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Published:Saturday | May 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Up-and-coming recording artiste Sanity is riding high with the success of his new single Buss The Gate on the 'New Day' rhythm produced by Deadline Recordz.

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The St Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival lived up to its title as the biggest and best music event in the Caribbean earlier this month when it rolled out 12 days of pulsating music mixed with varied genres and a crowd-pleasing line-up to boot.

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Zvuloon Dub System, a renowned reggae band out of Israel, will bring an interesting mixture of Ethiopian beats, jazz and funk fused with, and encouraged by, traditional reggae to the Sumfest stage.

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will crown its final four parish queens in St Catherine, Hanover, Clarendon and St James in June.

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Jamaican reggae, soul and pop singer Tessanne Chin lived up to her to billing, delivering a spectacular performance at the inaugural Oracabessa Festival on Memorial Day...

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Appleline Miller, who is currently a chef at the Tea Tree Creperie, has her sights set on being a superstar model.

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Silver Birds Steel Orchestra will perform at the Institute of Jamaica's (IOJ) Lunch Hour Concert next Thursday, June 5...

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

After last year's edition of the Anancy Chaptaz series topped the Actor Boy Awards with five wins, Independent Actors Movement (I AM) will stage eight performances of the next installment, titled Monkey Bizniz, at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre...

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The death of poetry legend Maya Angelou has triggered an outpouring of tributes to honour the "phenomenal woman".President Barack Obama, who in 2011 awarded the American best-selling author, poet and activist the Presidential...

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, is introducing The Big Stage competition.

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

There's a new school choir in town, one that shows lots of promise. It's the Campion College Chapel Choir, which, with the help of 'friends' from another school, was launched at Sts Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church, St Andrew, on Sunday....

Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Events production team In-DI-Visuals is gearing up to host their annual party and stage show, Luau. This year's show will feature a live performance by dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta...

Published:Thursday | May 29, 2014 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Politicians, media figures and fellow artists are paying tribute to Maya Angelou, the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, who died yesterday at age 86. Here is a look at what people, from President Barack Obama to Oprah Winfrey...

Published:Thursday | May 29, 2014 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune."I'm not modest," she told The Associated Press in 2013."I have no modesty.

Published:Thursday | May 29, 2014 | 12:00 AM

"No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again, and bring the dawn." Those were the words of Maya Angelou as she responded to the news that her dear friend and South African president, Nelson Mandela, passed last year...

Published:Thursday | May 29, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Her very name as an adult was a reinvention. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St Louis and raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and San Francisco, moving back and forth between her parents and her grandmother...

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The 14th staging of Powerful Women and Men Perform for Charity held on Sunday at the Karl Hendrickson auditorium was enjoyable.The performers, who came from a pool of professionals, entertained the large turnout with a fashion...

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Kingston Paradise, a Jamaican feature film by Mary Wells, has won the 'Best Diaspora Feature' award at the prestigious African Movie Academy Awards 2014. The announcement of the win came on Saturday night ...

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

MAYA ANGELOU has bowed out of plans to attend an event in Texas where she is to be honoured due to ill health.The acclaimed author, 86, was scheduled to be honoured at the Major League...

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Kanye West gifted Kim Kardashian with a portrait of herself.The rapper, who married the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star on Saturday in Florence, Italy, commissioned London artist Bambi to paint a portrait of her to celebrate their nuptials.A source...

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

There's a new school choir in town, one that shows lots of promise. It's the Campion College Chapel Choir, which, with the help of "friends" from another school, was launched at the Sts Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church, St Andrew, on Sunday...

Published:Tuesday | May 27, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will be bringing new talent to the 2014 Calabash International Literary Festival stage when Haitian artiste BeLO performs on concert music night, Friday, May 30.Caribbean Export and Calabash...

Published:Tuesday | May 27, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Real-life 'Thriller' - Michael Jackson's manager planned to "kidnap" the singer to save him from drug addiction.Ron Weisner - who controlled the late icon's career during his heyday - came up with a plan to rescue the King of Pop at...

Published:Tuesday | May 27, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Miami may have been the host city, but there was a complete Caribbean musical takeover on Memorial Weekend 2014 in the United States. Held at the Bayfront Park on Biscayne Boulevard on Sunday, the eighth annual Best of the Best concert was nothing short of spectacular...

Published:Monday | May 26, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Jamaican-Canadian film director Jeremy Whittaker is making preparations to have Destiny premiere on local soil. Though the date has not yet been set, Whittaker told The Gleaner that having a Jamaican premiere is...

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