While millions are sending greetings, postcards and gifts to mothers today, Mother's Day, many are observing the 33rd anniversary of the passing of legendary reggae king, Robert Nesta Marley.
Rhythm and Blues singer-songwriter-producer Joe is in the middle of putting out yet another album to add to the long list of work done over his 22 years in the music industry.
Another lucky young Jamaican will soon have the opportunity of wearing the prestigious Miss Jamaica World crown. The event's launch, which was held at the Cru Restaurant and Bar, pre-empts the 38th staging of the event.
"So exhilarating that it makes you rejoice to be alive."- The Times" The theatre event of the decade."- Sunday Times"Genius isn't too strong a word to describe this astonishing production."- Daily TelegraphJamaican audiences will be treated to an encore...
Theatre's transformative power was evident in a short play produced last Wednesday by the recently formed Waterhouse Creative Company. Di Rocky Road, created under the leadership of Sheila Graham, lecturer at the School...
Shanique Wong-Fatt, a 19-year-old XLCR past student who enjoys writing poetry and painting, has entered the Pulse Search For The Million Dollar Girl...
Three Rossini virtuosos star in La Cenerentola - a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performance in the Cinderella title role, and tenors Juan Diego Florez and Javier Camarena, who share the role of her Prince...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two months ahead of Jamaica's largest reggae festival, Reggae Sumfest, organisers, Summerfest Productions, have named a new chairman, Godfrey Dyer.
For 28 years, the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company (JMTC) has presented an annual concert series, held on the first Sunday of each month for the first six months of the year...
What can a poor parson do when his two daughters, April and June, whom he has brought up in the church, decide to seek love outside the holy walls and in the secular world? What happens when family members file for them to live in England?...
One of the most little-known musical exports from Jamaica celebrated 50 years this week since landing in England on what was a pioneering tour which introduced a new type of music, setting the stage for Jamaican...
The fourth annual staging of the Jamaica Poetry Festival on August 10 at Louise Bennett Garden Theatre has something special this time around.This year, the festival includes the return of Jean 'Binta'...
Last Wednesday morning, James Haynes, son of late Skatalites guitarist Jerome 'Jah Jerry' Haynes, OD, made good on his 2013 promise to increase the donations made in his father's name.He told those gathered at the School of Music...
As Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (JACAP) continues to pay out more royalties to overseas entities, there is a call from the organisation's chairman, Paul Barclay...
Tropicana Tropics has signed on as the title sponsor for the annual Mother's Day concert, 'To Mom with Love', scheduled to be held at the Lime Golf Academy on Sunday...
Time Unit Music recording artiste, Tactical, is celebrating his first taste of success as a professional after scoring a feature in a soon-to-be released dancehall documentary for one of Korea's biggest broadcasting...
Tyra Banks charity fights insecurity - Tyra Banks was very insecure as a teenager. The supermodel started her own charity, the TZONE Foundation, to empower young women to discover their own strengths and realise their ambitions...
Local and international fans of the 22nd Reggae Sumfest can continue to purchase tickets at reduced rates for the event up to May 15, 2014.The special early-bird rates were originally slated to end on Wednesday, April 30, however, the organisers have...
