Dorjee Tsering Releases Title Track of New Upcoming Album THANK YOU CANADA In Celebration of Canada’s 150th Birthday
Gifted Tibetan-Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist DORJEE TSERING is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by releasing a new single, “THANK YOU CANADA,” Friday, April 21st, and a full album of the same name, in a concert at Toronto’s Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, on Tuesday, June 6th at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Doors open at […]
Jah Snowcone Signs Indi Pop Artiste to New International Label
Successful Jamaican producer Rohan Fuller also known as Jah Snowcone has teamed up with US based former Haitian supermodel turned music mogul, Tyrone Edmund, to create a new label set to change the landscape of Dancehall fusion and Reggae inspired beats worldwide. The Label, Cape Republic Records, was officially launched earlier this year in the […]
Anita Antoinette Pre Release of “Hotta Dan Fiyah”
This is an exclusive pre-release of a song titled “Hotta Dan Fiyah” from Anita Antoinette soon to be released EP. Anita is in Jamaica for a few days (April 14th to 19th) to do media promotion of her debut single Care. After an emotional visit to her old neighborhood, Anita and her Management decided to […]
Team Jamaica Bickle Prepares To Host Athletes From Across The Caribbean, April 27 – 29, 2017
Team Jamaica Bickle will begin welcoming athletes from across the Caribbean early next week to the annual Penn Relays Carnival held at the University of Pennsylvania, which takes place April 27 thru 29. Athletes will arrive from dozens of high schools and a handful of colleges in Jamaica; from Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent & […]
Jamaican-Korean Brothers Philadelphia Fusion Restaurant Featured in Eater Magazine
Raised in New York by a Korean mother and a Jamaican father, who first bonded over food, Jason and Jimmy Mills have opened what they believe may be the only Korean-Jamaican fusion restaurant in the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And according to Eater Magazine editor Matthew Kong, the combinations served at the Spicy Belly […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending April 21st, 2017
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- NEW BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO JAMAICA NAMED Diplomate Asif Ahmad has been appointed to the position of British High Commissioner to Jamaica, replacing David Fitton. Ahmad is scheduled to take office in August 2017. He spent two decades in the banking industry before becoming a diplomate. Previous to […]
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New Home for Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival DC
Following a very successful inaugural staging in Washington, DC last year, the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival will return on Sunday, June 18, at its new home on the Festival Lawn at RFK Stadium, Lot 6, in celebration of June as Caribbean American Heritage Month. The announcement was made by Eddy Edwards, CEO of Jamaican Jerk […]
Daddy U Roy For First NYC Performance In Over 25 Years
Jamaican music pioneer Daddy U Roy, who ruled the charts in the 70s with hit singles, ‘Penny For Your Song’ (with Derrick Harriott); ‘Stop that Train;’ ‘Dread in a Babylon;’ ‘Wake The Town;’ ‘Rule The Nation’ and ‘Wear You To The Ball’ (with John Holt) is set to perform In Queens on Sunday, June 25. […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “If I Perish, I Perish”
When Queen Esther was challenged by Mordecai to speak to king Ahasuerus on behalf of her people the Jews, I do not believe he expected the resolute response he received. According to the narrative, “Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, ‘Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast […]