International Reggae Day 2022 Celebrates 60th Years of SKA
International Reggae Day (IRD), the annual global celebration of Jamaican music culture, will this year, spotlight and commemorate “60 Years of Ska music”. IRD will invite media partners around the world to highlight this important music culture which laid the foundation for Jamaica’s popular music as a global export. It is particularly fitting as the […]
Alison Hinds, Barbados- Caribbean Woman of Influence
Alison Hinds, who is known as “the Queen of Soca,” was born in London, England to Barbadian parents in 1970. She moved with her mother back to Barbados after her parents separated when she was 11 years old. She was a contestant in the Richard Stoute Talent Contest in 1987 and finished in third place. […]
Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert & The Mighty Diamonds Among Honorees For Jamaica Music Experience Awards In New York This Fall
Legendary vocalist James Chambers-popularly known as Jimmy Cliff, along with Lloyd “Judge Diamond” Ferguson of The Mighty Diamonds and the late Frederick “Toots” Hibbert are among the artists from the Jamaican music industry who will be honored at the Second Annual Jamaica Music Experience (J.A.M.E.) and True Tribute Awards on Saturday September 10 in New […]
Jamaican Pat Chin Awarded First York College Presidential Medal
Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, the co-founder and president of VP Records, a pioneer in the reggae music industry, and an example of immigrant success, is the recipient of the first Presidential Medal presented by York College. She was honored for her influence and contribution to the promotion of Jamaican reggae to the world on June […]
The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, ON – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
As a little girl, she attended the Marlie Hill Primary School that served the district of Woodhall in the parish of St. Catherine. After high school and commercial college, she became a secretary, working in the field of social service. Perhaps that is where Portia found her passion, her life for service to the less […]
Garfield Sobers, Barbados – Caribbean Man of Influence
International cricket legend Garfield Sobers was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1936. He played for the West Indies from 1954 to 1974 and is considered to be the sport’s greatest all-rounder and one of the best cricketers in history. Sobers debuted at the age of 16 with the Barbados cricket team in 1953. Originally he […]