WESTERN BUREAU: It was so profound and important that Calabash went on last weekend. It spoke of the role of the arts in moments of crisis. "And we have to remember that art is not a luxury, it is essential, even though our Government acts...
Entertainer Buju Banton, who has been in a Florida jail awaiting trial on drug charges since last December, will have to wait a bit longer to know his fate.The trial was again rescheduled on Friday, this time...
So, you think Jamaicans only know how to to fire shots and erect roadblocks? Well, the only disturbance heard on the island's south coast over the weekend came from words and music at the 10th anniversary of the Calabash Literary Festival.
WESTERN BUREAU: The 'Strong One' Etana appeared on the 'Wow' factor Wata stage on Friday night chanting Rita Marley's One Drop and she didn't need to belt another tune for the musically hungry Calabash audience to be sated....
LOS ANGELES (AP): Movie audiences are showing more appetite for Shrek than for sex over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. DreamWorks Animation's sequel Shrek Forever After remained the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $43.3 million from Friday to Sunday..
Every year the Jamaica arm of the International Theatre Institute names the production with the best original song and best original score at the Actor Boy Awards, Mo'Bay Vibes taking the honours at this year's 20th anniversary staging.
Melville CookeGleaner WriterFrom Toots Hibbert's 54-46 (1968) through to Lutan Fyah's Jail (2010), Jamaican music is distressingly rife with true-to-life songs about incarceration and facing the justice system.
Fresh from a 48-city, three-month North American tour, Jamaican dancehall-soul songstress Cherine Anderson captured a whole new audience with her unique sound and style.
After visiting a bookstore and being displeased with what he saw, Altano Morgan decided to start his own I Can! brand of notebooks, which, he hopes, will help to empower people with the messages that they bear.
PROVO, Utah (AP):Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom Different Strokes, whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
The votes of the viewers have been tabulated and one of the finalists on 'The Anchor' must pack his or her bag next Monday night, leaving only six to face the challenges ahead.
There was a special ceremony of investiture for Ruby Martin, OD, as a member of the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) at King's House on Tuesday, May 18. Here are pictorial highlights of the event.
Singer Myrna Hague has never hid her admiration for American jazz stylist Sarah Vaughn. Recently, she got the opportunity to salute her musical idol by covering Vaughn's biggest hit song.
Prosecutors will not charge Kiss rocker Gene Simmons over an alleged attack on a couple at an upscale outdoor mall, while a new, separate civil lawsuit claims the musician sexually assaulted a make-up artist.
Rita Marley, widow of reggae legend Bob Marley, has told Ghanaian media that several valuable pieces of personal items were destroyed by a fire which gutted her state-of-the-art studio in that country last...
Known for staging events such as Daydreams and W, which have never disappointed their fans, promotion company Wright Image Entertainment had promised to raise the bar with another party, Sundance, held on Sunday at Irie...
A number of events scheduled for the weekend have been postponed as a result of the civil unrest across the Corporate Area over the past few days. Although there has been a lull in the recent spate of shootings...
LOS ANGELES (AP):Lee DeWyze, a paint store clerk who overcame his shyness to impress 'American Idol' judges and viewers with his spirit and soulful voice, triumphed Wednesday over bluesy musician Crystal Bowersox in the contest's ninth season....
