14th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival
It is 4:46 p.m. Sunday November 8th, 2015 and I am standing at the entrance of Markham Park in the city of Sunrise, Florida, listening to the warm-up gospel segment of the 14th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival 2015. Hundreds of vehicles (approximately 3 persons per car) stream into the park and are directed to the parking lots after drivers present […]
Teflon Di Young King Inks Major Distribution Deal with Tuff Gong International for New Album The Beginning To Be Released On November 27, 2015
With an album release date set for November 27, 2015, Rastafarian singer Teflon the Young King is making good on his promise to spread the message of Jah, love and respect globally to be well received as one of Reggae/Dancehall’s young icon providing innovative reggae music for global listeners . The singer who is dubbed […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending November 13th, 2015
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- DAVIES PROMOTES NATIONAL HEROES PARK AS MAJOR TOURIST DRAW—11/09/15 Dr. Omar Davies, Jamaica’s Minister of Transport, Work and Housing, believes that the re-development project at National Heroes Park will transform the location into a major attraction for visitors to Kingston. The project, which will cost an estimated $2.3 […]
Jamaican Singer-songwriter Romain Virgo Reveals Intimate Stripped down Performance Of “Fade Away” off His New EP Lifted
Following Romain Virgo’s brand new video for “Fade Away” featuring Assassin, the Jamiacan singer offers a breathtaking acoustic acapella version of the song on this Garth Von Glehn directed visual (premiered by The FADER). “Fade Away” is off of Romain Virgo’s latest EP Lifted (Oct 30, VP Records). His studio album Love Sick will follow […]
Fans Got More Than A Taste of Fun at 14th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival
On a perfect day, without even a menacing cloud in sight, some 14,000 patrons descended on Markham Park in Sunrise for the 14th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival. Diehard Jerk Festival fans and some first-timers came for their “taste of fun” but got that and so much more. The event on Sunday (November 8, 2015), […]
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Tech News: Code.org Partners with “Star Wars” to Provide Coding Tutorials
Code.org, Lucasfilm and Disney are working together to create code tutorials for children that feature the characters from the new “Star Wars” movie. Code.org is a nonprofit group designed to expand knowledge in the field of computer science by making it more exciting. In 2015, the excitement is provided by the “Star Wars” characters in […]