First & Last Dance – voice only

Music : Wayne Smith – ‘Under Me Sleng Teng’ Words: Suzy Rowland   A young girl, seduced the the riddims of the Jamaican dance hall – we’ve all been there, right?! Enjoy 🙂 You can watch the video here…...
Absent fathers draw near…

Absent fathers draw near…

Dear Starbucks Dad, I hope you don’t feel shy or awkward about me writing to you in this way but this is just a small acknowledgement of your commitment to fatherhood. I don’t know what your personal circumstances are, so all I can comment on is what I see most...
You’re Jamaican, you love Bob Marley, right?

You’re Jamaican, you love Bob Marley, right?

I grew up listening to Bob Marley’s music. In fact, I used to get a bit annoyed when people would expect me to like Bob Marley, because I’m black. In those far away days, Duran Duran and Teardrop Explodes were the tunes I was ‘jammin’ to!  However, Bob’s music was...
Nighth of Sine, by Leopold Sedhar Senghor

Nighth of Sine, by Leopold Sedhar Senghor

Woman, put on my forehead your balsam hands, your hands softer than fur. Up there, the tall palm trees swinging in the night breeze rustle hardly. Not even the nurse’s song. Let the rhythmic silence rock us. Let’s listen to its song, let’s listen to the beating of our...