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Jamaica Gleaner Entertainment
published: Wednesday | April 18, 2007

Swiss girl gets wish to visit reggae idol's home
Magalie Billod of Switzerland was given one wish and she chose to visit the home of her idol, Bob Marley. Eighteen-year-old Billod has muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease which causes the muscles to weaken and eventually become useless over time.

Baugh starts off lecture series

Professor Edward Baugh smiled and said, "We are in the Caribbean" when the sound of soca drifted across the Undercroft, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Thursday afternoon. The music, a warm-up for then upcoming...

Music and Lyrics' hits right note

Are you a born songwriter? Or can you develop a melody that is just great? Which is more important? Fisher (Drew Barrymore) in the movie Music and Lyrics thinks melody creates the 'attraction', lyrics the 'memory' of a song, but a combination of the two makes it 'magic'.





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