The Kingston Creative Podcast

In these days of rapid change, how do we advance our national identity in a global space? It's about evolving together through the tone and content of our expressions...with the voice of the Diaspora secured.  In this episode special guest Walshy Fire of popular dancehall fusion group Major Lazer, sets the tone in a lively chat with Isis and Odessa.  Follow Kingston Creative on social media for more about the creative scene in Kingston on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or visit our website to learn more and support the movement.

If Kingston were a model, what would be her 2020 look?  Catch a curation session of Kingston's current editorial point of view in this lively chat with Mixed Media Artist Charl Baker and Stylist Kaysian Bourke, This episode is dedicated to the late Dexter “3D” Pottinger, multi layered Avant Garde force in the local and international fashion industry. In his short but supersonic life he encapsulated the restless energy of Kingston and blazed a trail from the inner-city to the world stage. Follow Kingston Creative on social media for more about the creative scene in Kingston on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or visit our website to learn more and support the movement.

In this episode Isis and Odessa engages in an amazingly candid yet soulful conversation with the beautiful Sevana.  Sevana is a multi-talented writer, singer, producer, actress and advocate from Westmoreland Jamaica.  REPRESENTATION MATTERS is a philosophy Sevana abides by, her blackness and femininity a central theme throughout her work. Sevana shares her powerful story of self belief, self discovery and self love through art and how her work is reflecting that light back into the world.  She talks passionately about what the Black Lives Matter movement means to her, dark skin representation in media, her latest projects and struggles with Covid.  Listen Sevana's new song here and connect with her on Instagram and Twitter.

In this episode Isis and Odessa sat down with Gladstone Taylor, an inspiring young author and writer with a strong message about following your passion and integrity. Though his writing is explorative and non-genre specific, in the main Gladstone is a music writer whose work appears in major local and international publications such as Backayard Magazine, The Fader and Afropunk. His debut book, KingSun :The Testaments of Sunlight and Water is the work of an introspective, toiling mind weaving together a melodramatic, angular tale of Jamaica. Listening to Gladstone you can hear expressions of that same nuanced, multi layered thinking that has come to define his work.  It is not a question, Gladstone is a Jamaican creative on the rise and we love to see it.  Find out more about Gladstone here and connect with him on Instagram and Twitter.

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Kingston Creative Podcast with your hosts Odessa, Isis & Gerry In three short years the Kingston Creative Organization has gone from concept to now being a very vocal and highly visible advocates working to shift perspectives on the viability of creativity not just as a hobby or just for entertainment but as a profitable career option for Caribbean creatives. In this episode we are talking to with Mrs. Andrea Dempster-Chung, the conceptualizer, now Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kingston Creative who shares with us the backstory on the organization,  why it is such a necessary and timely initiative and how it is helping to shape creative industries in Jamaica and the Caribbean. To learn more about Andrea and the Kingston Creative Movement visit our website www.kingstoncreative.org  You can also follow Kingston Creative on social media - Instagram, Facebook @kingstoncreativejm and on Twitter at @kgncreative Enjoy!!! Song : Kingston Town by UB40 featuring - Ali, Astro & Mickey

For our very first episode we thought it fitting that we go on a nostalgic stroll around Kingston with two people who have lived it and who curates it, our special guests Kingsley 'King Omar' Goodison Producer of the 'Annual Tribute to the Greats' show and Nicole Patrick-Shaw Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica. Together they take us on a fascinating journey down memory lane, along the way we learn how Kingston became the global cultural Mecca it is today. Follow Kingston Creative on social media - Instagram, Facebook @kingstoncreativejm and on Twitter at @kgncreative or visit our website www.kingstoncreative.org for more information. Enjoy!!!