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Published:Sunday | April 9, 2023 | 8:16 PM

The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) introduced an Album of the Year category for its 2023 Honours Awards and the selection committee has declared the nominees in the Reggae, Dancehall and Gospel gospel categories. JaRIA members (paid...

Published:Sunday | April 9, 2023 | 1:25 AMStephanie Lyew - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Self-proclaimed ‘The Road Marshal’, Brush1, has for long known that Caribbean music was set to be the blueprint to his career as an entertainer. Mapping out a musical adventure was always the interest of the young Portland-born-and-raised boy,...

Published:Sunday | April 9, 2023 | 10:52 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Standing atop an SUV, dressed only in a pair of pants, with duct tape preserving her modesty, Racquel Jones kinda defiantly announced to the world that she is elated. In fact, the word, “elated”, is written down the length of her pants, and Elated...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 1:02 AMAaliyah Cunningham/Gleaner Writer

American rapper Rick Ross has always been vocal about intentionally pursuing his dreams, and the Aston Martin singer is encouraging local artistes to do the same, as they could just be one small step away from hitting their goal. “All the Jamaican...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:32 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

After 30 years of waiting, fans of The Super Mario Bros can see their plumber protagonists get a shot at cinematic redemption. The all new animated adaptation promises greater respect to the source material that will somehow condense decades of...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:29 AM

Unruly Stumpy was victorious in the first knockout round of the Magnum All-Star Sound Clash. The St Thomas and New York-based sound group competed against popular St Elizabeth sound Ruff Kut, at the All-Star Headquarters on 153 Olympic Way last...

Published:Friday | April 7, 2023 | 9:41 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Veteran music selector Ricky Trooper of Sound Trooper is devastated following the shooting death of his 23-year-old daughter, Brianna McKoy, who leaves behind a young child. Earlier this afternoon, Trooper did an Instagram Live in which he shared...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 12:27 AM

AP: Amid a changing, modernising world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal is releasing his first album in seven years, Being. The genre-crossing album, released by Marathon Artists last...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 12:11 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

After being on hiatus since 2018, renowned literary festival, Calabash, makes its long-awaited returns to Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, this year, claiming the dates May 26 to 28, and bagging an international corporate sponsor. Rapturous cheers...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 1:05 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

When entertainer Pamputtae was officially informed by Laurell Nurse, founder of the Queens Of Reggae Island Honorary Ceremonies (QORIHC), that she had been selected for recognition in 2023, she had no idea what to expect, and so she immediately...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 12:59 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

Japan-based brand Pabanda has launched a capsule collection of T-shirts which features its main character WaruPan, which essentially is a panda, alongside veteran reggae singer and musical icon Beres Hammond. Founded in 2017 by Jamaicans Jiri Mills...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 12:44 AM

For the first time, the iconic global entertainment brands Illumination and Nintendo join forces to create The Super Mario Bros Movie, a new, big-screen adventure starring one of pop culture’s most prominent plumbers of the past four decades. Based...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 1:05 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

Creator of ‘The Social House JA’, Tara Playfair-Scott, is beaming about the production’s recent success. Currently in its second season, the YouTube reality series has garnered five million views, 100,000 subscribers, and it hit an all-time high of...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 12:57 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

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Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 2:40 PM

Ebony Media Group, the most influential black-owned media company in the world, is headed to the Caribbean to participate in the 2023 carnival in Jamaica. A press release from the group stated, “As the legacy brand continues to engage the next...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 12:41 AM

NEW YORK (AP) : Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, died on Sunday at age 80. Stein, who helped found the Rock and Roll Hall...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 12:34 AM

Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy, pioneer of Afro-dancehall, an infectious blend of reggae, dancehall, and fusions from Africa, recently revealed the cover artwork and tracklist of 5th Dimension, his aptly titled fifth career album, set to arrive in...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:48 AMAaliyah Cunningham/Gleaner Writer

Bacchanal Friday was the perfect way to get the weekend into full swing as revellers from all backgrounds came out ready to soak up the good vibes that permeated the venue. As first-time attendees and longtime supporters came out in their numbers,...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:46 AM

The 2023 staging of the Festival of the Performing Arts National Finals will take centre stage at the Little Theatre, on Tom Redcam Drive, starting this morning and wrap up on Thursday, April 27. The event is open to the public, free of cost....

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:45 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees was enmeshed in political conspiracies involving millions of dollars in foreign money under two different US presidents, federal prosecutors said as his trial got under way...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:40 AM

The nostalgic Merritone TurnTable Thursdays is making its return to the weekly events calendar, but it will not be staged at the legendary club on Red Hill Road from which it got its name, instead it will now be held at Our Place, the semi-open-...

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2023 | 9:41 AMAaliyah Cunningham - Sunday Gleaner Writer

The Pantomime Company is now officially its own independent theatre production company after a process that began late in 2022 and ran into 2023. The move was to ensure that the pantomime remains in its most authentic form ahead of reorganisations...

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2023 | 8:45 AMStephanie Lyew - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Blvk H3ro (pronounced Black Hero) never thought a blog, yet alone a newspaper would be writing about how he met Sir Paul McCartney, especially since it involves something that is not completely accepted by the world and which his mother constantly...

Published:Saturday | April 1, 2023 | 12:53 AM

Jamaican vegan make-up brand Le Champ Cosmetics will host it Le Champ Brunch, this Sunday at Hope Botanical Garden’s Sunken Gardens. Managing director of Le Champ Cosmetics, Shanique Ellington, a Flair ‘Woman to Watch in 2023’ said she aimed to...

Published:Saturday | April 1, 2023 | 12:15 AM

The nearly 80-year-old Ambassador Theatre on Collie Smith Drive, Trench Town, came alive last Saturday, with the sounds of music, ministry and testimonies at the Joy Town Community Development Foundation’s inaugural Easter Joy in the Bass. Among...

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