7 NORTH PARADE PROUDLY PRESENTS 2CD / DVD REGGAE ANTHOLOGY FROM THE ICONIC DANCEHALL PIONEER YELLOWMAN’S YOUNG, GIFTED AND YELLOW AVAILABLE APRIL 23, 2013

Jamaica’s first dancehall superstar Yellowman ushered in a new era in reggae music. His early ’80s success brought the popularity of toasting (reggae’s equivalent of rapping) to a new level and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future. On April 23, 2013, 17 North Parade will unlock its vaults once again to unveil [...]

Digicel dominates Mash float parade

Following Saturday’s Mashramani float parade which saw a total of 30 bands competing under the theme “Reflecting Creativity, Embracing Diversity’s, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport announced the results this evening. The parade was a huge success as bands competed in the following category; costume and band parade-individual (king and queen, male and female), [...]

Grammy-winning US Virgin Islander to perform Caribbean jazz in New York

NEW YORK, USA — New Yorkers are in for a treat this weekend when US Virgin Islands Grammy-winning jazz great, Dion Parson and the 21st Century Band perform at the Abyssinian Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Concert Series this Sunday, January 13 in Harlem. Set to celebrate two of America’s historical personalities, the concert, supported by [...]

Renowned Musicians Join Concert dedicated to Cuban Patron Saint

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 9 (ACN) Renowned musicians will join the concert known as Misa Cubana (Cuban Mass) on Sunday, a work that prestigious composer Jose Maria Vitier dedicated to the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, considered the Cuban Patron Saint by the Catholic Community. The concert, to be conducted by Vitier at Havana’s National [...]

Second Regional Female Calypso Monarch Competition to be held in Montserrat next month

FESTIVAL CITY, Montserrat — Euphony Vibes will host the second Regional Female Calypso Monarch Competition on Friday, 21st December in Montserrat. The show is being held as part of the 50th Festival celebrations on the island. Participating will be Minelle from St Lucia, who won the crown last year. Others vying for the 2012 Kaiso [...]

American music professionals encouraged to attend Cuban jazz festival

LONG BEACH, USA — Cuba Tours and Travel (CTT), a fully licensed Cuba travel agency, has announced that the company will lead a special trip to the 28th edition of the Havana International Jazz Festival, to be held December 12-19, 2012. For nearly three decades, the big names of world jazz have performed on Havana [...]

Singer Richie Stephens Double award winner in the Tri-State

New York: International reggae singer Richie Stephens pocketed two awards – a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the Caribbean New Jersey Reggae Awards and a “Cultural Ambassador Award” from the Comets Athletics Club, New York chapter – to add to the four awards he has already received since the start of 2012. Among the awards he [...]

Jamaican Olympians receive congressional awards in New York

NEW YORK, USA — Two of Jamaica’s most prolific Olympians, Grace Jackson and Bertland Cameron, were both presented with proclamations from the office of Yvette Clarke, 11th Congressional District, New York; and ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee and member Small Business Committee, in the United Sates Congress; in honour of their outstanding contributions [...]

Tarrus Riley For Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, New York

Come Sunday July 22, 2012 New Yorkers will once again get their fill of the best in Caribbean jerk cuisine, music and cultural expressions with the second staging of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival – New York. The one-day family-friendly food festival will bring together professional chefs, eager taste-testers, reggae and soca music lovers, dance [...]

New York City Internet Radio Host/Sailor recording Live radio sailing show in St.Vincent & Grenadines

Have you ever wondered how we can apply lessons we learn from the sea to our everyday lives? NYC Internet radio sensation, Swati Shah, will record her sailing radio show live while on a Caribbean regatta in St. Vincent during March. Swati’s show brings a creative experience to sailing through sharing stories, songs and sea [...]

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