On her new single, which was released last Friday via VP Records, singer Shuga revisits Bobby Bloom’s 1970 classic, Montego Bay. Produced by Donovan Germain, the track reimagines the song in a reggae style and features a saxophone performance by...
A$AP Rocky has been appointed brand ambassador for Chanel. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, will be representing the French fashion house because of his “talent, curiosity and limitless creativity” and the upmarket fashion...
Seventh-day Adventists are acknowledged as having the gift of singing, and, on the annual calendar of events for many churches is Music Day – that Sabbath when even the birds seem to pause and listen keenly as human songbirds lift magnificent and...
Two performances of Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree, actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt’s newest play, have been rescheduled for January 17 and 18, 2026 at the University of Technology on Old Hope Road in St Andrew. The play stars Ehrhardt...
I met Jimmy Cliff in 1964 when he first stepped foot onto English soil. I had some Jamaican friends Carl and ‘Pepsi’ who had been given the job of meeting him at the airport, and they asked me to accompany them. I remember Jimmy being very...
LOS ANGELES (AP): When an AI-generated country song called Walk My Walk hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artiste named Breaking Rust — a white, digitally generated avatar that...
Following his passing last Monday, Jimmy Cliff’s albums and singles took over both the iTunes Top 100 Reggae Albums and Top 100 Singles Charts. Music executive Maxine Stowe told The Sunday Gleaner that this posthumous dominance is “a testament to...
Jamaican singer Jodian Pantry releases her new holiday single, My Christmas, a soulful love song produced by Paul ‘Patchy’ Wright for IslandYard Productions. With warm vocals and a contemporary Christmas sound, Pantry offers a heartfelt performance...
For nearly two decades, event producer Dwayne Dacres has been creating experiences that bring people together. From the early days of his New Year’s Eve show, Absinthe, in 2006, to crowd-pulling series such as Daybreak and Allure, he has carved out...
Films That Move is hosting a winter edition festival dubbed ‘The Calm After the Storm’ to provide emotional, mental, and physical support to those affected by Hurricane Melissa. Dwayne ‘Stewy’ Stewart, director and co-founder of Films That Move,...
Reggae music is “a music for all seasons”, and Hurricane Melissa “is not going to rain on our parade”. That’s the word from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange when The Gleaner asked if the usual Christmas...
This week, 5 Questions With… caught up with America Foster, the British-Jamaican artiste, content creator, and performer, who joins Diplo, Walshy Fire, and Ape Drums as the fourth member of Major Lazer. The charismatic Foster, who “brings fresh...
BANGKOK (AP): A court in Thailand said Wednesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization in connection with a fraud case. Jakkaphong ‘Anne’ Jakrajutatip was charged with fraud then released on bail in...
Organisers of the More Than This Concert formally handed over $28 million in net proceeds to six charities on Wednesday. The announcement comes four months after more than 15,000 patrons filled the East Lawn of King’s House on Emancipation Day,...
Since his death on Monday, the iTunes Top 100 Reggae Albums charts and Top 100 Reggae Singles charts have become the personal playground of legendary singer and cultural icon, Jimmy Cliff, and he has also dented the all-genre USA iTunes Album...
The Hurricane Melissa gloom hanging over the island like thick, toxic smoke lifted temporarily for the audience at the Little Theatre on Saturday night. They enjoyed two hours of relief while attending the opening of the 32nd Stella Maris Dance...
Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:08 AM
NEW YORK (AP): The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a rising musical movement that would help give...
Jamaican representative Dr Gabrielle Henry, who was hospitalised last week after a fall from the main stage during the evening gown segment at the Miss Universe pageant in Thailand, is now reported to be in "good health and nearing discharge,"...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says that with the passing of Jimmy Cliff Jamaica and the world have lost undoubtedly one of the greatest proponents of Jamaican Music and a film pioneer. Jimmy Cliff's passing...
Jamaica Strong benefit at UBS Arena December 12 VP Records has joined Jammins Events and other partners in producing the Jamaica Strong Benefit Concert, taking place Friday, December 12, at UBS Arena in New York. The event aims to raise up to US$...
LONDON (AP): The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known start-up named Klay Vision, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the technology is shaking up the music industry’s business model....
‘Twas high energy on steroids inside Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records (UBTR) last Thursday night as Govana, Ras-I, Puku Poo, Yaadcore and exciting surprise guests, courtesy of Govana, took charge of the stage at the sixth iteration of the Livewire...
Call him ‘Govi Govi’, ‘Genna Genna’, or ‘Govana’, one thing remains the same: the entertainer christened Romeo Nelson has a big heart, and he is solidly guided by a mixture of emotion blended with pragmatism. When Hurricane Melissa created a...
Prince Judah swears by divine inspiration as his artistic fuel. For this roots, rock, reggae singer who has been generating major heat in music circles on The Rock and in North America, he sizes up his creative process as “coming from the heavens...
