KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olive Lewin, a prominent musicologist and social anthropologist who helped preserve Jamaica's heritage by recording and researching the island's rich folk traditions, has died. She ...

Several hundred Jamaican Americans of all ages gathered at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, on a beautiful bright Saturday afternoon in May to officially launch the Olive Lewin Heritage ...

During rehearsal, the music is spiritually uplifting for members of the Jamaican Folk Revue. In the church meeting room, they tell stories through lyrics, about love and marriage, dance and games, ...

Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (December 2022), pp. 33-80 (48 pages) Nachania (नचंनिया), translated as ‘female dancer’, refers to both a traditional Indo-Jamaican folk dance ...

Jamaica is proudly sharing one of its most precious national treasures – the world-renowned Jamaican Folk Singers – in October with three anticipated New York- area concerts. Known for its authentic ...

Recently back from a trip to Jamaica, Richard Edson of the Folk Art Gallery has mounted an exhibit of Jamaican artists of African descent. The works of these artists — painters, sculptors and one ...

KINGSTON Jamaica – For centuries, the voice of the Jamaican people has been amplified through its music, the foundation of which is mento. While the genre lost its sway by the 1950s, its legacy has ...

Think of the haunting sound of k.d. lang’s Ingenue album, or the politically charged lyrics on Tracy Chapman’s debut record. These are elements of Della Manley’s sophisticated first album, Ashes on ...

Tan Teddy will sing at a care home after Independence Day celebrations in the city centre A Jamaican folk group formed in a Bristol hair salon will be singing with Jamaican elders to mark the ...

The arrest this summer of elusive alleged drug kingpin — and Jamaican folk hero — Christopher “Dudus” Coke served as a dramatic reminder that when it comes to partying at the crossroad between ...