The Kingston Biennial: Part 1 – a limited outlook
I left the June 26 opening of the Kingston Biennial at the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) with very conflicted feelings. It was good to…
Maintaining the Festival Song standard
The Jamaica Festival Song Competition cannot be allowed to become a victim of the ‘eat a sure food’ mentality which pervades institutions and organisations with…
Nadine Hall’s Reclamation and Remembering
A few weeks ago, while on a layover in Miami, I had the opportunity to view the Jamaican artist Nadine Hall’s MFA thesis exhibition, entitled…
Bucking the volume (of song releases)
On 1 June 2022, a Jamaican dancehall artiste FS/Crazy Shot and his management team, literally, bucked the volume of singles releases by putting out 60…
Ormsby Hall
Laura Facey’s Laboratory of the Ticking Heart exhibition also drives home the potential of, and urgent need for, cultural spaces such as Ormsby Hall. Having…
Laura Facey’s “Laboratory of the Ticking Heart” and Ormsby Hall
Laura Facey’s latest solo exhibition, The Laboratory of the Ticking Heart, is on view at Ormsby Hall, 3 Victoria Avenue, in downtown Kingston, until July…
Separating music by eras
Competition for size of patronage between the upcoming Footloose and Strictly 2K party series, both scheduled for Saturday, May 28, is particularly obvious. In several…
Learning from the upcoming Afrobeat Festival
www.yaawdmedia.com It is amazing how little Jamaicans know about their music, its history, its global value, and its importance to the island. Maybe the fault…
Marley’s six years to music immortality: And why Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is so special
Bob Marley had so little time to be at his best (or, for those who believe The Wailers’ peak output came before the Island Records…
The 59th Venice Biennale, From Afar – Part 2: The Caribbean at Venice
The representation of artists of Caribbean descent in the current 59th Venice Biennale is unprecedented in terms of prominence and critical reception. But, Caribbean and…