Call us miserable but some things really need to be said about the music, it’s been bad for a while and it’s getting worse. In fact, have we already reached the point where all new artists are either generic ex-dancers or ‘i-insert-authentic-Rasta-name’?
It wouldn’t be so bad except for the fact that our music is what [...]

The controversial singer/deejay Buju Banton is flanked by supporters outside the Half-Way-Tree courthouse in Kingston after being acquitted of assault charges. (2004)

Superficially, Jamaicans and Germany are an unlikely combination. But then the Germans could do with a bit of colour and unpredictability and we just need to buy things that work… like BMWs (that test the very limits of vehicle suspension), or free t-shirts from our good German friends at seen.

Tread were Columbus trod, while avoiding any unwanted non-sexual contact with the natives. Gone are the golden days of the Great Whites…

The country was on edge yesterday as rumours started lighting up, first on cellphones, and then the radio, of a shootout in Denham Town, West Kingston. The speculation was wild: had Jamaican security forces finally made a move for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in neighbouring Tivoli Gardens?
Everyone was nervous. While we shrug at the daily list [...]