Joan Webley Nanook Enterprise Joan Webley’s love of music is one of her primary reasons for trying to aid the development of the arts in Jamaica. This passion for music, combined with a multicultural upbringing, has shaped Joan’s career. She studied and worked in the entertainment industry in Melbourne, Australia for seven years. While completing […]
Joan Webley Nanook Enterprise Joan Webley’s love of music is one of her primary reasons for trying to aid the development of the arts in Jamaica. This passion for music, combined with a multicultural upbringing, has shaped Joan’s career. She studied and worked in the entertainment industry in Melbourne, Australia for seven years. While completing […]
Adrian Boot Urban Image Adrian Boot is one of Britain’s best-known music photographers. After university in 1970, Adrian moved to Jamaica to teach physics, returning to Britain to freelance for the NME, Melody Maker, The Times, The Guardian and The Face. By the mid-1970s Adrian had become staff photographer for The Melody Maker. Adrian has […]
Stamina Allstars Jamaica’s Backing Band Some of the hardest-edged, rootsiest reggae recently out of Jamaica, Africa and elsewhere, originated in…California? Strange but true. A collective of seasoned reggae musicians known as the STAMINA ALLSTARS is responsible for many rhythm tracks voiced by some of reggae’s top vocalists. But these are not ‘Cali-reggae’ musicians who recently […]
Tony Rebel Rebel Salute – The Preservation of Reggae “There is only so much you can say in a song.” TONY REBEL O.D, 2013 Every January in Jamaica, a special event takes place; a music event of its own kind that is dedicated to preserving reggae music … REBEL SALUTE. What makes Rebel Salute truly […]
Boyan Slat The Ocean Cleanup Meet Boyan Slat… the 21-year-old Dutch entepreneur and inventor who creates technologies to tackle global issues of sustainability. He is the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, where he is responsible for overall strategy and cleanup technology development. Instead of going after the plastic, Boyan devised a system though […]
Touch The Road Music. Travel. Culture. Dance. “Community Inclusive Travel in Jamaica” Just when you thought you learned everything you could about tourism, in comes Touch The Road with a fresh, fun take on a globally understood concept. Since their soft launch in 2012, the tiny powerhouse team has been steadily breaking barriers and making […]
Tim Blake The Emerald Cup Tim Blake started using cannabis in 1971. He grew his first outdoor cannabis crop in 1975. He’s been a part of the evolution of our industry and culture since then, witnessing every aspect of the incredible journey it’s taken us on. He started doing transcendental meditation that same year. Cannabis […]
Playing For Change Foundation Creating Positive Change Through Music Education Playing For Change arose from a common belief that music has the power to connect people regardless of their differences. In 2005, a small group of film makers set out with a dream to create a film rooted in the music of the streets. Not […]
Mark Johnson Playing For Change Mark Johnson is a Grammy Award Winning Producer/ Engineer and Award-Winning Film Director. For the past 15 years, Mark has worked with some of the most renowned producers in the music, film and television industries, and with such musical artists as Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Keith Richards, Sara Bareilles, Bono, […]
Jason Brown Wisdom For Life Meet Jason Brown. A former American football center, Jason played college football at North Carolina and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He earned a starting position with the Ravens and later earned a $37 million five-year contract with the St. […]
Make It Right By Nicholas Da Silva, IRIE August 29, 2015 marked ten years to the day Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, killing 1,833 people and destroying 5,363 homes in the Lower 9th Ward alone. Back in August 2007, two years after Katrina, Hollywood actor and architecture enthusiast […]