LOS ANGELES (AP): With new categories, SZA, and Barbie, there’s a lot to discuss regarding the 2024 Grammy Award nominations. IT’S RAINING WOMEN The majority of leading nominees are women, and include superstars like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish...
Reggae star Jah Cure is set to share his latest single, One More Time, remixed by longtime collaborator and veteran in the music, Donovan ‘Don Corleon’ Bennett. The track comes from a creative partnership that has, over the years, produced hits...
Dancehall artiste Thesarus addresses the fragility and complexities of human life with his haunting new single, Who Knows. “I did this song just to highlight the uncertainty and the unpredictable aspect of life! Nobody knows what tomorrow has up...
Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste Buju Banton has unveiled the first visual for his single Coconut Wata (Sip) a vibrant dancehall track from his Grammy-nominated album, Born For Greatness. Collaborating with the 100 Coconuts brand for the Jay...
Reggae artistes Burning Spear, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Julian Marley and Collie Buddz have all been nominated in the Best Reggae Album category for the 2024 Grammy Awards. The nominations were announced this morning during a video stream live...
From foundation artistes, such as Burning Spear, Marcia Griffiths, Johnny Osbourne, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mykal Rose, to well-known names, including Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Julian Marley, Jah Cure, Anthony B, Bulby York, Collie Budz, Perfect...
With teasing flashes and filming snippets of what is to come for next year’s road march, Yard Mas invited experienced and new revellers to the National Indoor Sports Centre last Friday and delivered a spectacular cinematic showcase, with costumes...
NEW YORK (AP): It may be time to get out those fairytale ballgowns. The theme of the next Met Gala has been unveiled: Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. In this case, though, the title refers not to a princess with a pricked finger, but to...
The musical diversity of the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) will again be on show as it raises the curtain on its November season on Sunday, November 19 with the works of Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi. The concerts, under...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing a close to months of labour strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt. The three-year contract...
Following its recent costume presentation, Xodus Carnival has launched a new subsidiary, MasCreate Studios. A concept-to-creation carnival costume design and production house, it provides a 360-degree production experience for carnival bands,...
“Journey to Bethlehem promotes Christian values relevant for the present challenges we are facing as a society” – The Very Revd Canon Sirrano Kitson, D Min A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and...
LAS VEGAS (AP): A Nevada judge set a June 3 date for the murder trial of a former street gang leader who has become the only person ever charged in the 1996 killing of hip hop music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 60, made...
GenXS Carnival is all set to ignite the carnival road march season as they ‘Unleash the Dragon’, which is the chosen theme for 2024. This revelation kicks off with an exclusive first look at a stunning costume designed to embody the essence of...
OAKLAND, California (AP): A stretch of street in Oakland, California was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary. A section of MacArthur Boulevard near where he lived in the 1990s became Tupac Shakur Way...
“I feel good,” Beres Hammond said simply when asked about the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, which was conferred on him by The University of the West Indies (UWI) on Saturday, and, perhpas, it was just coincidence that he was also quoting...
“We wanted to do something good to honour his fiftieth,” said Jean-Paul Menou, the director of the production now running at the Edna Manley College’s School of Drama. He and I were leaving the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre on Saturday afternoon,...
King of Lovers Rock, Beres Hammond has stamped his name in The University of the West Indies (UWI) history, having been conferred with an honorary degree, Doctors of Letters, from the institution during its Class of 2023 graduation ceremony on...
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding, an avid fan of reggae legend, Peter Tosh, took a walk down memory lane recently when he paid a visit to the newly reopened Peter Tosh Museum. Golding, who was received on arrival by Pulse executives Kingsley...
The contribution of Jamaicans to the development of hip-hop music has been well documented, with Jamaica-born DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) acknowledged as the Father of Hip Hop. What hasn’t been so well documented is the strong link between...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaican colloquial term “chatty chatty” implies talkativeness, and has inspired one of the island’s most captivating tunes Chatty Chatty Mouth, which remains a favourite among music lovers. This distinctive term has sparked an...
NEW YORK: The Chance, an iconic concert and theatre complex located in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, and which has hosted reggae events since the late 1970s, closed its doors on Sunday, October 29. The death of owner Frank Pallett (who passed...
