Stories by Mel Cooke

The printed advertisement for Startime, which takes place on Saturday, January 9, 2016, declares it to be for 'One Night Only'. When the concert (which is also billed as 'The World Famous Original') was launched at Spades Lounge, Phoenix Avenue, St...

It is one thing to be commissioned by one of Jamaica's two major political parties to do a song specifically for the organisation ahead of a major election campaign, or to be approached by the party to have an already popular song utilised in their...

On Monday evening, the Caribbean's first digital publishing conference, #theonlinemind, officially opened at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, the brief ceremony signalling the beginning of a slate of panels and presentations.Organised by the...

With a general election in the air, with only the date to be announced (since it may have already been set by those who have power over such things) come-reds and 'come-greens' have been sorting out their candidates in the particularly passionate...

Tee dot Oh dot Kay is not very okay these days. T.O.K, the quartet of Alex, Bay-C, Craigy T and Flexx, has revealed the fissures in their unit of over 20 years public. And, although T.O.K may still work out their differences, when the disagreements...

Anniversaries can be dangerous things. For one, there tends to be an emphasis on the time that has elapsed rather than on the worth of what has transpired over the period. A few years ago, we were celebrating Jamaica's 50th anniversary of political...

Tomorrow is National Heroes Day, a centrepiece of which is the ceremony at King's House in which a number of outstanding Jamaicans will be publicly and officially invested with their awards. There will be...