Arts & Entertainment News – Caribbean Life

Cover of “Dancehall Ranger Riddim.”

Music

DJ Jahmar pays tribute to late father with ‘Dancehall Ranger Riddim’

By Nelson A. King

Keenan “Special” Bristol, a Guyanese-American artist and activist and founder of “Music Brings Life.”

Music

Music With a Mission

By Nelson A. King

Movies

BPL presents LitFilm: A film festival about writers

By Nelson A. King

Cover of Ras Mista Fyah’s “Infinity.”

Music

‘Infinity’ floats in the top three spots on the iTunes Reggae Chart

By Nelson A. King

Dominican-born singer Rudy Ru$h.

Music

Rudy Ru$h electrifies World Creole Music Festival with ‘Anywhere We Go’

By Nelson A. King

BPM Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz.

Arts & Entertainment

After Federal cut, Black Public Media launches $9M ‘Black Stories’ Fund

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories” by Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter.

Books

Can’t take it anymore? Then read this book and feel better

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

The Ultimate Trinbago Seafood Callaloo recipe.

Caribbean recipes

The Ultimate Trinbago Seafood Callaloo

By Chris De La Rosa

Kacy Rankine at the Audacy Studio.

Music

NYC’s Roadblock Caribbean Radio expands to Connecticut

By Nelson A. King

Yvonne Peters makes grand entrance during her MTA retirement celebration in June 2025.

Fashion

CACG recruits beauty pageant contestants

By Nelson A. King

From top left: Kronos Quartet by Danica Taylor, Harry Connick Jr. by Georgia Connick, Rhiannon Giddens by Karen Cox, Marin Alsop by Nancy Horowitz,Wynton Marsalis by Piper Ferguson, and Artemis by John Abbott.

Music

Carnegie Hall presents ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ Festival

By Nelson A. King

Jacqueline Hopkins conducts The Jacqueline Hopkins Choir during its world premiere at FSUMC.

Jamaica

Homecoming Harmony

By Nelson A. King

Singer Melba Moore unveils her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 10, 2023.

Arts & Entertainment

‘This Is It’ – Moore’s curtain calls from an autobiographical read

By Vinette K. Pryce

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author of “Champion.”

Books

When you’ve done wrong, look to an inspiration to do right

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Caribbean recipes

Caribbean Smoked Turkey Soup

By Chris De La Rosa

Catch a night of Caribbean comedy on Oct. 26!

AMNY

Get into the Halloween spirit Caribbean-style with spooky comedy

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