DENISE PALOMINO
It was a bright Sunday morning in the later part of the sixties when a young Jamaican mother give birth to a beautiful baby girl which she called Judy as a pet name and she had register as Denise palomino, all this took place three miles north of the Old Harbour fishing village of which the Town of Old Harbour got it's name.
It is along story ever since, any way the young and beautiful south coast baby sees that Rastafarian was the way to go.
Denise (Judy as she is most frequently called by close friends and relatives) see her self as student of the world greatest BOB MARLEY who she cherish, gain strength from, guidance etc., musically speaking.
on a whole she love roots reggae music namely Burning Spear, Culture, The Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailers, Charlie Chaplin etc.
She idolizes Louise Bennett who has opened her eyes to the origin and diversity of the Jamaican dialect.
she had worked with a small news paper as a trainee journalist after showing some of her poems to the editor who instantly recognised her talent, Denise was joyous to be given such an opportunity which she had gain numerous experience from.
In her early twenties she decided upon a change so she headed for the mountainous side of Jamaica to stay with her grand aunt in the cool tropical rain forest of Portland she later met and fell in love with Italian artist giuliano sorrentino.
Denise and husband Giuliano pursue a journey of original art and craft design and production experimenting with different art forms from which was born collage depicting three dimensional Jamaican and Italian architecture, two collection of poetry booklets.
The following is one of denise poem taken from the book “Components of life” She along with her husband is thinking about a third publication.
For more on Denise Palomino and Giuliano Sorrentino please send email to denise741@btinternet.com
AUDITION
Dear Mr. Blackberry, I truly hope yuh feelin Irietically I get your address from Stany-Bee He said you can produce me.
Mr. Blackberry sah, I’m a young song writer A use to sing pon de church choir I am an ambitious fella A jus don’t get de bus a deserve sah. I am a good Dee-Jay A duh rap, funky an calypso same way.
One time a Dee-Jay competition I won A duh a record an de producer karri e guh Cayman Fi ten weeks mi hear seh e deh a numba one, Dem neva gi mi a copy a de song Not even a dalla ina mi han.
A mi invent de new dance Ricey An Jeg-Jeg rob e fram mi Mi duh nuff dub-plate An ina evi area function mi participate A ole lot a music mi originate An nuff people seh I great
Too much corruption in de music industry It hard to find somebody trustworthy Stany-Bee seh a yuh bus him out man A yuh first mek him travel guh Englan An yuh is a man I can trus ‘cause a nuff yout-an-yout yuh bus!
Him tell mi seh a evi Monday yuh audition But some a de time yuh off de ilan Him seh bes mek an appointment, suh wi can deal man to man ‘cause him love de artist yuh pick when yuh duh de selection. 55 2436 a de numba fi my contact Or yuh can gi Stany-Bee a message fi bring back Mi s idem man deh 24-7s rite roun-de-clack Wen dem deh a Jam-rack.
Respect due fahda ‘cause yuh done know, yuh big bout yah Hope to hear fram yuh early.
Your faithfully, Alan Tuckey
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