Posted by Emx Media Group on Wednesday, April 3, 2013,
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Entertainment
No,
it's not a new comedy duo, but rather it's the double threat of new sensation
and a legendary star.
After
a resounding start last week, where hundreds of patrons came out to witness the
success of the new movement in entertainment, the weekly food-inclusive live
comedy series Lady Rennae's Mek Wi Laugh returns with comedy legend Owen
'Blakka' Ellis as well as newcomer Andrew Kelly.
Last
week's event, featuring Leighton Smith and Kathy Grant, left a jam-packed
audience at Puls8 in ...
Posted by Emx Media Group on Thursday, June 21, 2012,
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Entertainment
While his catalog thus far betrays no allegiance to any specific genre, singer Courtney John does admit to a "soft spot" for one particular variant. "'You could say I was bitten by the rocksteady bug," he relates. "It's still a very under-appreciated genre. It kind of fell under the shadow of the emergent reggae of Marley, Tosh et al between the late 60s and early 70s. It was our soul music"
That huge movement of "Jamaican Soul" as the artiste puts it is enjoying one of its best resurgences y... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emx Group on Tuesday, June 21, 2011,
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Entertainment
What
do you do after having held positions in major media brands for 20 years? When
you’ve produced major television and entertainment entities from as young as
“twenty-something”? When you’ve been integrally involved in media properties
such as Bad Boy Entertainment, MAXIM magazine, the BBC, the History Channel and
Disney Theatrical (“Lion King”, “Mary Poppins” etc.)?
If you’re Jane Nina
Buchanan, you organize to widen the circle and get more talented folks launched
into...
Posted by Therese Morris on Friday, June 17, 2011,
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Entertainment
A
SECOND DECADE OF KEEPING HOPE ALIVE THROUGH MUSIC
A tireless crusader for
quality live music, Seretse Small used to put on a monthly Jam at the Hilton
Hotel (now the Wyndham) called the "Jammers Network". Through an
invitation from her daughter, Arlene Campbell a member of Hope United Church
heard the music and saw the energy of the performers and felt that this
experience could be used to help raise funds for the church’s many projects,
especially its building fund.
Posted by Emx Group on Thursday, March 24, 2011,
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Entertainment
As the only legitimate major studio contender to Pixar in the animation business, Blue Sky Studios has been wont to expand beyond its proven Ice Age franchise, for which a new instlament is, in fact, due next year. Its taken a few creditable steps in the direction, with the Dr Seuss adaptation, "Horton Hears A Hoo" and "Robots"
But this tropical-flavoured comedy-romance is its surest step yet out of the Ice Age mold. Snatched from his amazonian homeland almost at birth, Blu, a rare blue m... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emx Group on Sunday, December 19, 2010,
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Entertainment
OLD Stars, it seems, never die; they keep shining and thrilling wherever they pop up.
Such was the case on Wednesday night last in the middle of Mandela Park as the Half-Way-Tree Live series revved up.
Queen Ifrica
The early vibe included classic and global dub from DJ Afifa and — for the young ones — storytelling with Paula Ann Porter-Jones. Before showtime, there was also 'juggling' from legendary sound King Sturgrav.
Inside the park's sunken amphitheatre, a host of up-and-comers and (and s...
Posted by Emx Group on Monday, December 13, 2010,
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Entertainment
From left: Griot Music CEO, Seretse Small, addresses the Global Battle of the Bands Jamaica-leg winners, as judge Mikey Bennett applauds the Dubtonic Kru of Deleon 'Jubba' White, Omar 'Jalanzo' Johnson, Luke Dixon, Strickland Stone and Horace 'Kamau' Morgan last Saturday afternoon. - Photo by Mel Cooke
Mel Cooke, Gleaner Writer
For a few minutes at Redbones Blues Café, New Kingston, on Saturday afternoon, it seemed that Dubtonic Kru would not get to play.
Posted by Emx Group on Sunday, December 12, 2010,
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Entertainment
Dubtonic Kru, a local dub band, beat nine other groups to win the local leg of the Global Battle of the Bands (GBoB) on Saturday at Red Bones, the Blues Café in Kingston.
It means that the band will travel to Malaysia in February and compete in the global finals with a chance to win US$100,000.
"It was joyful sound and it was music that you didn't have to be Jamaican to love," local franchise holder Seretse Small told the Sunday Observer.
The judges were looking for the band with the greatest...
Queen Ifrica
