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Yard Life

Airbnb continues to grow in Jamaica meanwhile the Government considers how to extract tax revenue from this nascent business segment. “Popular online home rental portal Airbnb now has 1,500 dwelling listings in Jamaica and that number continues to grow according to Ministry of Tourism officials. Trench Town is proving to

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Jamaican History

Check out this link to an interview on RTE Lyric FM (Ireland) with Jamaican architect, Christopher Whyms-Stone talking about the story of Trenchtown and an historical Irishman without whom Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry couldn’t have been written. (Part 1 of 2) In part 2, Chris talks about his Culture Yard

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Worth A Visit

This past Saturday, a friend and I visited the Trench Town Culture Yard in west Kingston to learn more about the area that Bob Marley called home. Upon arrival we met our tour guide Stone Man, aka Willing & Able, who gave us a full tour not only of the

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Rootz UndergroundStar Sightings

Wednesday, December 17, Rootz Underground performed a free concert at the Trench Town Culture Yard as part of their efforts to bring attention to the inner city communities of Kingston. Jeffrey Moss-Solomon entertains the young Rootz fans Rootz Underground performing in Trench Town at the Culture Yard Paul Smith with

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Rootz Underground

Roots Rock Reggae outfit Rootz Underground are set to blaze up some Christmas cheer in the inner city community of Trench Town this Wednesday December 17th by playing a free show at the Trench Town Culture Yard. The event is a joint effort by the TTCY (Trench Town Culture Yard),

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