By Jamaicans The US Library of Congress, National Recording Registry Adds ‘The Harder They Come’ soundtrack Among 25 New Selections Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage. “The National Recording Registry will preserve our […]
(Photo: @TheWailersOfficial) By Victoria Falk Bunny Wailer, reggae pioneer, icon, and legend, is dead at age 73. The last surviving founding member of the internationally acclaimed reggae group, The Wailers, died on March 2, 2021, in a hospital, in Kingston, Jamaica. The Jamaican singer, songwriter, and percussionist reportedly died of complications brought on by a […]
Grenadian Creative using her gifts to raise awareness on the importance of mental health.
Photo: Khadijah Halliday This month, OECS YES In Action caught up with Khadijah Halliday, a 19-year-old Spoken Word Artist and Writer tackling the stigma of mental illness in the Caribbean through empowering videos, poetry and prose! Tell us a little about yourself. My love affair with words began at a really early age. My childhood […]
Once again, JDTAN is happy to collaborate with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, this year on Reggae Month. Generally celebrated in and around Kingston, and sharing the month of February with Black History Month in the US, it includes lectures, documentaries, talent shows, and more. Reggae month is organized by the Jamaican […]
By LZ Granderson, LA Times We just keep losing them. Our heroes. Our legends. Our giants. It began that awful Sunday morning of Jan. 26, 2020, with the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant along with eight others, including his daughter Gianna. And honestly, it feels as though the rest of the […]
Tributes are pouring in for legendary actress Cicely Tyson, who died Thursday at the age of 96. “I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop,” Tyson once said. And she lived up to her words, granting a string of interviews right up until her final days. Tyson’s career spanned seven decades. Perhaps […]
By Melissa Doughty, Trinidad & Tobago Newsday Tributes continue to come in from many sectors honouring the contribution Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes Millington made to Trinidad and Tobago, the region and the world. Singing Sandra died on January 28. She was 64. She won the Calypso Monarch contest in 1999 and 2003. Regional media, […]
CDs and artwork of Whitney Houston. American singer, actress. In 2006 the Guinness Book of World Records declared her the most awarded and famous artist of all time. (Shutterstock) By Tierra R. Wilkins, The Undefeated For this week’s culture class, forget the reading in the syllabus. We’re here to listen to that voice. Today is […]
Larry King attends 2017 International Emmy Awards at Hilton Hotel – New York, NY – November 20, 2017 (Shutterstock) By Tom Kludt, Brad Parks, and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) – Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. […]
American television and radio host Larry King attends AJHS Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award Dinner at The Roosevelt Hotel, Manhattan – New York, NY, USA – December 1, 2016 (Shutterstock) By Ethan Sacks and Dennis Romero, NBC News Larry King, the radio and television personality whose breezy and conversational interviews with celebrities and world […]