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A Must-Visit Beach Festival in Bimini

By Dana NilandCJ Contributor Resorts World Bimini is hosting its second annual Driftwood Beach Festival. The June 1-3 event will feature live performances by Pato Banton and Clement Aubrey & The Reggae Allstars, beach volleyball with National Volleyball League pros and more. …

Damian Marley, Burt Bacharach to Headline Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the region’s hottest music festivals is returning for its eighth year. The Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival is set for Aug. 30-Sept. 1, with headliners including Damian Marley, Burt Bacharach, Farruko, Patti LaBelle …

Why You Need to Visit Reggae Sumfest

Reggae Sumfest will return to Montego Bay this summer, for the 25th staging of the “Greatest Reggae Show on Earth.” The island’s biggest weeklong festival, which draws thousands of reggae and dancehall fans from across the world, will take place …

Jamaica Looks to Entertainment for Tourism Growth

Jamaica has a big new plan to attract more tourists: entertainment. According to Jamaica Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett, the plan is to promote Jamaica as the “premier location for guaranteed quality entertainment year-round.” “What we want to do is to …

Reggae. Rum. Racing. Why You Need to Try the Kingston City Run

A must-visit Caribbean race By Sarah Greaves-GabbadonCJ Travel Editor Training for fall races is currently in full swing for runners around the world. But after you’ve crushed New York and Chicago, here’s a Caribbean event to consider that combines running …

Jennifer Hudson, Common to Headline Jamaica’s Reggae Sumfest

Above: Jennifer Hudson By Dana Niland This year’s Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica ill feature Grammy award-winning R&B singer Jennifer Hudson and American rappers Common and Rick Ross. The trio join a growing list of US-based singers who have headlined the …

Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke Sings Reggae for Red Nose Day

Above: Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke By the Caribbean Journal staff Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke got in on the fun for a good cause this week, singing reggae for Red Nose Day. Clarke plays a character called …

Ziggy Marley Wins Reggae Grammy For Second Straight Year

Above: reggae star Ziggy Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff Another year, another Grammy win for Ziggy Marley. Just two days after his father would have turned 70, Jamaica’s Marley did his family proud with his second straight Grammy Award …

Bob Marley’s Land Rover is Back

Above: Bob Marley’s Land Rover By the Caribbean Journal staff In time for the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, the Land Rover Defender the music superstar once owned has now been restored. The matte-blue 1977 Series III …

Eddie Murphy Releases Another New Reggae Track

Above: Eddie Murphy By the Caribbean Journal staff Eddie Murphy isn’t done with reggae. The multi-talented star has released another new reggae track, this time called “Oh Jah Jah.” The release comes after Murphy debuted “Red Light,” his first reggae …

Shaggy, Ziggy Marley Highlight 2015 Reggae Grammy Nominations

Above; Ziggy Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff The nominations are in, and six reggae stars will duke it out for the 2015 Best Reggae Album Grammy award. Six artists are on the books for this year’s awards, from reggae legend …

A Reggae Woodstock?

Above: Jamaican Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Damion Crawford By the Caribbean Journal staff Woodstock in the Caribbean? That’s the idea being discussed by Jamaican Minister of State Damion Crawford, who said Jamaica could soon be hosting …