Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s ... mobile discos on the streets – became the new craze. Dances were a big part of the Jamaican working class community ...

This year’s Asia Song Festival and Culture Bridge Festa will kick off together at Yeouido Hangang Park in western Seoul from ...

This style of Jamaican folk music was popular in the 1950s ... as can be heard in the example below. A fast dance style with offbeat chords that emerged in the late 1950s. The lyrics tended ...

Growing up, I never once saw a Black conductor’ - Exclusive: Renowned composer calls for better support of Black classical ...

(Bev Grant/ Getty Images) eckford was born on Dec. 7, 1925 in Oakland’s Providence Hospital to a Jamaican ... African Haitian Dance Company. Her understanding of traditional styles was so exhaustive, ...

They were treated to drumming, folk dances and reggae music booming through speakers, along with a wide array of Jamaican culinary delights on display at the artisan village. Among the various ...

Trained Afro-Caribbean dancer Nicole Durrant always dreamed of bringing her love for Afro-dance to the Cayman stage.

and European-style folk music. Dancers will perform classical Chinese and Bollywood-style dance. Food trucks will offer European, African, Jamaican and Mexico-inspired food, and more. Crafters ...

On the lesbian cruises, expect a mix of nostalgic decade-themed dance parties, folk singers ... may want to avoid include the Maldives, Jamaica, Morocco, Malaysia and Haiti, as homosexuality ...

Ardenne High School is the 2024 winner of the Jamaica Cultural Development ... arts disciplines, from dance and deaf dance, drama and theatre arts, traditional folk form, music, and speech.