Renowned for his hit singles One Blood and This is Why I'm Hot, reggae stalwart Junior Reid is putting the final touches to a long-awaited studio album.Junior Reid: The Living Legend, will be the artiste's 17th album and is...
While Maxi Priest will be releasing his 13th studio album on June 10, the young 'Jo Mersa' Marley is gearing up to release his EP, Comfortable. The artiste is the grandson of the late Robert Nesta Marley and the son...
No stranger to collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry, producer Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor, has teamed up with yet another international star -...
With several counties hosting annual beer festivities, Jamaica finally joined in on the celebration with the inaugural Red Stripe Beer Festival.With the promise of bringing the country's best beer brands together, along with...
As early as the Elizabethan period, it is widely believed that theatre, especially for the younger generation, was a place to meet and greet, as well as to show off the latest fashion. In Jamaica, the trend manifested in friends...
Jamaican sound system operator and nightclub owner, Wilbert 'Count Suckle' Campbell is dead. According to online reports Campbell passed away on May 19. He was 80-years-old...
Kris Jenner is 'bursting with happiness' after Kim Kardashian's wedding.The Kardashian family matriarch was among the 200 guests on hand to watch her daughter, 33, marry Kanye West, during a 'magical'...
International Night Two of the 22nd staging of Reggae Sumfest will see organisers paying homage to reggae icon Freddie McGregor for his contribution to Jamaican music.
WESTERN BUREAU:Four full scholarships for disadvantaged children are being awarded by the Jamaica Music Camp (JMC) in what has been touted as the first sleep-away music camp on the island.
Last week's Music Diaries highlighted the very early beginnings of the 1950s Jamaican vocal quartet, The Jiving Juniors, its impact on the Jamaican music scene at the time, and how the group served as the cradle for the emergence of one of Jamaica's...
Through direct quotes, adroit twists of text, the naming of specific figures and books, as well as references to situations, there are countless references to the Bible in Jamaican popular music.
Hookahs might be the new fad that has made its way into popular parties and events, but there are questions around its legality because of Jamaica's anti-smoking laws, and how safe the practice is.
Event answers the call for Portmore staging"I call the Best Dressed Chicken the Gospel Bird because they die that we may live!" said Bishop Everton Thomas, head of the Emmanuel Apostolic Church, in a fevered show of support for the 12th installation of...
Platinum-selling artiste and dancehall ambassador Sean Paul is in the groove for the summer. This is evident in the release of the video for Major Lazer's Come On To Me project that features hooks and verses from the Grammy Award-winning artiste.
It is official. Jamaica now has its first officially proclaimed Poet Laureate. The position was formalised in a splendid investiture ceremony on Wednesday at The King's House Ballroom.
He was an avid supporter for the legalisation of marijuana in Jamaica and, today, at the Jamaica Cannabis Conference, Sugar Minott will be recognised for his commitment to the cause.
The Pier One complex in Montego Bay is set to ignite next Saturday night, May 31, with another staging of Stone's Ginger Wine Club's Off the Wall retro dance party.
Michael Holgate's latest musical, Blogs & Mirrors, now playing at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts (PSCCA), University of the West Indies, Mona, tackles an age-old theme - man's search for himself....
The National Gallery of Jamaica will present a varied Last Sundays programme for May 25. In addition to the opening of the new exhibition Anything with Nothing: Art from the Streets of Urban Jamaica, the programme will feature a poetry reading...
Oshin Lawrence, a farmer by occupation, is taking a shot at this year's Pulse Search. Oshin, who is 20 years old and 5'8" tall, loves to sing and dance in her spare time...
