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The Best Night in Grand Case
Above: a performer at Les Mardis in Grand Case (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell GRAND CASE — It began with a ti’ punch, as it should have. But the night before, there would have been no ti’ punch […]
Jamaica Eyes Deeper Ties Between Tourism, Entertainment Industries
Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By Guy Britton MONTEGO BAY — For Minister of State Damion Crawford and the government of Jamaica, it’s a natural fit — linking two of the country’s most famous industries: tourism and entertainment. For decades, Jamaica’s artistic and […]
Tessanne Chin Comes Full Circle in St Kitts
Above: Tessanne Chin at the St Kitts Music Festival (photos by CJ) By Alexander Brtiell BASSETERRE – It was a year ago that Tessanne Chin was slated to perform here at what was the 17th annual St Kitts Music Festival. […]
In Miami, Caribbean Jazz on the Airwaves
Above: Caribbean jazz legend Monty Alexander By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Jazz has found a new home in Miami, thanks to the city’s WDNA radio station. The public radio station, which has long been a friend to the Caribbean, […]
Martinique Readies For “Martizik” Festival
Above: Martinique By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Martinique is set to host the “Martizik” music festival beginning next week. Martizik, which will take place from May 2 to May 4, will be hosted in the area of […]
Shaggy to Headline Concert at Antigua Sailing Week
Above: Antigua Sailing Week By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican music star Shaggy will headline a concert during Antigua Sailing Week, organizers announced. Shaggy will be joined by Antigua native Tian Winter at the show, which will be sponsored by […]
Tessanne Chin Sings at the White House
Above: Tessanne Chin at the White House By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican rising music star Tessanne Chin performed at the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday evening. Chin, who won the NBC show “The Voice” last year, was […]
Seven Caribbean Events For February, From St Kitts and Nevis to Jamaica
From PGA champions to Puerto Rican dragon boats, February 2014 will be an exciting month for the Caribbean region. We’ve put together of six events worth checking out across the Caribbean, from reggae in Jamaica to carnival in Bonaire. Taste […]
Taking Jamaican Dancehall to the World
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Turning 30 – A Time for Reflection IT’S the end of 2013. Everyone’s busy making plans for 2014. I’m sitting in office on New Year’s Eve feeling more than a tinge of excitement. 2013 […]
Jamaica’s Tessanne Chin Wins Fifth Season of NBC’s “The Voice”
Above: Tessanne Chin By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Tessanne Chin has won the fifth season of NBC’s “The Voice.” Chin emerged bested two other finalists to win the prime-time show, a singing competition led by music stars including Cristina […]
Six Great Places to Party on the Beach in Negril, Jamaica
It might be argued that Negril invented Caribbean tourism. Even before there was widespread travel to the region, there was Negril. And the world-famous Seven Mile Beach on Jamaica’s northwestern coast is one of the most entertaining places in the […]
London Celebrates Notting Hill Carnival
Above: the Notting Hill Carnival By the Caribbean Journal staff The Notting Hill Carnival officially began Sunday in London, the 47th edition of one of the world’s most famous Caribbean diaspora festivals. The West London neighbourhood began with a procession […]
Iced Jamaican Coffee, By the Can
Above: the new coffee brand By the Caribbean Journal staff You can now get iced Jamaican coffee by the can, thanks to the Marley Beverage Company. Marleys One Drop, a new ready-to-drink beverage, has been launched by the Marley Beverage […]
Seven Fun Things to Do in Jamaica
Jamaica has one of the most diverse tourism products in the Caribbean. You can hike in the Blue Mountains, sun in Negril, search for culinary nirvana in Kingston … the attractions are endless. So we thought we’d offer a short […]
A New Life for Bob Marley’s Land Rover
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Land Rover Defender once owned by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley is getting a new lease on life, thanks to Sandals Resorts International. The 1877 Series III Land Rover Defender has been handed over […]
US Embassy Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting “Gratuities” in Jamaica
Above: the US Embassy in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff A law enforcement officer with the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service has pleaded guilty to accepting “unlawful gratuities” from a Jamaican entertainer and making false statements while stationed […]
Sean Paul Holding First Concert in Haiti
Above: Jamaica’s Sean Paul By the Caribbean Journal staff Grammy-award-winning Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist Sean Paul will be holding his first-ever concert in Haiti on Thursday. The concert, which will also feature artists such as T-Vice, Kreyol La, Team […]
Marcia Forbes: Marley, Belafonte, Blake-Hannah and Jamaica at 50
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Redemption Song On Thursday, April 19, the highly-anticipated Marley Movie (it is really a documentary) premiered in Jamaica. It was appropriately hosted at the Emancipation Park, a beautiful space that only 10 years ago […]
Jamaica’s Tarrus Riley Set to Release New Acoustic Album, “Mecoustic”
Above: Tarrus Riley By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley will be releasing his new acoustic album on April 17, Mecoustic in European markets. The album, which is being released in conjunction with France-based Soulbeats Records, features […]
Talking with Jamaica’s Konshens
JAMAICA’S REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ARTIST KONSHENS has been finding success across the globe, most recently in Japan, where his album, Mental Maintenance, has risen to the top of the reggae charts in a country with a strong appreciation for the […]
Monty Alexander: Jamaica Is “My Life”
Above: Monty Alexander (Photo/Crush Boone) By Alexander Britell JAMAICAN MUSIC LEGEND MONTY ALEXANDER recently completed a two-week run at the famed Blue Note jazz club in New York City dubbed “50 Years In Music – 50 Years of Jamaica,” a […]
Antigua and Barbuda’s National Football Team Gets New Name
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda’s national football team has received a new name, following a nationwide text-voting campaign. The club, which is ranked 90th in the world according to FIFA, is now the “Benna Boys.” But while […]
The Big Youth Interview
Emerging from Kingston’s Trenchtown in the 1970s, Big Youth became one of the pioneers of reggae – as arguably one of the first deejays and, as he says, the first Rastafarian to do so. In a four-decade career, in which […]
Author Maggie Harris on “Kiskadee Girl”
Author Maggie Harris, whose 1999 poetry collection, “Limbolands,” won the Guyana Prize for Literature, has returned to the place of her childhood with “Kiskadee Girl,” published by Kingston University Press, a memoir of her time growing up in Guyana. Caribbean […]
How Grammy Winner Dion Parson is Bridging Jazz and the Caribbean
By Alexander Britell It’s not easy to innovate in any musical genre –- but Grammy-winning drummer Dion Parson, a native of St Thomas, is doing just that – bringing together the worlds of the Caribbean and jazz and creating what […]
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