When Merritone Disco’s Monte Blake receives his distinguished Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from The University of the West Indies, Mona campus later this year, he will be awarded “for his pioneering work in music” and considering his trailblazing...
The Mortimer-hungry crowd willingly made the mid-week trek “up a Skyline” in Jack’s Hill to hear their favourite artiste deliver an intimate live acoustic set at The Listener’s Club, and it was a full house that savoured the 90 minutes of musical...
A decade after the release of his début album, Anointed, conscious reggae singer Bugle, has given fans Apex, a 16-track offering that the Rastafarian song-writer has poured his everything into. His fifth studio album, Apex dropped on August 23 and...
The year 2024 has been “an amazing one” on the cricket field and in the field of entertainment for explosive West Indies batsman and Universe Boss Chris Gayle. And he’s now ready to put some more icing on the cake when he hosts his birthday bash,...
Sophia Laing, the wife of veteran deejay, Cleveland 'Lt Stitchie' Laing, is putting to rest stories online — in particular, a video posted to YouTube late last night — that the entertainer has passed. “I heard about the video,” Sophia told The...
When Rolling Stone magazine last October unveiled its official list of The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, sitting at 179 was Ernest ‘Ernie’ Ranglin. The 92-year-old musician is still going strong and still picks up his guitar for special...
Dancehall megastar, Sean Paul, can be counted on to bring on the heat, and effectively disturb the diabolical chants of the naysayers who keep falsely predicting the demise of dancehall. Nearly 20 years after his megahit Temperature was released,...
Singer George Nooks is confident that a strong musical message is timeless, and he also believes that the success and longevity of a song is determined by the “right ingredients”, one of which is a live recording session with talented musicians....
The solo journey of Delomar, formerly of the duo RDX, has led to the upcoming release of his first solo album, and while he is super excited to unveil it in November, there’s a bit of semantics involved that require some sort of explanation. First...
Veteran deejay, Cleveland ‘Lt Stitchie’ Laing, is reportedly ill and “unresponsive” and Sophia Laing is requesting financial assistance from the public for his medical care. Sophia has taken to the crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe, to seek...
Fantan Mojah has definitely got his mojo back, and that is due in part to the excellent CSEC results from his daughter, Fantasia. The Holy Childhood High School graduate was successful in nine of 10 subjects that she sat in the recent examinations...
Although there were no crowns, thrones, golden microphones, plaques, fancy speeches, nor any other kind of officialdom normally associated with an event titled ‘The Crowning ...’, that certainly didn’t prevent the man of the moment Leroy Sibbles,...
During the recent Independence celebrations, gospel singer Chevelle Franklyn took a packed National Arena to church with a collection of praise and worship songs that included not only up-tempo, foot-stomping tracks but also songs that allowed...
The death of dancehall artiste, Stephanie ‘Medikk’ Williams, which remains an unsolved murder, has sparked a new light and life in her mother, Millicent McCurdy. The businesswoman is now imbued with a passion to help to enrich the lives of young...
In the era of all things Taylor Swift, Jamaican singer, Omi, has been lucky to grab some headlines in the UK press, which is approving of every move the leader of the ‘Swifties’ makes. On August 15, the same day Swift’s Eras Tour kicked off in the...
Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths is congratulating veteran singer, Leroy Sibbles, on his 60 years in the music business and his upcoming crowning as King of Reggae Basslines at a concert set for August 31. Although she is being advertised to...
As a young musician, Dean Fraser had one musical dream, and reflecting on it decades later, the renowned saxophonist can only smile the smile of the grateful, having achieved that dream on repeat throughout the decades while also amassing a...
Making it crystal clear that he was there just to honour Spice, Beenie Man, however, took two minutes to answer a few questions from The Gleaner on Thursday night. He was one of the guests at dancehall artiste Spice’s 25 years celebration in the...
“Well deserved” is how the Lady of Dancehall, D’Angel, described the double honour bestowed on her exes Bounty Killer and Beenie Man by the Government of Jamaica. On Independence Day, the veteran dancehall artistes were both honoured with the...
On Sunday, Jaida Messam convincingly beat out all competition to become the fourth winner of the prestigious Jamaica Gospel Star Competition, and the vocal powerhouse is clothed in humility as she “gives God all the praises”. The finale and gospel...
On Independence Day, August 6, accolades were heaped on VP Records, the reggae music conglomerate founded in 1977 by husband-and-wife team Vincent and Patricia Chin. Standing tall beside Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness and President of...
The performing arts community is shattered by the news of the passing of Ifidel Williams, a singer, actor, performer, teacher, social worker and behaviour change intervention specialist, and team leader of performing arts group Ashe’s AOK...
Jaida Messam, the woman constable with the powerful voice and a commanding stage presence, sang her way into the judges' hearts to cop the title 2024 Jamaica Gospel Star at the finale of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC)...
At the end of a keenly contested Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition finals last Saturday night, it was a beaming, body-positive Miss St Elizabeth Omolora Wilson, dressed in a sparkling red gown, who elegantly walked away with the title. “To...
World Boss, Teacha, Kartel, Vybz Kartel – Adidja Palmer goes by many names. However, it was his ‘Teacha’ moniker that entertainer Harry Toddler addressed him by when asked to comment on the news of Kartel’s freedom that spread like wildfire on...
