Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Taking a film from script paper to celluloid (or DCT formatting), from pre-production to post-production, the journey is often described as a life-changing, enlightening and harrowing ordeal. After it leaves the hands of film editors, sound...
Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
The creator of India's first reggae sound system, Taru Dalmia, says he yearn for the opportunity to work with the likes of Chronixx and Kabaka Pyramid."We voice a lot of dubplates with both Jamaican and Indian artistes. Some are voiced on new...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Tribe Sankofa, a local performing arts collective, will journey to Barbados on Friday for the Carifesta XIII Symposium.Founded and artistically directed by Fabian Thomas, Tribe Sankofa was established in 2011. They describe themselves as a...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 6:09 PMKimberley Small
Spartan Health Club, franchise holder for Miss Jamaica World, have denied all claims of being aware of Shaneke William's hazy past. Once accused of aiding and abetting rape and sexual touching of a minor, Williams entered the...
Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
In a recent interview with The Gleaner, Yaniq Walford, organiser of Bass Odyssey presents Jamaica Sound System Festival 2017, said: "Sound systems thrived for decades because it appealed to Jamaican people, and altering it is what will kill it ...,...
Published:Thursday | August 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
For the past 28 years (on the second weekend in August), Bass Odyssey has celebrated its anniversary as a sound system. This year marks the third in a new five-year business projection, developed by the event's organiser, Yaniq Walford, which...
Published:Thursday | August 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
This weekend, Bass Odyssey celebrates its 28th anniversary as a sound system with the biggest dancehall street event of the year. Three years ago, the anniversary event was renamed Jamaica Sound System Festival. With two years remaining in the...
Mainly outfitted in fancy swimsuits, sheer coveralls, stylish sandals, and cut-off shorts, patrons of SPF Forever Beach Party, were not prepared for a thunderstorm.The promoter's original intent of a fire-infused event was thwarted by a surprise...
Published:Thursday | August 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Many decry the 'culture-vultures' cashing in on indigenous Jamaican music without acknowledgement of its origins, but there are those who see the benefit of the sound rumbling across the globe.Entertainment consultant Jerome Hamilton, founder of...
Published:Thursday | August 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Whether you measure success in wages or personal satisfaction, at the end of the day, if you do not take the time to enjoy the fruits of your labour, it becomes more of a stress than a success.From this notion, Usain Bolt is the perfect example of...
Published:Thursday | August 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Once upon a time, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) events were the main ones on the entertainment calendar this time of year. However, by all accounts, the celebration of Jamaica's Independence has evolved from generation to generation...
Twelve years since the release of the Grammy Award-winning Welcome to Jamrock, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley, released his fourth album, Stony Hill, on his birthday, July 21. The promotional path of this album release was accompanied by the news of the...
Published:Thursday | July 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Local film-makers have decried the anaemic presence of local fictive televised content.These days, the tone has shifted with young film-makers advocating that it is not merely an appetite for foreign product that is starving local content. Instead,...
Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
With prayers that the skies remain clear, this fifth instalment of Credit Unions Gosplash will take place on Tuesday, August 1 on Sugarman's Beach, Hellshire, Portmore, St Catherine.Along with the prayers come a promise of top class entertainment...
The music video for Protoje's latest single, Blood Money, landed online earlier this week, with a lauding premiere on the internationally acclaimed Pigeons and Planes music news platform. Described as a lyrically vivid piece, immediate reviews...
Published:Thursday | July 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
In a move that holds personal, historical significance, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley released his highly anticipated studio album called Stony Hill on Friday, July 21, his 38th birthday.With announcements for the project hitting the press as early as...
Published:Thursday | July 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
With the support of a dedicated management team and corporate backing, recording artiste Shenseea seems fast on the rise to dancehall stardom.Like many aspiring artistes before her, the young entertainer performed on the small stage at Reggae...
Published:Thursday | July 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Local dancehall artistes usually measure the vitality of their performance and lyrical alacrity through clashing. In December 2012, Marlon Plunkett, better known as KipRich, made headlines after winning a clash against the notoriously agile in...
Free distribution of content through the Internet is destroying the traditional business model for the media. "Content is disappearing," said Cordel Green, executive director of the Broadcasting Commission, during a recent Gleaner editor's Forum at...
Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
On Monday, July 10, the Little Theatre Movement (LTM) family learned that architect and dedicated theatre designer Michael Lorde had passed away.He had been ill for a short time, and died suddenly at Andrews Memorial Hospital where he had gone for...
Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
Unlike Tifa and her sunglasses line, Jesse Royal's Rockers NYC collaboration or Buju Banton's upcoming clothing line, OMI is continuing with his slow and steady approach to entertain-ment and lifestyle industry ventures."I wouldn't just launch...
On Saturday night, the National Arena was a makeshift concert hall filled with the sound of familiar rocksteady melodies along with classic rhythm and blues, as is customary with The Original Startime. Spearheaded by Michael Barnett, the concert...
Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
From being clash rivals in high school (although they studied at different institutions), Royal Blu and Runkus are to perform at a string of festivals, for their Class Is In tour.The young artistes will be sharing stages in Switzerland, the...
Published:Thursday | June 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small
The careers of Chronixx, Jesse Royal and Kabaka Pyramid are following resembling trajectories.The three, dubbed part of a 'Reggae Revivalist' movement, have enjoyed careers that have taken them across the world, as they continue on an upward move,...
A suggestion by film commissioner Renee Robinson last November has recently been reinforced by Professor Ian Boxill, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. At the concluding event at this year's...
