The theme for this year’s heritage series, Grounation, sounds rather lofty: ‘Music and Reasoning in Working Class Culture: Implications for Governance and Constitutional Reform’, but Herbie Miller, director of the Jamaica Music Museum, which stages...
Jesse Royal is a Grammy-nominated reggae artiste currently dominating the local scene in Jamaica. Born Jesse Gray, the self-proclaimed ‘small axe’ hails from St James. In his early life, he spent his days in banana walks and pineapple fields...
In writing a review for Bob Marley: One Love, I must acknowledge a smidge of bias. At one point the film makes mention of young Nesta’s birthplace of “rural St Ann”. It’s a fact that carries a lot more weight when you know what rural St Ann looks...
It feels strange to mention The Color Purple in a review for Mean Girls. Given the close window of their releases, and with both being remakes based on Broadway musicals of the original films, I feel I have no choice. While the emotionally taxing...
As the February 14 opening of the Bob Marley: One Love movie nears, and the number of premieres increase – the third one was held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, following those in Jamaica on January 23 and London on January 30 – the producers are...
Dancehall artiste Valiant is thanking his "true fans and supporters" following his win for Best Caribbean Music Act at the 26th Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards. The announcement was made on the @moboawards Instagram page earlier today during...
Shrapnel, directed by William Kaufman, is an intense action thriller that delves into the harrowing journey of a former Marine, Sean Beckwith (played by Jason Patric), as he confronts the ruthless Mexican cartel responsible for his daughter’s...
After last year’s stellar staging, the Lost in Time Festival has returned for round two. At the media launch for the In.Digg.Nation-led event hosted at the AC Hotel Kingston, festival director Protoje and his band of musical friends, collaborators...
Theatre is bouncing back big time after the trials and tribulations of Covid. A couple of years ago, stages were dark, but this past weekend drama aficionados were able to see no less than six productions in the Corporate Area. Five of them...
On February 6, 1945, Nesta Robert Marley was born in Nine Mile, St Ann, however the order of his name was changed because legend has it that a passport officer told his mother, Cedella, that ‘Nesta’ was “a girl name” and suggested that she use...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike was arrested at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after the rapper and activist won three Grammy awards including his first in more than two decades. In a video posted by the trade website The Hollywood Reporter,...
The third time’s the Grammy charm for reggae singer Julian Marley. On his third nomination, Julian Marley won his first Grammy award. The album Colors of Royal, a project in collaboration with Alexx Antaeus, was announced as the winner in the Best...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The night began with a rare sight: tennis champion Serena Williams was flustered. “I’m a little nervous... I can’t breathe,” she said through an exasperated smile. “I’m usually really good at this.” The overwhelming task was not...
The annual celebration of the life and legacy of Reggae King Robert Nesta Marley will once again take place on February 6, the anniversary of his birth. This year, the Marley family and the Bob Marley Group of Companies honour the icon’s 79th...
Colors of Royal by Julian Marley and Antaeus has won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Nominees in the category included No Destroyer by Burning Spear, Simma by Beenie Man, Born for Greatness by Buju Banton and Cali Roots Riddim 2023...
LOS ANGELES (AP) In a pre-Grammy event, Mariah Carey used the Recording Academy stage to speak about fighting against conforming to certain music industry standards in an effort to create her music that would eventually appeal to the masses. “I...
The Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London, holds special memories for Yvonne Brown, the widow of the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown. It was there in 1974 that the two had a chance meeting that would later lead to love and marriage...
With 10 days left to go, the countdown for the hottest movie ticket for 2024 (so far) can well and truly begin. Bob Marley: One Love, opens on February 14, “at a theatre near you”, as the folks in commercials would say, and it would seem that...
While the world gets ready to pay respect to international reggae icon Bob Marley with the launch of his new biopic on February 14, singer Nadine Sutherland is singing the praises of another Marley family member. Sutherland first met Rita Marley...
Aston 'Family Man' Barrett, the original bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, has died. Aston Barrett Jr, his son, took to Instagram to share the news of his father's passing after a prolonged medical battle. Barrett died at the University of...
LOS ANGELES (AP): In a pre-Grammy event, Mariah Carey used the Recording Academy stage to speak about fighting against conforming to certain music industry standards in an effort to create her music that would eventually appeal to the masses. “I...
King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, will be represented by his manager at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony in the United States as the dancehall icon’s ongoing visa woes prohibit him from travelling. Beenie Man’s album Simma is one of five...
On February 21, the highly anticipated Island Music Conference (IMC) returns to Jamaica’s shores to provide a wealth of knowledge and exclusive access to industry professionals for the second year in a row, with the help of Tastee Limited. The...
AP: Universal Music Group (UMG), which represents artistes including Drake, Adele, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. UMG...
