Overheard at the Bourda Market: “Now Mash coming round, dey gun kill we wid Guyanese music! I like it though!” But just what is Guyanese music? This country is truly a melting pot when it comes to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Through his job as a cosmetologist in Toronto, Sherlock Shepherd rubs shoulders daily with the Canadian city’s large Caribbean populace. It has strengthened his appreciation for ...

Three Jamaican musicians who helped fashion the rocksteady sound of the 1960s, will be honoured at the May 1 Guyana International Artistic Music Awards. Guitarist Lynford ‘Hux’ Brown, bass player ...

UNDER THE THEME, “Preserving, promoting and propagating Guyanese culture,” the Guyana Folk Fest returns this year with five days of events starting Aug. 31 and culminating with the big Folk Festival ...

For their contribution to Guyanese culture, a select group of individuals and institutions have been selected to receive awards at the Guyana Folk Festival II on Saturday in Brooklyn. The thirty-six ...

The state-owned radio network in Guyana says a Jamaican dance-hall singer has been banned from the airwaves of the South American country because of obscene lyrics. / Source: The Associated Press The ...

The Sound Odyssey, presented by Gemma Cairney, creates joyful and rich cross-cultural projects by bringing together artists from two different countries and combining their talents to make a new, ...

Guyanese people are everywhere. Seriously. I live with them (they’re my neighbors above and below me in Brooklyn), I work with them (I’m sure you know Lauren Fox), my friends date them, and in New ...

Musicians and singers in Guyana have called on the government to crack down on copyright infringement, warning piracy is putting the country’s unique music industry at risk. Existing legislation in ...