by Robyn Kurth On Ras Kassa’s MySpace page he refers to himself as “Ras Kassa the Guru,” which is a pretty accurate description based on Kassa’s significant contributions to the music video scene in his native Jamaica....

"I have that attitude that I'm gonna be me because that's the only way you're going to appreciate me....

Born in Jamaica and raised in North York, Jarvis Church now rents out his Tip Top loft on the Lakeshore, preferring the toasty bliss of L.A....

A STUDENT told how his gap year trip abroad turned into a `Pirates of the Caribbean' nightmare. Oliver Ryan, 20, thought he had found the perfect way to earn money and see the world when he got a job as a crewman on private yacht sailing from Colombia...

I m making a at the moment. It s a grotesque vanity project, gathering together columns for The Herald with various bits and bobs I ve written over the years...

With dreadlocks down to below her buttocks, the first marijuana. Zahra Redwood, 25 and the first Miss Jamaica to be crowned from the country's minority Rastafarian faith, is also shaking up a shunned as degrading to women...

State Radio graced a sold out, hometown crowd at Boston rsquo;s Avalon Ballroom to an energized set of riff-fused neo-ska-rock that showcased an onslaught of Chad Urmston rsquo;s post-Dispatch material, and a few well executed covers...

Blame Ben Harper. Thanks to that slide-guitar charlatan we now have the antipodean version, replete with rope-head Rastafarian intentions and brimming with earnest peace-and-love rubbish in his lyrics...

Azur e is the total package. Prepare to be astonished. The music world will never be the same again. She is a masterful songwriter, a powerful singer, and a captivating performer, with impressive intuition for creating hit after hit after hit...