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Romping with slackness
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Feb 13, 2009
For many Jamaicans, there is a great deal of hypocrisy surrounding the issue of slackness as this relates to carnival (soca) and dancehall. ...
Romping with slackness - Jamaica Observer
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:17:28 GMT
Bureau of Women's Affairs Says Ban on Lewd Songs Long Overdue
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica - 11 hours ago
Responding to those who say that 'Dancehall' music is being persecuted and the action of the Broadcasting Commission will stifle artistic expression, ...
Bureau of Women's Affairs Says Ban on Lewd Songs Long Overdue - Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:48:03 GMT
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY made a special guest appearance on late night TV in America on Thursday (12Feb09) - to introduce the first music act signed to his record label. The ...
Matthew Mcconaughey - Mcconaughey Pays Tribute To Reggae Star Who Sparked Record Label Idea (ContactMusic)
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:51:40 GMT
For years, the family of deceased reggae legend Bob Marley has watched bootleggers reap millions selling knocked-off merchandise bearing the singer's name and likeness. Well, they feel they've been smoked enough. They have recently begun...
IT'S MARLEY & US (New York Post)
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:18:45 GMT
Broadcasting Commission rejects claims of double standards
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 8 hours ago
Tyson said that she shared the opinions of the dancehall community that to not address carnival is a double standard and pointed to the fact that she had ...
Broadcasting Commission rejects claims of double standards - Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:11:18 GMT
Daggerin' and Kumina: Is there a link? Formal dancers disgruntled ...
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 8 hours ago
Hall contends that daggerin' and dancehall are being judged by persons who are alien to the genre. "There's no way you can not attend dancehall then ...
Daggerin' and Kumina: Is there a link? Formal dancers disgruntled ... - Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:11:16 GMT
St Vincent soca crooner Kevin Lyttle and Bermudan reggae act Colin "Collie Buddz" Harper have both come out in support of soca music, following recent controversy over statements made by Jamaican lecturer Dr Kwame Nantambu during an interview on a Jamaican radio station.
Jamaican prof 'sounds like he has a vendetta' (Trinidad Express)
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:08:46 GMT
Rampin daggering
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8 hours ago
Dancehall dictionary. It's all the rage, on talk shows, radio and TV, newspapers, verandah talk, church talk, bar talk, street talk, so I have to give my ...
Literary arts - Hitching a ride on the daggerin' bus! Jamaica Gleaner
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Rampin daggering - Jamaica Observer
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:12:53 GMT
Is too much attention being paid to women's bottoms in Caribbean music? Have your say.
The bottom line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:24:25 GMT
Ban "Banana". That was the tongue in cheek response by Bunji Garlin (Ian Alvarez) yesterday to a Cipriani Labour College lecturer's definition of the popular soca hit as musical pornography during an interview on a Jamaican radio talk show on Wednesday.
BAN BANANA! (Trinidad Express)
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:26:34 GMT
STUDENTS from a number of high schools across the island have added their voices to the weeks-old debate on lewd music, with some in full support of the ban imposed by the Broadcasting Commission over the weekend and others calling on the regulatory body to reassess its position.
Lewd music ban gets mixed reaction from students (The Jamaica Observer)
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:58:20 GMT
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaicans, angered over the country's Broadcasting Commission banning reggae dancehall songs containing sexually explicit lyrics, have called on the Commission to also ban soca music from Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaicans have been calling in on talk shows on several radio stations.
Jamaicans want to ban lewd soca music from Trinidad
editor@caribbeannetnews.com
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT
ONE OF Jamaica's leading music video directors, Gerald 'Ras Kassa' Hynes, believes the Broadcasting Commission's clampdown on explicit content should target the airing of other risqué productions such as carnival parades, not only dancehall...
Ban carnival too, says Ras Kassa (Jamaica Gleaner)
Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:57:57 GMT
Jamaican regulators are cracking down on indecency on the airwaves — banning all songs or music videos with explicit sexual references.
Jamaica regulators ban explicit music, videos (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:06:22 GMT
The Broadcasting Commission yesterday included soca music in its ban on the airing of music with sexually explicit lyrics as debate on the regulatory agency's prohibition of lewd dancehall songs grew in intensity with accusations that the commission's action was one-sided and smacked of hypocrisy.
Crackdown on 'daggering' songs, soca (The Jamaica Observer)
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:14:19 GMT
Albert Corcho, president of the Association of Principals and Vice-principals, yesterday welcomed the Broadcasting Commission's decision to ban songs with content deemed explicitly sexual and violent, even if concealed by bleeps. All dancehall songs...
Principals group happy for ban (Jamaica Gleaner)
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:15:08 GMT
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has given directives to Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, to organise a task force to discuss concerns raised over the explicitly sexual and violent content of some local songs, a release...
Prime Minister of Jamaica orders forum on X-rated songs (Jamaica Gleaner)
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:15:22 GMT
THE BROADCASTING Commission has remained steadfast in its decision to place a ban on certain lyrics deemed inappropriate for airplay. At the same time, the broadcast watchdog has asked the Government to urgently amend the Television and Sound Broadcasting Regulations....
Dancehall under attack - Broadcasting Commission sticks to ban on vulgar lyrics (Jamaica Gleaner)
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:16:03 GMT
A spokesperson for one of Jamaica's major carnival operations has challenged critics of the annual festival, saying characterisations of the event as wholly lewd were unfair. Samantha Franklyn, public relations manager for Bacchanal Jamaica, argued that the lyrics...
Carnival not all lewd and crude, says organiser ... but parents urged to take charge (Jamaica Gleaner)
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:23:44 GMT
Jamaicans, angered over that country's Broadcasting Commission banning reggae-dancehall songs containing sexually explicit lyrics, have called on the commission to also ban soca music from Trinidad and Tobago.
Call for soca ban (Trinidad Express)
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:54:05 GMT
