“Jazz for Hope” the annual fundraiser presented by the Hope United Church in association with Griot Music will be having their ninth installment featuring Jamaican Guitarist Seretse Small on Saturday, June 6 starting at 8:00 pm.

Contributed by Shegries and The Weaver Summer 2009 may be the Summer of Art. This year there is a new face on the party circuit… the face of Art. Art has been turning up all over Kingston. Mystic Urchin’s Brand New Machine on Wednesday, May 6 at Fiction: Art was

YardEdge welcomes a new guest blogger, Petrine Archer-Straw who will be profiling some of the up and coming young artists  to watch on the local scene. Petrine Archer-Straw is an art historian, lecturer and curator who currently teaches in the Department of Art History at Cornell University. Trained at the

Dominique Brown of Random Chaos “Rock, Paper, Scissors” dubbed a rock music and art event was a resounding success. Spearheaded by Dominique Brown of Random Chaos, the night of music and art presented musical performances by Jason Worton, Crimson Heart Replica, Random Chaos and Black Zebra.  Artists present included Negash

Kingston on the Edge or KOTE for short is a relatively new annual urban art festival being staged in Kingston by a group of forward thinking artists and art lovers.

Carol Wong talks about Cotta Craft, a community based business based in Bluefields, Westmoreland. YardEdge:  Tell us about Cotta Craft? Carol: Cotta Craft is the name given to the original sewing enterprise that started some years ago at the Bluefields Peoples’ Community Association in Belmont, Westmoreland. Cotta refers to the

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go to Calabash this year, but from all accounts it seems to be going well.  For a good recap see Active Voice’s post below… “Bad Words” at Calabash 09 For more on Velma Pollard, see  YardEdge talks to Dr. Velma Pollard about her new book

So what has Farenheit been up to lately other than being “hype man” for  Sean Paul… Read more at Sound Pollution…

A Rock Music & Arts Event This event promises to be an eclectic blend of some of Jamaica’s top bands and “alternative” artists.

Written by Raxann Chin-Anguin* Contributed by Berette Macaulay of SeBiArt. Protoje was born into a musical family. His mother, Lorna Bennett, is an attorney-at-law and reggae icon, best known for the 1972 hit, ‘Breakfast in Bed.’ His father, Michael Ollivierre, also known as Lord Have Mercy, is a notably successful