To-Isis: A six-pack of talent
EIGHT YEARS in the music business have not been a bed of roses for the six-man group To-Isis, but they say at least they have earned the respect of their audiences through positive lyrics.
Tots, teens play 'The Nutcracker'
LAST WEEKEND, Desiree's Dance Theatre presented an evening of dance dubbed 'The Nutcracker Jamaican Style', at The Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, St. Andrew. The show was separated into two pieces.
Time takes glitter off 'Jewels In Jamaica'
THE GREATEST value in CG Webb-Harris' Jewels In Jamaica ... Visions in Verse lies in the poet's description of the toils of hard-working Jamaicans. And it is not the Jamaicans of now, as although the poems are not dated they certainly pre-date 1946...
Standing firm on Holy Ground
THE NEWLY-LAUNCHED Holy Ground Records will soon be storming the airwaves with its repertoire of 'new age' gospel artistes. Although a fairly new company, the Holy Ground production team aims to truly spread the gospel to the masses...
Town crier 'Coombs' the streets
IN THESE days of email and text messages, there is still a place for the town crier. Patrick Coombs goes around town in his van, equipped with loudspeakers and posters, singing the word of the Lord.
Belly laughs for charity at the Jamaica Pegasus
THE INVITATION given out by the Best Care Foundation was to 'Come Mek Wi Laaf' and, with the help of storyteller Paul Keens Douglas and Charles Hyatt, the audience at the Jamaica Pegasus on Sunday night were able to do just that...
Harry Potter loses a few zaps
LONG BEFORE Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire drags itself to its conclusion, it becomes quite clear that Potter has lost a touch of his magic. Much of it has been seeped out by a spell of misdirection which robs the tale...
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