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| MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: The Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, January 25 to 27, continues to boost the Jamaican economy. The festival accommodated about 30,000 patrons over the three days. read more.. |
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| SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: Superstars Mary J. Blige, Diana Ross, and Sean Paul will be featured at the 3rd Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago, which takes place from April 27 - 29, 2007. read more.. |
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CASTRIES, St Lucia:  St Lucia’s second annual Food and Rum festival will be even bigger and better in 2007, thanks to a ground-breaking partnership with BET J. Upcoming television exposure will help organisers expand it significantly during its second staging from November 1 to 4, 2007. read more.. |
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NEW YORK, USA (JIS):  Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff is among a number of persons of Caribbean heritage, who will be honoured by the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI), at its 10th anniversary benefit gala & awards dinner scheduled for January 22 in New York City. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The curtain rose at Sunbury Plantation House promptly at 8 pm on Monday night, with American pianist Robert Glasper and his trio providing some stimulating listening to open the 14th annual Barbados Jazz Festival. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  African-American entertainment icon, musician and actor Harry Belafonte, the guest speaker at the Sixth Annual Prime Minister’s New Year’s Gala this coming Saturday, January 6, arrived in St Kitts on Wednesday afternoon. Also expected on Thursday are The Drifters. read more.. |
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| SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: Musical icon Sir Elton John, recording legend Al Green, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gladys Knight, and Grammy winner LL Cool J are scheduled to perform at the 3rd Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The New Year will see Barbados in an island-wide musical ferment when Grammy award-winning artist Anita Baker and a cast of other regional and international artistes gather for the 14th edition of the Barbados Jazz Festival. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican dancehall artiste Beenie Man has hit out at critics who accuse him of homophobia, insisting Jamaican culture is far less prejudiced than in Israel. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The stage is set for the fourth annual Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival to return to the 35 square mile British territory, from November 9-12, 2006 with an exciting collection of jazz greats. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters):  At the age of 82, French crooner Charles Aznavour is still looking for new ways to capture an audience and has turned to the hot rhythms of Cuban music to convey his songs. Aznavour teamed up with Latin jazz piano virtuoso, Chucho Valdes, to record 11 songs. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): When the original negative of "The Harder They Come" was found to be disintegrating from a fungus, writer-director Perry Henzell decided to help restore his classic 1972 Jamaican musical. read more.. |
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ST THOMAS, USVI:  Fredrick Morton, Jr., Founder, General Manager, and Vice President of TEMPO, MTV Network's Caribbean music channel, visited the the island of St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands on Thursday evening. The former legal counsel for MTV wowed a crowd of businesspersons. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Speaking just after his second film was screened to another packed room, Antiguan film director, Howard Allen, said events like the CARIFESTA Film Festival provides a channel for their work to be dispersed. read more.. |
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GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands:  The Turks and Caicos Islands are gearing up to host the 2006 International Film Festival Scheduled to take place October 17 - 21, 2006 in Providenciales. Officials from the Ministry of Tourism have held promotional events in cities throughout the United States. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, January 25 to 27, promises to be the best ever, according to Air Jamaica senior executive George deMercado. read more.. |
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| TORONTO, Canada (JIS): Two Jamaican movies will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), while a third will be presented 34 years after its original release. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (UPI): Renowned Cuban musician Richard Egues, known for his songwriting and flute playing, has died in Havana at the age of 82. Cuba-controlled news outlet Granma said Egues died September 1. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Bloomberg): Ballet Nacional de Cuba, which opened "Don Quixote" in London Tuesday night, is, like Cuba, looking frayed around the edges. It's sunny and good-natured, while suffering from the domination of a leader who should have gone years ago. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago: Steel pan aficionados and novices alike can enjoy the powerful and melodic sounds of the only musical instrument invented in the 20th Century throughout the month of September during the Pan Yard Sensations. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Grammy winning Haitian artist Wyclef Jean will be among a number of major acts performing at the tenth edition of the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica carded for October 27-29, 2006. Reggae artist Shaggy is also scheduled to perform at the three-night event. read more.. |
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NEW YORK, USA:  World renowned and Grammy-award winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams is ready to return to the Caribbean this weekend when she ministers in song to an international audience at the action-packed 3rd Annual Turks and Caicos Music and Cultural Festival. read more.. |
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| COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP): Gay activists in Denmark staged a demonstration on Tuesday ahead of a concert by Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, who regularly causes controversy with gay-bashing lyrics. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): When Ignacio Berroa was touring with Dizzy Gillespie's band in the 1980s, his Cuban accent would prompt people to ask, "Are you the percussionist?" "No," he'd reply. "I'm the drummer!" read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The Caribbean sometimes seems to have as many international jazz and music festivals as it has islands, but some believe that regional talent is often marginalized. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Surrey, south-east England, just a week before his next concert, his manager said on Friday. read more.. |
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| PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: The stage is set for another exciting Caribbean music extravaganza when the 3rd Annual Turks and Caicos Music and Cultural Festival strikes up on "Provo," as the locals fondly call Providenciales, from July 31 to August 7, 2006. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Aston "Family Man" Barrett, bass player in Bob Marley's band The Wailers, failed Monday in his court battle in London for a slice of the late reggae legend's royalties. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: The Caribbean island nation of St Lucia is preparing for an assault of visitors over the next two weeks when St Lucia Jazz, the region's most longstanding jazz festival, opens in the capital city of Castries this weekend. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: A local artiste performing at the 10th anniversary of the St Kitts Music Festival promises to take his act to the next level to reflect the momentous achievement of the summer event. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA:  A frequent contributor to the pages of Caribbean Net News, Anthony L. Hall has this week published his first book, The IPINIONS Journal: 2005 Year in Review (iUniverse, Inc., 386pp), a collection of his daily musings on world affairs during 2005. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The St Kitts Music Festival will have a new home to celebrate 10 years of spectacular musical performances, as it ushers in a future with new standards of excellence, professionalism and top quality entertainment. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The first-ever Grenadian movie “Blinded” is set to get some international recognition. The movie has been officially selected for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) to be held on May 4 -11 in New York. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): The banning in the Bahamas of the "Brokeback Mountain" movie has stirred controversy in the island chain, in what a gay group called "an attempt to censor an entire community." read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  Executive Director of the St. Kitts Music Festival Allister Williams says patrons can expect one or more Grammy award winners to be featured each night at the tenth annual event. Thrilling the audience will be acts such as Dionne Warwick, Air Supply amd Shaggy among others. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Singer Wilfredo "Pio" Leyva, a pillar of the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club and one of Cuba's masters of 'son,' died Thursday in Havana aged 88, his family said. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: Trinidad and Tobago's soca star Machel Montano, who dominated the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago carnival, and Jamaica reggae group T.O.K. are now in the line-up of the world famous St Lucia Jazz. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Grammy-winning recording artist Beenie Man, Anguilla’s celebrated reggae star Bankie Banks, and the Australian soft rock group Air Supply will perform at the 10th annual St Kitts Music Festival from June 29 to July 2, 2006. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: British musician Seal, noted songwriter and singer Babyface, jazz diva Nancy Wilson, percussionist Pancho Sanchez, and the soulful Reverend Al Green are the headliners for the 15th edition of the St. Lucia Jazz Festival to be held in the creole island nation from May 5-14, 2006. read more.. |
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