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  Christopher Partridge Guest Writer When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its ...

SANYA, China December 13, 2018 — Kadijah Robinson, Jamaica’s representative at the 2018 Miss World pageant, finished in the top five of the 68th edition of the competition that was held in Sanya, China, last Saturday, December 8. 118 contestants, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 5, 2018 (CMC) – The calypso fraternity is mourning the death of Fred Mitchell, the fourth calypsonian to have died within the past month. Mitchell, 83, better known as “Mighty Composer”, died at ...

MAURITIUS, November 29, 2018 (CMC) – Reggae music, the genre that originated in Jamaica, secured a coveted spot on the United Nations’ list of global cultural treasure, today. UNESCO, the world body’s cultural and scientific agency, added reggae to its ...

Reggae legend and icon, Marcia Griffiths, charmed her audience, while giving a talk at the 6th annual Jamaica Music Conference (JMC), held in Jamaica earlier this month. Speaking to an audience of upcoming artists, artist managers, fans and industry stakeholders, ...

It has been close to a decade since GRAMMY award-nominated Julian Marley delivered his critically acclaimed “Awake” album. And since fans and music lovers have been clamoring for another musical offering, the reggae star has announced the January 25 release ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 12, 2018 (CMC) – Veteran calypsonian, Calypso Rose, will be awarded the Grand Prize for World Music when she attends the Sacem Grand Prix in France, next month. Calypso Rose, 78, the holder ...

NEW YORK CITY, New York October 31, 2018 — Jamaica-born fashionista and celebrity blogger, Diva Madonna Williams, owner of the newly-opened Glamsense Divas Beauty Bar in Pelham, New York, is counting her lucky stars, as her fashion business continues to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago October 23, 2018 (CMC) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) said, today, the honourary Doctor of Letters degree that would have been conferred on Winston Bailey, the legendary Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian, ...

TORONTO, Canada October 16, 2018 — On Friday evening, Red Plastic Bag, the popular, 10-time Calypso Monarch of Barbados and one of the country’s four Cultural Ambassadors, plans to take the 400-plus patrons, expected at his upcoming concert, on a ...