Fine jazz concert ends on sour note
'O JAZZ and More', held on Jamaica House's west lawn on Sunday, was a delightful show, but as 9:30 p.m. approached, some patrons headed for the exit, while Tony Gregory was singing his heart out.

Huge turnout for Crack-Up's birthday bash
AS OWEN 'Blakka' Ellis told the tale of Backyaad Crack-Up on Wednesday night, "Two years ago, March 2004, Chris ('Johnny' Daley) said me want to start a show. The first two acts were Ity and Fancy Cat and Blakka. Him say it gwine happen.

Camperdown student looks into poetic mirror
A DAY after the headlines screamed of police searching for a Camperdown High School student in a stabbing death, Camperdown student Jonhoi Vaughn addressed the matter poetically.

Kareen Taylor overcomes saintly fear
WHEN KAREEN Taylor won Saint International's Female Fashion Face of the Caribbean earlier this month, she said it was something that she had longed for but still couldn't believe had actually happened.

Keisha Patterson bridges reggae, jazz
IT'S ALMOST impossible to imagine what the fusion of reggae and jazz sounds like until you've heard Keisha Patterson sing. It's an unlikely yet natural combination before Patterson lays her raspy voice on the tracks.