Jamaica Gleaner Entertainment
published: Sunday | August 13, 2006
Dancehall not the dead end
Ska increased your heart rate, it gradually slowed with rocksteady, sped up a little more because of reggae, then went to an all time high with dancehall. Now what?
Movie piracy a huge problem
With movie piracy on the rise and the latest flicks hitting the streets around the same time they do the cinemas, the Jamaican movie-going public is down 30 per cent, according the Melanie Graham, marketing manager at Palace Amusement Company.
In search of the soul of Sunsplash
The trouble with reviving something from the dead is that when you bring it back you have to be sure that what you return with still has its soul intact. Otherwise, it is simply a blood-sucking version of its former self.
Sunsplash organisers deliver on promises
With the bMobile Reggae Sunsplash over, the organisers of the festival have been bombarded with reactions, some of which they agree with while others they deem as unfair.
Barbados Crop-Over
Barbados' Crop-Over festival climaxed on Monday, August 6, Kadooment Day, in a blaze of bright colours as 25 bands participated in the day-long parade from the National Stadium, through crowded streets to Spring Gardens.
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