYS ago, at the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) tribute to the Studio One and Treasure Isle labels, Ras Mandito ended the first segment with a performance that covered reggae and R&B, getting...

Jamaican artistes collaborate big
IN THE early '90s it was against the norm for Jamaican dancehall artistes to collaborate with a major international artiste.

Dramatic turnaround on AIDS
THE MARRIAGE between dancehall and sex has been a fertile and promiscuous one, largely sown, grown and tended in a bed of profligate slackness. Yet despite (and maybe because of) its wanton approach to sex the spectre of HIV/AIDS, which...