Dancehall artiste and music producer General Degree, while lamenting the “darkness” of the current trap-dancehall sub genre, is releasing his own counteroffensive through an EP titled Island Hopping, which he says “is all happiness”. “The title...
Last Saturday, invited guests only eagerly assembled at number 10A West Kings House Road in St Andrew – the place where scenes in the Jamaican cult classic The Harder They Come were shot and edited – to celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary. The...
There will be no need for masks, social distancing nor quarantine as legendary reggae singer, Hugh Beresford Hammond, pauses to celebrate his 65th birthday today in inimitable style. Beres intends to get up close and personal as he shares with fans...
Fans of 007 got a delightful treat on Wednesday when the official Instagram account of the latest Bond flick, No Time To Die, shared two fabulous photos from their filming in Jamaica. The shots, drenched in tranquillity, show off the scenic beauty...
Research studies have found that theatre is effective in delivering educational messages in other domains of learning such as teaching health education to children and adults and engaging the general public in health-policy development. With this...
It is said that lightning doesn’t strike twice at the same place, but reggae singer Mortimer put a spin on that when his song, Lightning, grabbed the Song of the Year title and he was voted Breakthrough Artiste of the Year at Tuesday’s Jamaica...
It was a whole mood inside 56 Hope Road on Thursday. The occasion was the celebration of reggae legend Bob Marley’s 75th birthday, and his widow, Rita, was out to share in the adulation by family, fans and friends. Every big-up sent out to Bob was...
Grounation, a Rasta ceremonial event in which verbal exchange, reasoning, and artistic expression lie at the core of ‘overstanding’, is the title of choice for the annual Reggae and Black History Month activities presented by the Jamaica Music...
Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi best known by his stage name Bobi Wine, has been released from detention and continues to make plans to come to Jamaica later this month for the annual roots reggae festival, Rebel Salute. “Bobi...
The year 2020 will mark one decade since the month of February has been designated for the celebration of reggae, the genre which UNESCO, the world body’s cultural and scientific agency, in 2018, added to its collection of intangible cultural...
“As an artiste in Jamaica, you just haffi know how to jump on a riddim,” says reggae singer Kelissa. Clearly fascinated by the sound-system culture, which foundation artistes hail as a great institution of learning, the young artiste has produced a...
Each year, prior to the selection of the nominees in the recording industry’s most prestigious award, the Grammys, the gatekeepers of the music assemble to listen to the usually overwhelming number of submissions in each category. This year, it was...
With July 12-18 already revealed as the 2020 dates for Reggae Sumfest, CEO Josef Bogdanovich says he is now looking to book major acts for the week-long festival to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. And although Bogdanovich has his wish list of...
Founding member and the lone survivor of pioneering reggae group The Wailers, Neville O’Riley Livingston, will on November 2 accept the Pinnacle Award for Excellence at Reggae Culture Salute 2019 in New York. This year’s event has as its theme ‘...
On the occasion of Peter Tosh’s diamond birthday celebration, broadcaster and music historian Mutabaruka made the observation that although the members of the Wailers – Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley – went their separate ways, “we memba...
On August 6, when a friend sent Patrick Roberts a simple text that said “congrats”, he had absolutely no idea what the person was talking about. He subsequently learned that his name had appeared in The Gleaner as one of the candidates who would...
When Tivoli Gardens High School Track Corporation celebrates the school’s 50th anniversary with a banquet honouring the 50 most outstanding alumni, numbered among that select group will be ’80s deejay Papa Michigan. A student of the institution...
An incredible young talent with a stupendous set of pipes, the quintessential ‘one man woman’, a sultry singer with music in her DNA, and a band with decades of showmanship under its belt, all converged inside the ballroom of The Jamaica Pegasus...
The death of Jamaican dancehall artiste and actor Louie Rankin has sent shock waves and made headlines around the world. Rankin’s peers in the entertainment and film industries have since paid tribute to a “cultural icon.” Entertainer and actor...
The first round of voting for the annual Grammy awards got under way yesterday, and the music world is abuzz. As the only peer-recognized music award, the Grammy is viewed as the music industry’s highest honour. Reggae singer Sizzla’s latest album...
Dancehall artiste and Shottas actor Spragga Benz is about to add another feather to his cap. When he performs at the Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center on Thursday, October 3, he will be the first reggae-dancehall act to perform in its...
It was a quietly militant group of entertainment industry players who assembled at the Jamaica College auditorium on Hope Road last Tuesday evening, to discuss a very troubling topic – the Noise Abatement Act. In their midst was People’s National...
Responding to a call from the Jamaica Gospel Music Network, local artistes on Saturday night showed their philanthropic side, as they sang for free at the Bahamas Hurricane Relief Concert, held at the Fellowship Tabernacle in St Andrew. Traditional...
The music fraternity is in mourning following reports of the death of In The Streetz music producer and artiste manager, Byron Murray. Reports are that he passed away on Wednesday, after complaining of feeling ill while at home. He was 54. Murray’s...
Clearly cognisant of the longevity and immense value of foundation reggae rhythms, singer, Anthony Cruz has ticked off one item on his bucket list – to record on the original Walk Away From Love rhythm. It was in 2004 that British-Jamaican reggae...
