I attended the 99th Anniversary mass at the Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street last Sunday and was completely pleasantly surprised by the amazing restoration  program that is underway there. For those who don’t know, the inside of the Cathedral was completed painted over with several layers of

Sezi Sezi, aka Sarah Silvera, gave an entertaining performance this past Saturday at Jo Jo’s Jerk Pit and More at 12 Waterloo Road near Devon House. Accompanied by well-known jazz guitarist Seretse Small, she offered the large audience a mixture of original material and covers easily as succulent as the

The City Museum of St. Louis, the view from the parking lot- yes, that’s an old airplane up there I recently visited the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri and it got me thinking about how cool it would be to have a City Museum of Kingston. The museum in

Emerging reggae band Farin X Change launches its self-titled debut album at the Hard Rock Cafe, Ocho Rios, on Friday February 12th, 2010. The event will feature a pre-show VIP reception followed by a concert showcasing the band itself. The party will continue after the show with the music of

February is reggae month and in keeping with this,  the Reggae Industry Association of Jamaica presents Roots Reggae Wednesdays. Where: the Ampitheatre at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts When: Wednesday February 3, 10,17 & 24 from 8pm to 12 pm. Cost:  FREE

Two CHR tracks “Beautiful Mistake” and “Gettin Ill” have been added to the IslandFuse VOTE NOW listing. What that means is that if CHR can get the votes she will be listed on the Island Fuse top 10 chart (which features artists like Etana, Sean Kingston, Mavado, Shaggy, and Sean

On Monday Feb 15, 2010 JARIA (Jamaica Reggae Industry Association) will co-host an open day and Jam Session at the Alpha Boys School. JARIA has been asked to assist the school with contributions of ‘previously loved’ musical instruments, or assistance with scholarships for 12 young men to sit the Royal

YardEdge brings you the latest offering from Jamaica’s DJ Engineroom – a 70 minute set of hard-hitting house music with attitude! Engineroom has entered the mix in the Let’s Mix NGDJ competition – support YardEdge and cast your vote for Engineroom here before Jan 31st! He needs 200 votes &

This live music event is being staged as a call to action for citizens of Jamaica and music fans at large to assist in the recovery efforts in Haiti. The event will facilitate the collection of in- kind and cash donations to be handed over to the Red Cross to

Check out this tribute to Haiti performed by Wyclef Jean and featuring Mavado… For more info on this video see Soundclash