Gospel under 'rap' with DAJay
GOSPEL HAS evolved and has taken on many forms - reggae, soul, R&B and now rap. Dwayne 'D.A.Jay' Jackson, 22, is a young soldier enlisted in God's army. He sings gospel hip hop and raps his way through his songs.
Unified stance taken against piracy
EFFORTS TO combat piracy of intellectual property, such as music and films, are not new, but with the recent formation of the Jamaica Anti-Piracy Alliance (JAPA) a unified stance has been taken against the damaging yet common practice.
New music from 'DOWN UNDER'
AIR SUPPLY has released their 23rd album in their 30 years as a group and will give Jamaica a taste of their new music while in the island this weekend. The Australian group will be one of the highlights at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival...
Glave launches 'Words To Our Now'
THE REDBONES Blues Café, New Kingston, seems to have become the unofficial home of book launches or for all things literary. So on Tuesday night, it was once again home to another book launch - that of Thomas Glave's...
Big Momma's house crumbles
BEWARE! BIG Momma's back. Once again, Hollywood has hit us with an unexplainable sequel and alas, there are no surprises to be had from this film. It offers what anyone going in should expect, some inane comedy addled by weak writing...
Two poets, two purposes
ONE STARTED to write poetry to impress a girl, the other found his muse a poetic piper leading him from manic depression. And poetry started for thrills and poetry began for therapy met before a minuscule audience at RedBones the Blues...
'Paleface' finishes full Crack-Up
AFTER RIOTOUS jokes had the full house at Backyaad, Constant Spring Road, rocking during his extended closing performance of Wednesday, Tony 'Paleface' Hendricks got relatively quiet and serious.
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