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There’s two-fold purpose to this year’s Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival — providing a free, virtual high quality virtual concert with Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Secada and top Jamaican performers, that will benefit “industry professionals impacted by the pandemic

Today in Music History - Feb. 19 The Canadian Press 2021-02-19 Today in Music History for Feb. 19:   In 1938, Canadian blues legend Dutch Mason, known as "prime minister of the blues," was born in Lunenburg, N.S. The singer-guitarist was inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame and, in 2005, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. He died Dec. 23, 2006. In 1940, Smokey Robinson, whom Bob Dylan once said was his favourite poet, was born in Detroit. Robinson, who ...

*Music Icons, multiple Grammy Award-winners and multi-platinum selling artists Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. have released their new single, “ Silly Love Songs.” The new offering is from the couple’s highly anticipated first studio album in three decades, Blackbird: Lennon-McCartney Icons, due this spring. Blackbird: Lennon-McCartney Icons marks the couple’s first album with Encore Endeavor 1 (EE1), a subsidiary of kathy ireland® Worldwide (kiWW®), which has a multi-recording...

Sevana Jazz fans rejoice! The Jamaican Jazz and Blues Festival returns March 4-6, 2021.  This year’s festival is a virtual, interactive event with an artisan village and pre-festival band search. Other events include question and answer sessions, games, and chat rooms.  It is also family-friendly, and the three nightly hosts reflect that mandate. Social media influencer Quite Perry hosts Night One, online reality show stars The Mitchells host Night Two, and Jamaican television personality T...

Advertisement Carter, a Democrat who became the longest-lived American president in 2019, is among the many who landed musical heavyweights for his swearing-in. Queen of Soul Franklin, who also performed at Obama’s first inauguration, sang “God Bless America” for Carter, and Linda Ronstadt sang a cover of “Crazy.” Alas, the 39th U.S. president, who has attended every swearing-in ceremony since his own in 1977, won’t be attending Biden’s inauguration due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

ROOTS-REGGAE singer Jah9 is looking forward to a memorable performance at Jamaica Jazz an...

The organisers of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival have announced another set of acts ...

The organisers of the revamped Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival are powering full steam ah...

50 years of Feliz Navidad: Fun facts about José Felicianos holiday hit, livestream concert José Feliciano celebrates 50 years of Feliz Navidad Replay Video UP NEXT José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English. Fifty years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever. It’s appeared in movies and TV shows. It’s been covered by musical artists as diverse as Celine Dion, Kacey Musgraves and BTS. And...

50 years of Feliz Navidad: Fun facts about José Felicianos holiday hit, livestream concert José Feliciano celebrates 50 years of Feliz Navidad Replay Video UP NEXT José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English. Fifty years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever. It’s appeared in movies and TV shows. It’s been covered by musical artists as diverse as Celine Dion, Kacey Musgraves and BTS. And...