Destra ready to surprise at Jamaica Jazz

Trinidadian soca siren Destra Garcia is promising to deliver a special surprise when she takes the stage on January 28 at the 2012 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival – The Art of Music. While acknowledging that she’s no stranger to Jamaica, the performer who has become a regular feature at Bacchanal Jamaica revealed that she [...]

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A Jamaica Jazzfest for the ages

The event is a month away, but already predictions are rife that the 2012 staging of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival from January 26 to 28 will rank among the best ever. The strong level of anticipation and overwhelmingly positive expectations are due in no small part to the presence of Canadian recording mega-star [...]

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Those ‘Jazz & Blues’ nights

There was little evidence of the eponymous genres at the 15th staging of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, but let’s not waste any time talking about  its evolution into a de facto popular music event that embraces different styles and forms in an effort to broaden its demographic appeal. Instead, let’s view the pictorial [...]

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Maroon 5 all the way live for Jazzfest

It’s going to get even harder for many local fans of Maroon 5 to breathe following the recent announcement that the Los Angeles-based pop-rockers will be in the line-up for the 15th staging of the JAMAICA Jazz & Blues Festival in January 2011 at the Greenfield (Trelawny Multi-purpose) Stadium. Aficionados of the Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum [...]

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