By Nicole G.Bennett American R&B artist Tank, will be the headliner at the 2020 Black Diamond Ball, to be held on Saturday, February 29, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The Ball is the brain child of ArtXperiential Artistic Director, Shawn Cuffie, who created the event five years ago, “When I introduced this event, I […]
Anyone who may have been driving on the streets last Saturday of Toronto in the afternoon under a relentless snowfall, would be astonished to know that later that night with the snow showing no sign of stopping, that hundreds of steelband-crazy folk would wend their way to P.C. Ho Theatre in Scarborough to celebrate the […]
Michael B. Jordan and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx who has been featured in such movies as “Ray,” “Baby Driver,” “Django and Unchained” alongside and Brie Larson of “Room,” “Short Term 12,” and “Captain Marvel” star in “Just Mercy,” an inspiring drama that brings one of the most important stories of our time to the big […]
Machel Monday 10 will be the final show of the popular Carnival concert series. This surprise announcement was made by soca superstar Machel Montano, 45, during his first official performance for the 2020 Carnival season at Black 2 Blue Breakfast Party on Saturday morning. The ten-time Road March champion did not give a clear reason […]
By Macera Even though the winter has been comparatively mild, our bodies are so pampered and softened by the last few years of “pleasant” temperatures that folk who once laughed at the thermometer when it registered minus 25, now shiver as it hovers around a mere zero. But there is no circumstance that does not […]
Miley Cyrus has reached a settlement in the $300 million copyright infringement lawsuit that accused the singer of stealing her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop.” Cyrus’ lawyers previously revealed a settlement agreement had been made in a December 12th letter that would be filed “pending payment of the settlement proceeds.” Terms of the settlement were […]
If it was great the first time around, why not do it again! Hell yes, says the owners of a new Kensington Market Trinidadian restaurant. The Maracas has decided to up the anti this Sunday and repeat the Parang they had last weekend – only with a larger band! “We did it last weekend, but […]
Toni-Ann Singh has won the 69th Miss World beauty pageant. It’s the first time in history that black women hold the titles for Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and Miss World. The 23-year-old student was born in St Thomas, Jamaica, and plans to study medicine and become a doctor. She tweeted […]
By Nicole George Almost 200 000 listeners tuned in worldwide over an eight-week period week (October-November 2019), to hear season two of the popular Dominican radio drama, Redemption Road. The gospel themed radio series is produced by LIFE101radio.net, a subsidiary of Dominican owned media house TDN radio.net. Season one of Redemption Road debuted in October […]
As Etienne Charles prepared to host his latest concert in Trinidad and Tobago, his album Carnival, the Sound of a People Vol 1, was named among the top jazz albums of 2019. Slate.com listed his album at number five out of the ten best jazz albums of the year. Stating that 2019 has been a […]
