Tomorrow, Third World shares the stage with Air Supply and Koffee at Couples Sans Souci in Ocho Rios, St Ann, at the For the Children concert. Presented by the Issa Trust Foundation (ITF) and Couples Resorts in association with the RJRGLEANER...
Music videos have been a cornerstone of music consumption for decades. Local productions are frequent and numerous but often very similar – until now. With its international premiere on TheFADER.com on Monday, young rising reggae entertainer Royal...
Clish Gittens is a visual anthropologist. That means he applies his skills and education in fine arts to communicate his passion for people, culture and environment. The young film-maker from Barbados has taken a deep dive into advocacy for the...
Using his platform as producer, international DJ and member of the globe-trotting mega music group Major Lazer, Walshy Fire has undertaken the gargantuan task of pulling together Caribbean and African artistes in an inspired compilation album...
For their seventh staging, the GATFFEST Film festival returns with expansive ideas in action. This year, the largest community film festival in the Caribbean will add two particularly special elements – a film market and a pitch competition, both...
Daniel Craig, the lead actor in Bond 25, the James Bond film being shot in Jamaica, reportedly hurt himself while running in a scene during filming in Portland. Craig had to be flown out of the island for x-rays, treatment, rest and recovery. A...
For the Orange Economy to exist beyond an idea, it must first be acknowledged that the cultural and creative industries exist and are thriving but that they do so as in their categorisations – separated. “The industry itself is, unfortunately, not...
The areas of music, dance, animation, artificial intelligence, acting, and publishing all have something in common: they fit neatly under the umbrella of the emerging Orange Economy. Heeding an international call to seed the Orange Economy to...
The days of boasting about making it only to the top of the Billboard Charts are numbered. There is a new standard-bearer in town – one that is similarly regarded as an everlasting authority in music media and news. On Monday, May 13, Rolling...
For its 40th anniversary, VP Records is making everything a big deal, including the release of Rising Stars alumnus Chris Martin’s sophomore album, And Then. Last Friday evening, the label took over multiple platforms for the album...
In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Haile Selassie High School’s music and performing arts programme has received a facelift. Thanks to the Bob Marley Foundation, the students and their music teacher, Tino McDermott, can now gather in the...
As revellers flood the streets of the Corporate Area on Sunday, they will be accompanied by a fleet of huge trailers. Since carnival road march began in Jamaica almost 30 years ago, Zoukie Trucking Services Limited has been a constant. According...
If Kes The Band intended to prove the power of soca by introducing a new element of live bands, multiple genres and satisfied revellers to the Jamaican carnival season, then they succeeded. For the inaugural instalment of Tuesday On The Rock in...
Following last month’s untimely passing of co-franchise holder of the Miss Jamaica World competition, Aston Cooke, there have been necessary changes in the entity’s leadership structure. While Weston Haughton retains the franchise holder position...
Next Tuesday, Kes The Band will make a cross-national cultural stand in Kingston, taking over the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre to host their first instalment of the twin-nation’s native ‘Tuesday on the Rocks (TOTR’s) concert. While...
To enhance others’ understanding of Japanese arts and culture, the Japan Foundation collaborates with overseas museums on a wide range of exhibitions, from traditional to contemporary arts. They have collaborated with the National Museum Jamaica,...
On Thursday night, the efforts of the Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) over the past three years finally paid off. Four hundred patrons filled the Courtleigh Auditorium for the sold-out Kingston premiere screening of the four...
For its third staging, KingstOOn Animation Festival proved what they began touting in 2013 - that the local animation industry is robust with talent and poised to expand globally. On Sunday, at the close of the three-day long event, animators from...
Many will consider DJ Hot Lipz an inspiration. At 49 years old, she decided to learn how to spin and mix records – a testament to the fact that it is never too late to realise a dream. Known in her private life as Janette Armstrong, the UK native...
Tony Hendriks’ Shoot The Girl, one of the first five short films selected in the JAMPRO/PROPELLA short film initiative in 2016, has been awarded yet again – this time to the tune of $500,000. Hendriks again pitched the project last Friday, at the...
Globally, racism is at the forefront of many conversations. While in the US issues of police brutality against African Americans and violent displays of Islamophobia are rampant, people in the Caribbean sometimes deal with an insidious attitude...
Defiant against the Jamaican film stereotype, Storm Saulter’s latest feature film, Sprinter, goes against the grain. The film is framed in tropical, lush cinematography that, while still capturing greenery and the sea, avoids the resort-life trope...
Among the three active animation studios, small operators, and freelancers, there are an estimated 30 to 50 animators in Jamaica. During a recent Gleaner Editors’ Forum, animation specialist and KingstOOn Animation Festival conceptualiser, Robert...
At the second instalment of the INDIGGO Conference, held on Saturday at the Courtleigh Auditorium, there was an influx of tertiary-level students at varying stages of study, as well as corporate professionals, all eager to get insight on turning...
I t was a trip around the world and back again for local dancer Shakespear, who, last month, hopped on a flight from Montego Bay to Germany, then on to Belgium, before finally landing in New Delhi, India. Known for his dance moves and signature...
