A Branding Row or Ego Trip for pawns?

A disappointing incident was reported as the “Branding Row” dated August 19, by another mediahouse. Tivoli Gardens football team players failed to show against Waterhouse in the sport of the football game for the championship cup.   Permit me to seize this opportunity to share some concerns, questioning the ethics of the game, and relevant leaders who should inevitably […]

Interview: Wayne Chen explores pathways to Jamaican artists success

Often times Jamaican artists lay blame at entities such as government and businesspersons for their lack of advancing as a nation. On the other hand several factors are being discussed as the rationale for the tardiness in success for numbered Jamaican artists. As an example of aspirations for Jamaican artists, businessman and art aficionado Wayne […]

A likkle roast on the side: Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 59

My employee review was not what I expected. It was terrible. It was based on our team achieving phone call quotas. We did not get the number of calls that my manger had set as a goal for my team. I knew some of the call drop-off happened because of my distractions the last few […]

QUOTABLE CARIBBEAN – AUGUST 22, 2010

“The significance of this arrest (the arrest of alleged drug trafficker José Figueroa-Agosto of the Dominican Republic) can’t be overstated. He was the head of a major drug trafficking organization. This arrest shows that the bad guys can be brought to justice.” – Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Provost of York College at the City University […]

Memories of my friend; the Great Don Drummond

Arguably the best trombone player Jamaican ever produced DON “D” was what most people called him. Some of them didn’t know his name. Others never saw him in person or seen him perform, but most people who were connected to any kind of music in Jamaica during the fifties and sixties would probably know about […]

The State of Reggae

The New York reggae scene – specifically concerts, promoters and the paying public seem to be in a flux.  The last spate of shows did not go well.  Does the problem lie at the feet of greedy promoters, lackadaisical artists or a jaded public?  Recently held local events failed to generate the kind of buzz […]