CRY FOR A MELODY: DON DRUMMOND, JAMAICAâS MUSICAL ENIGMA
By Debbie Jacob In all the pictures from the 60s, the talented and troubled Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond appears melancholy and aloof. No one ever...
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JAMAICAN FILM âSPRINTERâ BUSS BIG ON NETFLIX
It could not have come at a more opportune time or happen to a nicer person. SPRINTER, the film by Jamaicaâs Storm Saulter debuted on...
ANOTHER SOLD OUT EVENT FOR ANOTHER MOTHER
This time it was at Word Up: Community Bookshop â Libreria Comunitaria on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhatten but this time with a difference. The nannies...
âANOTHER MOTHERâ THE BOOK THAT IS TAKING NEW YORK CITY BY STORM
Ross Kenneth Urkenâs touching memoir of the Jamaican Nanny who raised him was formally launched at BOOK CULTURE in Long Island City, New York on...
In Praise of My Jamaican Nanny: A Jewish American Writerâs Tribute to his âOther Motherâ.
After his cherished childhood nanny dies, a Jewish young man entering into adulthood realizes there is so much he has yet to learn about the...
Michael Manley: In his Own Words
They remained hidden for 22 years after his death â tapes of Michael Manley recorded in conversation with his wife Glynne, over a 3-year period...
JAMAICAâS DONALD SHIRLEY GETS HIS OVERDUE RECOGNITION WITH THE 2019 OSCAR FOR BEST FILM, THE GREEN BOOK.
First it was the Golden Globe Awards and now the Oscars for Don Shirley. As the principal protagonist in the movie The Green Book, Donald...
SHAGGY AND MACHEL MONTANO! TWO SUPERSTARS TO HEADLINE CONCERTS AT 2019 CARIFESTA
The organizers of CARIFESTA to be held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 1-25, 2019 have promised to make the 14th staging of the mega...
THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS; THE TRIUMPH OF THE GREEN BOOK AND JAMAICAâS DON SHIRLEY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL: AWESOME – UPDATED – 29.01.19
As the award winning movie, THE GREEN BOOK makes its debut in Jamaica, more information is emerging about Donald Shirleyâs Jamaican roots including his virtuoso...
CITY OF ATLANTA SELECTS JAMAICAâS BASIL WATSON TO CREATE NEW STATUE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JNR
 It is now official. The city of Atlanta, Georgia is to have a new statue of its most famous son, Martin Luther King jr....