Seretse Small, CEO and Founder, Griot Music Griot Music recently received an official endorsement for Live Music Nation from the Jamaica Tourist Board who have pledged their full support.  Live Music Nation now offers quality live music shows four nights a week at different venues around Kingston. Targeting the Jamaican

Sunday, August 31, 2008 @ 7pm Roof Terrace, Altamont Court Hotel 1-5 Altamont Terrace, New Kingston The show will also feature art and jewelry displays from Jamaican artists. Admission $500 presold, $700 at the gate Ticket Outlets: Bookophilia Bookstore & Cafe @ 92 Hope Road (beside Starapples) T.G.I. Fridays’ Kingston

YardEdge talked to Jamaican rapper, Kariuki–another Busta Rhymes in the making? YardEdge: Why are you an artist/musician and when did you first become one? Kariuki: I considered myself an artist long before making any form of music, as I always enjoyed visual and graphic art. However I found fresh new

Nina with Ozou’ne on keyboard, Paul Madden on bass and Neisan Hardy on drums Doing a mix of original and cover songs, jazz singer, NIna, was featured last Friday night at the Village Blues Bar. Performing to an enthusiastic crowd, Nina was well worth coming out for. A veteran of

Aug 19  9:00 BB Kings NY, NY Aug 21  9:00  Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale, PA Aug 23 10:00 Upstate Reggae on the River, Eco Music Festival, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Sep 3  9:00 The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI Sep 4  9:00 Caribbean Village Bar & Grill, Indianapolis, IN Sep 5  9:00

Fall 2008 Campaign shoot for Prizy Sebastian and MadBigFro Jewelry YardEdge: What inspires you? Berrette: Beauty, truth, and originality expressed in its purest form and with cojones! Keeps me pumped whenever I encounter it. And it can be in any form – visual art in all its forms, music, concert

Test shoot at Spurtree Lounge NYC Berette Macaulay is an actress, model, dancer, photographer, philosopher and a whole lot more about which I’ll let her speak for herself…. Part 1 in a 2 part series YardEdge: Why are you an artist? Berette: Because I have no idea how to be

August 4 – 15: Summer Writer’s Camp for young women, hosted by Jean Hawthorne with a reading on the 15th Saturday, August 9:    Bookophilia Kids Reading – ‘Little Lion goes to School’ and ‘Little Lion goes for Gold’ with Kellie Magnus Saturday, August 16 & 23: Bookophilia Kids Reading –

Bookophiilia also collecting books for the Trenchtown Community Library. This book drive will end on August 17. Please encourage children to pass on their books that they have outgrown and bring all types of books to the store (adult, children, textbooks and novels) so that the Trenchtown Community Library can be well-stocked.