INFILTRATION ESSAYS - ESSAY 1
How important is education for an artiste in the music industry? WHY IS EDUCATION important to artistes in the music industry? According to the Oxford Pocket Dictionary, education is the process of training people's minds and abilities...

Rising Stars 'Stinging' in di Park
BY NOW EVERYBADY suppose fi know wha tek place a Emancipation Park last week Friday. Di case was simple: dere was more people dan grass at Emancipation Park, so it nat suprisin seh di Rising Stars show neva get fi finish...

Disappointment, apathy for Rising Stars Show
AFTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT of last week's proceedings, one that should have seen the Rising Stars finale live with performances from last year's finalists and the top ten contestants for this year, the public is left with no other option but to sit at home.

Keeping Busy
BOUNTY KILLER MAY not be a murderous bounty hunter, and Lady Saw is definitely not a cutting utensil, but one artiste who truly represents his stage name is new dancehall sensation, Reanno Gordon, a.k.a. Busy Signal.

Two hard lines from Bounty
WITH ALL THE fast rhythms and dancing songs that had been 'running the place' over the past two years or more, I had not heard a 'hard' deejay tune for a long, long time. Then along came the final track on Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley's Welcome to Jamrock...

Ghetto livity makes 'Backyaad Crack Up'
THERE WERE LESSONS in ghetto livity from the final two performers at the September staging of 'Backyaad Crack Up', held at the Constant Spring, St. Andrew venue on Wednesday night.