Ten marching bands from across the island will showcase their talents and creativity in a face-off at the Battle of the Bands Jamaica competition on Emancipation Day, August 1.The inaugural competition, which was conceptualised by the Foundation ...
The last time Bunny Wailer - original member of The Wailers along with Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Cherry Smith, Beverley Kelso and Junior Brathwaite - recorded a song about South...
Western Bureau: For those who missed the late cancellation notice, which was aired on radio and television, it was a case of "paradise in darkness" last Saturday night when they turned up...
Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, is 85 miles away from Kingston. It's so far away and simple that it feels like another world even in ordinary times. But these are not ordinary times in Kingston.
Michael James, better known as Jimmy James of The Vagabonds fame, is among five persons to be honoured by King Omar Promotions' Tribute To The Greats show, which is scheduled for July 31 at the Curphey Place in St...
WESTERN BUREAU:Crabs have been put on a diet of mangoes, cornmeal and watergrass, in readiness of being curried, garlic 'rundown', black bean and boiled on Saturday, May 29, at the annual 'Busha Crab Party' in...
CANNES, France (AP)Three past winners of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival - Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Abbas Kiarostami - are in the running for the same award again as 19 films compete at the world's premier cinema showcase.
LOS ANGELES (AP):A jury acquitted a man of killing up-and-coming Atlanta rapper Dolla during a shooting last year at a crowded, upscale Los Angeles mall.
R&B superstar and singer of the worldwide number one hits My My My, Rub You The Right Way and Wrap My Body Tight, Johnny Gill, will perform at this year's Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW).
Styleweek Jamaica, which was scheduled for this coming weekend, has been pushed back by a week.Deiwght Peters, head of Saint International which organises the fashion showcase, said the uncertainty of the country's stability due to the extradition...
Ernie Smith did not intend to record a song on the day in 1967 when he took time off from his accounting job at Reynolds (bauxite company) in St Ann and came into Kingston.
After I Can't Take It, Ernie Smith recorded How About You and 20th Century Faces ("I remember coming from the country, going to the bus stop, saying good morning to everyone and they just looked at me," he recalled), but he did not hit until Ben' Down.
