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SpotlightAfro Beat Invasion
Ian JacksonSept. 13, 2019If, as we know, life and everything under the sun began in Africa then one of the greatest gifts given to man, after life itself, music, all began in the ...
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SpotlightSty LaRocque- Drummer extraordinaire
Ian JacksonSept. 13, 2019It all began for Alex Sty LaRocque at the tender age of 12 when he fell in love with the drums. His father, now deceased, a guitarist, was his mentor. ...
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SpotlightBiggest local WCMF contingent ever
Ian JacksonSept. 4, 2019We seem to be coming of age in terms of the professionalism of our bands which renders them more suitable than a decade before when groups like the 1St Serenade ...
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SpotlightInsights into Vincy Mas
Ian JacksonSept. 4, 2019Vincentians have dubbed Vincy Mas the best in the region and they can do that. I have seen them all with exception of Trinidad and Tobago and the Spice Isle, ...
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SpotlightHere are two of Dominica's best DJ's
Ian JacksonJuly 4, 2019Wadix and Dr. Miguel are two DJ's that have elevated themselves from merely being just spinners of disc as in the old days of the Ted Daley's or BaBa's or ...
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Rebuilding Dominica Better
Time to Market Dominica through a Feature Film?
Parry BellotJuly 4, 2019So… the JAMES BOND film series is once again moving to JAMAICA for production! Any lessons for Dominica? Given our increasingly international recognition as the Nature Isle, and appreciating the ...
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SpotlightPapa Creole!
Ian JacksonJuly 4, 2019Well, many of us won't see it again, this once-in-a- lifetime event where three icons grace a Dominica stage each observing half a century of music. In fact it won't ...
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SpotlightDoing it solo
Ian JacksonJuly 4, 2019At one time music was all about bands; the Exile's , Grammax's, Groovers', Stars and Belles, to name a leading few. At one time one would think that our musical ...
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SpotlightWriter's block
Ian JacksonJune 27, 2019Two weeks ago ended a three-part series on the rise and fall of literature in Dominica and heralded were Edward Sobie Lawrence, Jean Rhys, Ralph Casimir, Dr. Lennox Honychurch, Phyllis ...
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SpotlightMore than words
Ian JacksonJune 26, 2019DOMFESTA painting exhibitions still demonstrate some of the best is to be found on island as I witnessed a couple weeks ago at the Old Mill Cultural Centre. I am ...
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SpotlightMama Creole Sizzles
Ian JacksonJune 26, 2019Bravo to Ophelia and show organiser Wadix for an entertaining weekend at the Strip. Even as great as the artiste's performance was the behavior and discipline of a predominantly mature ...
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SpotlightLet us Recognize the Notre Dame of Song
Ian JacksonMay 3, 2019Yes, in case you did not know, Notre Dame is French for "Our Lady" or "Our Mother" as in the Blessed Virgin Mary. So it's no wonder that the Christian ...
