Last month’s appearance of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, a living legend in Jamaican music, at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was truly an unforgettable experience on so many levels.  For starters, in 2003, Perry was awarded a Grammy for Best Reggae Album with his album, titled Jamaican E.T..  And in 2004, the venerable Rolling Stone ranked […]

On February 29, 2020, the City of Miramar in South Florida and its Vice Mayor, Alexandra P. Davis, hosted the Afro Carib Festival in celebration of Black History Month.  This signature event took place at the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater, which is the same fantastic venue that was the situs of last year’s Broward Reggae […]

In the run-up to the 2020 Championship game of the National Football League (“NFL”) between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, popularly known as the Super Bowl, the City of Miami was certainly abuzz with fervent excitement and fan fare.  And for good reason, as there was a slew of events and festivities […]

Julian Marley, son of the late Reggae King, Bob Marley, is on the list of nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards to take place later this month on January 26th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.  Close to 10 years have passed since Julian’s last album release, which was titled “Awake”, and this is […]

The 2nd annual Reggae Jam Festival in Miami on December 29th – ‘The Meeting of Legends’ –  was nothing short of an epic day and night of festivities for all ages.  Centered around Inner Circle’s 50th anniversary in reggae music, the iconic band was definitely in good company as they celebrated such a momentous occasion […]

In the run-up to the 2nd Annual Reggae Jam Festival, to take place in Miami on Sunday December 29th, the Official Press Party was held this week at the trendy and artsy Citadel complex in the city’s Little River neighborhood.  In tandem with Miami’s Power96 radio show segment known as, ‘Behind the Music’ at the […]

Art Basel Miami 2019 took place December 5th–8th in the Magic City.  There, approximately 260 of the top art galleries in the United States, as well as art museums showcased their best stuff at the yearly contemporary art bonanza, which had its inaugural staging in 2002.  And for the third consecutive year, Art Basel Miami […]

Prior to this year, South Florida’s Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival had called Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida home for 14 years.   Started in 2001, the Jerk Festival in its fledgling years was sitused at C.B. Smith Park in the Pembroke Pines area of South Florida.  However, this year’s 18th staging of the Festival on November 10th […]

After months of build-up and anticipation, the moment had finally arrived for David ‘Ram Jam’ Rodigan to touch down in South Florida and take the helm of the sound system decks at Dubwise Miami on November 6th.  Now a multi-country event, Dubwise sessions have popped-up in New York, California, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Miami.  Indeed, it […]

The upscale Renaissance Hotel in Plantation, Florida recently hosted the 10th Anniversary Gala of the Galleon Foundation, which is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring accessibility of disadvantaged children to a good education.  In that spirit, for the past decade the Foundation has not wavered in its pursuit to impact and improve the lives of […]