Entertainment

The most anticipated event each year in Trinidad and Tobago is its road march (also known as Pretty Mas), which takes place on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

London-based Trojan Records has launched a campaign for rare Desmond Dekker memorabilia, for possible inclusion on expanded versions of his first two albums, which the label plans to reissue this year...

Setting one's alarm for 2:30 in the morning, on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, may seem a tad crazy to anyone who has not participated in Trinidad's J'Ouvert...

With the 2010 International Reggae Conference heading to a close last Saturday at the Assembly Hall, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, a German tag...

The tremendous success of international reggae artiste Jah Cure is not based on pure luck but a combination of organisation, planning and expertise.Danger Zone Music Group (DZMG) emerged in the year 2000 out of a need...

HE PROPOSED ... insiders say the wedding date is March 30? Something Extra says congratulations to Finance and the Public Service Minister Audley Shaw and his fiancée, Susan Duhaney.

With seven CDs and three books under her belt, Joan Andrea Hutchinson is now signed to entertainment distribution giants, VP Records.The signing took place recently at VP Record's Miramar, Florida office, between Hutchinson and VP's general manager...

In response to the crisis caused by the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, Jamaica's music fraternity has come together in a show of solidarity for a historic recording titled Listen2theCall!...

Reggae legend Toots Hibbert is the latest act to be featured on 'Live From Daryl's House', a webcast project of singer/songwriter Daryl Hall, half of the American pop duo Hall and Oates.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports the Honourable Olivia 'Babsy' Grange swapped her multiple ministerial hats for the journalist's on Wednesday evening, passing on a report that she put together from interviewing a music publisher about his MIDEM experience in January. MIDEM is the annual music trade show in France.

Owen 'Blakka' Ellis officially retired from stand-up comedy last year, after nearly a quarter century of stirring, side-splitting laughter while addressing very serious matters. Rohan Gunter is in his fourth year of stand-up comedy, after entering the Comedy Buss contest in 2006.