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Like the legacy of the late reggae artist being celebrated, the annual Dennis Brown birthday dance lives on. This year is the fourth anniversary. What started out as a “one-off” has evolved into one of the biggest events on the local reggae scene. “T...

There is always a frisson of anticipation before a live concert, but there was a special warmth emanating from the packed audience the night these two young Bermudian-born virtuosic pianists performed. The Bermuda Cann clan were naturally out in for...

Six of the seven CedarBridge Academy students who make up Brothers in Music were seated and one was missing. When the last member of the band who finished runners-up in the Bermuda Festival's On Stage Competition arrived, his bandmates did not let hi...

Freeman Trott lights up when he gets a drum in his hands. To him it’s not just an instrument, but an old friend. For 70 years he played the bongos and other instruments, and sang in hotels and nightclubs. Although glaucoma took his sight 25 years ag...

You could have your cousin’s wedding or your auntie’s funeral — it doesn’t matter, you have to play the gig. Commitment sits at the heart of the band’s ethos since Red Hot Chilli Pipers began 15 years ago. Then five members, now a rotating group of 2...

Bermudian singer, songwriter and music producer Steve Easton died on Friday at the age of 54 after suffering from complications related to diabetes. The father of three recorded Beyoncé when she took part in the Bermuda Music Festival in 2008, colla...

Nuclear-powered bagpipes, I suppose, are yet to be invented, but if there are any prototypes out there, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have surely begged, borrowed or stolen them. Bagpipes were originally designed to inspire kilted clansman to slaughter a...

They play eight instruments — each. Unsurprisingly, once Kimberly and Michelle Cann start talking about music it’s difficult to get a word in. “The beauty of music is that it really is a mode of human expression,” said Kimberly, who, like her younger...

Shanti Das has worked with Prince, OutKast, Ashanti and Erykah Badu. Tonight she will be in Bermuda giving advice to local singers. The public is invited to watch Olivia Hamilton, Sheila Smith, Jesse Seymour and others, as they perform live. “Given m...

American country music star and foster care campaigner Jimmy Wayne called yesterday for more Bermuda families to look after children in need of a home. Mr Wayne, who spent eight years in the US care system, said that fostering children offered them a...

After making his way over a string of hurdles, Clinarke Dill put out a song. Appropriately for the time of year, it is a cover of Donny Hathaway’s much-loved 1970 classic, This Christmas. Chronic vertigo stopped Clinarke from performing as much as he...

A Bermudian musician living in Kenya has released a Christmas single to promote peace and love in the community. Joanne Ball-Burgess was inspired to write No Ordinary Christmas after a series of turbulent events in the country as well as her own pers...