It is coming up to the end of the typical long stage show in Jamaica. The patrons have been on their feet all night through a slew of performers, cheering, jeering or dishing out the silent treatment as they are so moved.
In the process of recording a subsequent Grammy-wining album, Ziggy Marley experienced a renaissance of sorts in his storied career which started in the mid-1980s as the leader of the sibling group, Ziggy Marley and the Melody...
Green Gables theatre is synonymous with productions that generate an avalanche of laughter often from bawdy lines, one dimensional characters and quality directing.
Reggae artiste Gyptian was his usual down-to-earth self when he spoke recently with The Gleaner, promoting his latest singles. The conscious-thinking reggae singer, born Windel Edwards on October 25, 1983, hopes to revive his name in fans' consciousness...
Pulse and the Caribbean's leading male modelling star Oraine Barrett has captured another major assignment, this time as the front man for Ralph Lauren's Polo Winter Olympic campaign. The worldwide release of the campaign comes ahead of one of sport's biggest global events...
LOS ANGELES (AP):Prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson's doctor with manslaughter, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.Prosecutors will file a criminal complaint against Dr Conrad Murray instead of taking the case before...
Sankofa Arts and Facilitation presents the production 'For black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much' on Saturday at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Jamaica School of Drama.
WESTERN BUREAU: The annual Bob Marley Birthday Bash, which has been a signature event at the MXIII Lawn in Negril for the past 17 years, will not be staged this year as the police have denied promoter Clive 'Cubba' Pringle permission to stage the annual event...
Jamaican reggae singer Rita Marley will headline a fund-raising concert for the people of Haiti in Toronto on Saturday.The concert, dubbed One Love for Haiti, takes place at Kool Haus on what would have been the 65th birthday of her late husband, reggae...
Spirits were high at the inaugural Jazz Beach J'Ouvert last Saturday at the Aquasol Theme Park in Montego Bay.Renaissance Disco, with DJ Delano and DJ Pepsi on-board, provided music for the all-inclusive event, which kicked off around midday and went up...
WESTERN BUREAU: Talent had no boundaries as the high-profile 2010 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival climaxed at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium in the wee hours of Sunday morning on the talent stage. Considered up-and-coming,...
From the very outset, 23-year-old Nadine Lattibeaudiere was a standout in the Diageo Learning for Life Project Artiste programme. Within the first days of the nine-month programme designed to empower some of Jamaica's less-fortunate ...
Dennis Brown's former touring unit, Lloyd Parkes and We The People band, was on the stand. The emcee who introduced him numerous times, Tommy Cowan, was at the microphone. Brown's former home, 'Big Yard', was steps away from where the stage was set up at the intersection of Orange...
Western Bureau: World-renowned reggae band Third World pays homage to some of Jamaica's National Heroes on its new album, Patriots. Patriots. The album, which highlights the work of Paul Bogle and Marcus Garvey, among others...
RUM BAR - Worthy Park Estate/Rum Bar Rum hosted its customer and staff appreciation party at Heather's Garden Restaurant, Haining Road, New Kingston, on Friday night....
LOS ANGELES (AP): Twenty-five years after the star-studded anthem We Are the World raised millions of dollars to aid famine relief in Africa, celebrities of a different generation gathered last night to re-record the charity tune to benefit Haiti...
The Jamaica International Ocho Rios Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary June 12 to 20 with more than 30 events around the island. With the theme Jazz - The Real Deal, this year's festival will celebrate the life...
Barbara Blake-Hannah, chairperson of the Reggae Film Festival and head of the Jamaica Film Academy, is promising an exciting festival this year, despite her limited budget. "With less than a shoestring budget, we have created an exciting calendar of events that will prove...
The Berhane Selassie Art Gallery will be launched tomorrow at Tuff Gong International Ltd on Marcus Garvey Drive, St Andrew.The art gallery is named after reggae singer Bob Marley, Berhane Selassie being the name given to him when he was baptised...
The 2010 Bob Marley Symposia, 'We Don't Need No Trouble - What We Need Is Love', begins today and continues until Friday. Organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and the Bob Marley Museum, the symposia...
A variety of reasons have been presented when couples fail to honour their marriage vows. But certainly not the reasons (at least not in the Jamaican experience) presented in Basil Dawkin's latest production, For Better or Worse, being staged on the grounds of the Little Theatre ...
