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By Marina Eckersley Guest Contributor Vinyl sales have been surging in the last few years, as CD sales stay flat and digital downloads decrease. In the United Kingdom, data from 2016 reveals that vinyl LP sales revenue surpassed that of digital ...

LONDON, England Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (CMC) – Roger Robinson, who lives between Britain and Trinidad and Tobago, won the prestigious T S Elliot Prize, last night, for his poetry collection, A Portable Paradise, published by Peepal Tree Press. A ...

Later this month, on January 26, the recording Academy of music will gather under one roof, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, to recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of 2019 — and among it’s distinguished guests will ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Saturday, January 4, 2020 (CMC) – A 27-year-old artiste was jailed for seven days, after he pleaded guilty to making an unauthorized performance on the counter of a popular, fast food restaurant, on Old Year’s day. Magistrate, Douglas ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of National Security says that it will be implementing a ban on glass bottles, during the upcoming Carnival season. During a recent meeting, officials from the ...

By Sarah Olutola Guest Writer When the American Music Awards gave Taylor Swift the title of Artist of the Decade, TV show host, Wendy Williams, was likely not the only one surprised. Of this decade’s pop juggernauts, Beyoncé has stood at ...

LONDON, England December 15, 2019 (CMC) – Twenty-three-year-old Jamaican medical student, Toni-Ann Singh, won the 59th edition of the Miss World competition, here, last night. Ophely Mezino of France and Suman Ratansingh Rao from India, placed second and third, respectively. ...

By Marina Eckersley Guest Writer As of the third quarter of 2019, music streaming giant, Spotify, had 113 million paid subscribers worldwide — but it’s still missing some famous albums that many listeners feel they can’t live without. And in ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, December 4, 2019 (CMC) – US composer, Irving Burgie — who helped popularise Caribbean music with songs such as Day-O, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell and Mary’s Boy Child — is dead. Born on July 28, 1924, ...

Cheryl Thompson Guest Writer When Harriet, the biopic about Harriet Tubman, debuted earlier this month, reviews were mostly favourable and it did better than expected at the box office, grossing $12 million its opening weekend. Several news stories have since ...