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Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx planning Jamaican track

Music Gossip

3 Nov 2011

Basement Jaxx are thinking of making a Jamaican themed track. The 'Raindrops' group are DJing at the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange project in London later this month - which sees London swap its usual nightlife for a typical night's partying…

Life and Debt

Life and Debt

Heartbreaking and pertinent documentary about Jamaica's economic misfortunes

(4 stars)22 Sep 2011

Made the year after the launch of the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel third world debt at the beginning of the new millennium, Stephanie Black’s agitprop documentary looks at the case of Jamaica. In 1977, fifteen years after achieving independence from…

French electro duo Jamaica play Hallowe'en Death Disco

French electro duo Jamaica play Hallowe'en Death Disco

Act formerly known as Poney Poney on UK tour

26 Oct 2010

We love a bit of Hallowe’en action, which is why we don’t really mind that the distinctly unspooky-sounding Parisian indie-dance-poppers Jamaica have been included in the line-up for the Death Disco-affiliated ‘Spooky Sounds’ Hallowe’en special. The…

Made In Jamaica

Made In Jamaica

(4 stars)15 Apr 2010

(15) 107min (Network) Following the template of Buena Vista Social Club this music doc steadicams its way round the ghettos of Kingston, exploring the variety of music on offer: the venerable reggae scene, represented by Bunny Wailer and the like…

Michael Franti

Michael Franti

25 Jun 2009

Political songwriters can fall into the trap of being preachy, but not Michael Franti. In a career spanning over 20 years, the former frontman of The Beatnigs, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and latterly Spearhead, has always struck the right balance…

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