Check out this great video with thoughts on Jamaica by Harry Belafonte, Andrew Young, and Hugh Masekela. Did you know that Harry Belafonte’s  record, Calypso was the first record to sell one million copies, earning him the first ever “gold record” in the music business from RCA.

Brand New Machine Montego Bay hosted by Steve Urchin and Farenheit has moved from Blue Beat to Seawinds Beach Club, Freeport in Montego Bay. BNM features the best of Jamaican DJ’s, premium bottle service and drink specials, and an all round funky vibe! BNM Mo Bay is EVERY THURSDAY from 10pm-4am. Everyone

On Friday, March 11 Women Business Owners will be launching their “Building Women in Business” Project. The long-term objective of the project is to contribute to the growth and sustainability of women owned small and medium sized businesses in Jamaica. Specifically, this project will strengthen 300 women-owned small and medium

Our own DJ Engineroom will be at OPA! this Wednesday March 8th at Wicky Wacky Beach in St. Thomas. Enjoy music with a difference this Ash Wednesday – deep and funky house, dubstep and dance classics! Also if you dig this kind of music follow Stereo Massive on twitter and

This is an interesting tree I spotted while recently visiting a farm  in the hills of St. Elizabeth. It’s called “Prickle Yellow” and is apparently a great bird feeding tree – but I call it the definition of prickly. It’s fascinating as the bark is covered from top to bottom in sharp “prickles”.

Here’s a great post from my friend Berette Macaulay from Sebiart talking about some cool Kingston lunch spots that all serve great food at reasonable prices. We welcome Cafe El Centro, a newcomer to the Kingston foodie scene (8 Hillcrest Ave), they serve great food and VERY reasonable prices.  Their

The Junior Jamaica Dance Umbrella performance will be this Saturday March 5th at 2pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI Mona. Tickets on sale now at the Philip Sherlock Centre: $500 adults, $300 children. Call 927-1047 to make your reservations. Here’s the schedule for the JDU

Congratulations to Spur Tree Restaurant’s Chef Sean John who was selected by MACY’s Culinary Council as one of NYC’s hottest chefs. He was asked to prepare a dish for Black History Month at MACY’s department store’s kitchen studio. Sean is preparing ackee and cod bruschetta with coco bread. Visit Sean

This is the schedule for the weekend for the JAMAICA DANCE UMBRELLA festival which starts Thursday. Thurs March 3rd, 2011 – 7:30 pm Renee McDonald KRI Performing Arts School – (Cayman Islands) She Her Me – A Collaboartive Dance Collage, co-creators Safi Harriott, Neila Ebanks, Tamara Thomas and special guests

. Dubtonic Kru’s performance at “Scotiabank Presents the Global Battle of the Bands Jamaica 2010” last December. Last Saturday, Jamaica’s DUBTONIC KRU  won the Global Battle of the Bands competition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The band had won the local Global Battle of the Bands Competition produced by Griot