NY: New York-based actress, humanitarian and radio personality Sheron Hamilton-Pearson was on cloud nine last week when The Gleaner spoke with her by phone about her appearance in the iconic 1976 UK film, Pressure. The film has been remastered by...
September 11 (9/11) has special significance for millions of Americans who lost family members in the World Trade Center attack. For Celeste Sade Hibbert-McMahon, it is significant, as it’s the anniversary of the death of her beloved granddad,...
NY: “This has to be the best backyard party ever!” exclaimed New York radio host David ‘Fat Forward’ Warren during soca star Crazy’s exhilarating performance. Seventy-eight-year-old Crazy, widely regarded as one of the kings of soca music, was in...
Westchester, NY: Seven years ago, Luciano, known for celebrated hits like One Way Ticket, Your World Or Mine, It’s Me Again Jah and Lord Give Me Strength, had his US visa and work permit revoked. It was a dark day for the reggae industry, but...
The newly minted Street Gospel rhythm, which was released on the Pot of Gold/VPAL imprints, features a collection of some of Jamaica’s biggest and most accomplished gospel and secular artistes on a six-song EP. Among the acts are Kevin Downswell...
NEW YORK: Radio broadcasters on WVIP 93.5 FM in New York, listeners and Jamaican businesses who rely on the station to market and promote their products and services are reeling in shock by news that the entity has been sold. The New York-based,...
UNITED STATES: Jamaica-born, Texas school administrator Nicola Myers Gardere has been named interim principal of Marlin High School in Marlin, an institution which has been struggling to maintain standard academic levels among its students. Last...
Team Jamaica Bickle (JTB), Inc, a New York-based not-for-profit organisation which provides support for Jamaican athletes competing at the annual Penn Relays in the USA, will host its annual ‘Bickle Breakfast’ today, Saturday, May 27, at St Luke’s...
NEW YORK: Korean American business entrepreneur Joanna Chung loves Jamaica! She confesses to being enamoured by the beautiful beaches and lush vegetation of the island. She gushed about the Jamaican people, the rich culture and her love for reggae...
NEW YORK: In today’s world of reggae and dancehall, an explosive force of entertainment energy is the sound clash. This lyrical battle is a firing line of beats, classic hits, future hits and a perfectly timed barrage of specials. It is a sonic war...
Earlier this month Beaches Resort premiered a new 30-second television commercial, using the song Calm Down by Nigerian Afrobeats rapper Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema. The television spot with actor Carlos Everette first aired nationally...
NY: Reggae is in the history books once again! For the first time in Jamaica’s history, iconic songs by Reggae King Robert Nesta Marley and Reggae Queen Marcia Griffiths are featured in television ads that are airing currently in the United States...
NY: Twenty-one-year old visually impaired, New York-based reggae singer Nigy Boy has never performed in Jamaica. All that will change on Saturday, January 21, when he makes his debut performance alongside music giants like Luciano, Ghanian reggae...
The expectations were high after word circulated in Montego Bay that ‘dancehall doctor’ Beenie Man was billed as the featured performer for Saturday night’s closeout party for the much-anticipated One Love Weekend. Beenie Man was tasked with...
NY: Over the past 50 years, Jamaica has had success with locally produced movies like The Harder They Come (1972); Smile Orange (1976); Dancehall Queen (1997), Third World Cop (1999); and Shottas (2002), which, for the most part, focused on themes...
NY: Reggae crooner Beres Hammond closed out his fourth consecutive sold-out tri-state area concert for 2022 last Saturday at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury in Long Island, New York, with an electrifying performance that some fans say may be his best...
NEWYORK: Miracle baby Nigy Boy, aka Nigel Hector, whose mom was given the damning diagnosis by doctors in 2001 that her soon-to-be-born son would not survive outside of the womb, has not only survived but has thrived, even going viral on social...
Veteran producer Noel Christano Browne, a member of the ‘70s sibling group the Browne Bunch, which included his brothers Glen, Danny, Clevie and the late Dalton, will be laid to rest on Friday, October 28, in the United Kingdom (UK). Noel, who has...
NY: Award-winning broadcaster, Kirk ‘Captain Kirk’ Nelson, of 107.9 FM in South Florida is among a growing list of Jamaican media practitioners in the diaspora who have voiced strong support for the recent ban by the Broadcasting Commission of...
NEW YORK: Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess, a veteran broadcaster with almost 30 years of experience, was over the weekend presented with a proclamation from Brooklyn Assemblyman Brian Cunningham, who serves the 43rd District in New York, USA. The US...
A packed house showed up at the Regional Headquarters at UWI Mona for the launch of Patricia Chin’s book, My Reggae Music Journey. Chin is co-founder and CEO of the New York-based reggae label, VP Records, and she is currently in Jamaica for a...
New York: Trevor Blake, who coined the word ‘Merritone’, the first Jamaican sound system to venture overseas, taking “merri music” to cities such as London, Miami, Ft Lauderdale, New York, Hartford, Toronto, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle,...
“I am King of Reggae Bassline,” veteran singer Leroy Sibbles proclaimed as he fired up the crowd at the recently held Westchester Reggae Festival at the Capitol Theater in New York. “Every prominent Jamaican singer – past and present – is on a...
