From New York to South Florida: How the Jamaica Strong Concert Series Enters Its Next Chapter at Hard Rock Live

The Jamaica Strong concert series began in New York as a response to the damage left behind by Hurricane Melissa. That first concert brought artists, fans, and the wider diaspora together around one goal: support for Jamaica during a difficult recovery period. Now, the focus shifts south. South Florida becomes the next stop as the […]

The Death of Jonkonnu? Why This Important Christmas Tradition Is Slowly Fading

Around this time each year, conversations resurface lamenting the loss of Christmas traditions, particularly Jonkonnu. Too often, these reflections amount to little more than nostalgic fodder — a reminder that, long before Christmas became synonymous with imported carols and commercial spectacle, Jamaicans practised something deeply symbolic and rooted in ancestral memory. Loud, unpredictable and defiantly […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: A Worship Born in the Dark

It is the day after Christmas. As we prepare to close the chapter on this Christmas season, a few things are worth remembering. Christmas did not begin in comfort, celebration, or certainty. It began in obscurity, inconvenience, and unmet expectations. The long-awaited Messiah entered the world not in a palace but in a stable, not […]