The upcoming Jamaica Jazz & Blues weekend may find patrons scrambling for accommodation, as most hotels are either already fully booked or close to being booked out ahead of the festival.
The legendary singer, whose hits included Something's Got a Hold on Me and rhythm and blues standard At Last, has passed away aged 73 after a battle with leukaemia.
One of the most intriguing episodes in early Jamaican popular music was, what came to be known as the musical war between Cecil Campbell better known as Prince Buster and Derrick Morgan, dubbed 'The Ska King'.
Saint International has announced that its models Shena Moulton and Sam Taylor are heading to Paris, the fashion capital, to kickstart the international fashion season at the Paris Couture shows from January 23-26.
Double Barrel (1971) and Monkey Spanner by Dave and Ansel Collins. Ring the Alarm by Tenor Saw and Supercat's Boops (mid-1980s). General Echo's renown - and maybe reviled - album Slackest (1979).
When Bacchanal Jamaica kicks off in February, it will be done in futuristic fashion.
Johnny Osbourne is one of the singers famed for doing dub plates, specialised recordings personalised for an individual sound system and its selectors and/or owners.
"Put it by, put it by, put it by number one
Fund-raising benefit tickets for the 16 performances of Louis Marriott's historical musical play Bedward, scheduled to be presented in March 2012, are now available.