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Interview with Reggae artist Donny Yardas

admin.WJ — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:22:29 +0000

Donny Yardas is undoubtedly a talented recording artist and song writer whose music continues to attract global audiences while staying true to home base. Unlike many artist of his time, the lyrical content of his music not only highlights his artistic creativity, but amplifies his ability to create timeless music. Well known throughout the dancehall fraternity and New York for crafting hits such as “One for Me,” “Your Eyez”” and “Nostrand & Maple.” Yardas continues to pull himself closer

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Wasp Tribute to Haiti

wJ — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:22:54 +0000

Kingston Jamaica: January 17, 2010: Double EME nominated recording artiste Marvin Clarke more popularly known as Wasp after seeing the horrific scenes and the extensive devastation suffered by Haiti in the recent earthquake has re-recorded his hit single ‘Cry Fi Dem’ as a tribute to the Haitian people.

Since re-recording the single there has been a tremendous demand for the song which a number of radio jocks and sound system selectors have describe as a fitting anthem.

According to Wasp “when I watched

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Trevor Rhone

wJ — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:39:34 +0000

The University Players’ will pay tribute to the late Trevor Rhone with a staging of his award-winning comedy “Two Can Play” which will be presented for just six performances beginning Saturday October 17th and continuing through to Monday October 26 at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona.

Two Can Play, a work which won the award for Best Jamaican Play in 1982, features performances by 2008 Actor Boy Award nominees Nadean Rawlins and Alwyn Scott, and is directed

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Soccer Festival

wJ — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:55:08 +0000

NEW YORK, NY. Monday, July 07, 2009–New York City residents will get another opportunity this Summer to reminisce about the glory days of the recent past when sports and academics fuelled enough pride and prejudice to last a lifetime beyond the high school classrooms and soccer fields in Jamaica, West Indies.

The Springfield Gardens High School field at the Springfield Gardens Education Complex at 143 Avenue & Springfield Blvd., (near the North Conduit Avenue), in Springfield Gardens, Queens, NY, will be the

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In Memory of Lucky D

admin.WJ — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:00:41 +0000

Lucky Dube has been hailed as ‘The shining star of African reggae (afropop.com) and ‘South Africa’s biggest selling contemporary artist’ (Mail & Guardian). However, he isn’t merely this, he’s a modern day hero with a message that has touched millions of people’s hearts around the world. With an incredible 21 albums under his musical belt, he has proved himself one of not only South Africa’s, but also the world’s greatest reggae superstars. A man with superb musical taste and genuis, an

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