Clash production slows down: Some producers refuse to record 'diss' songs
Feuds have long been a part of Jamaican music, from the ska era to the dancehall.

Freddie McGregor finds UWI lecturer off-key on crime
Forty-year reggae veteran Freddie McGregor has taken issue with anthropologist and lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Dr Herbert Gayle, who has said that dancehall does not cause crime in Jamaica.

'Susan' screens mother's lessons of kindness
Susan Simes, the attractive 37 year-old host of CVM TV's Susan, has for the past three and a half years worked her way into the Jamaican consciousness comforting many and rescuing many more, all in the desire to "do good in...

New artiste pushes positive message through music
With his song, Gun Tree, getting favourable airplay, go-getter Kwesi 'Billy' Brown is basking in the success of his latest studio effort, which was recorded seven years after he entered the music business.

Xcellent Xaymaca!
Last weekend, Dance Theatre Xaymaca held its 13th season of dance at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, St Andrew.

Jamaican designs only for Miss Jamaica World 2008
Miss Jamaica World 2008 Brittany Lyons will be dressed exclusively by local designers from the Jamaica Fashion and Apparel Cluster for this year's Miss World 2008.

From 'Baba Boom' to Bob
After topping the 1967 Festival Song Contest with Baba Boom as part of The Jamaicans, Tommy Cowan gradually took to...

'Baba Boom' a standout Festival Song
At the very beginning of the Festival Song Contest, it seemed, there could 'b' nothing wrong with the winner.

Eugene Williams, a director back on track
In August, several Jamaican practitioners and lovers of theatre received an email message which began: "After about 14 years I have finally found time to direct a play."

Mexicans celebrate the 'Day of the Dead'
On Saturday, November 1, the Embassy of Mexico opened 'The Altar' in 'Celebration of the Day of the Dead' at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica building in St Andrew.