It’s a warm Thursday afternoon at Romeich Major’s base at Campbell’s Boulevard off Waltham Park Road, where the multi-hyphenate’s brain is being picked by a group of young men from the HEART Academy. Major skips the formalities, pulls up a chair...
It’s Valentine’s weekend and, with love in the air, actress Andrea ‘Delcita’ Wright is ready to present her intriguing short play about man-and-woman business on Sunday at a virtual event titled The Brink of Valentine’s. The quirky title of the...
Music producer KaleX says Coffee and Berries, his first EP which was released last year, is very personal to him. “It is actually reminiscent of recent experiences I’ve been through. It is a dream come true to have the talented artistes included on...
ORLANDO, Florida (AP): A medical examiner in Florida said on Thursday that comedian Bob Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, likely from a backwards fall. Saget was found dead on January 9 in a Florida hotel room. He’d performed in the...
Cali P is as intentional as he is free-flowing when it comes to creating his musical projects. His latest, Vizion, is a collaborative album with Berlin producer TEKA, which was released on vinyl on January 28. The special edition is an intentional...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Snoop Dogg has taken over a popular record label that launched his stellar career. The rapper-mogul acquired Death Row Records’ brand from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by a private equity fund managed by Blackstone, the...
“I’m a very silent person,” singer Max Romeo tells The Gleaner. “I’m from the silent generation where if you talk too much, you lose your life. The majority of us from that generation aren’t alive today.” But the 77-year-old is far from silent on...
Acclaimed Jamaican play Fallen Angel and the Devil Concubine is ready for the silver screen. Originally presented in 1987 at the Dennis Scott Theatre at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts School of Drama, the dark and...
When I was younger, my aunt would restrict my viewing habits. According to her, you shouldn’t waste time watching something unless you can learn from it. She was well-intentioned, but when you’re six, a bit of mindless action is all you’re looking...
‘Rita Marley: Mystic of a Queen’, an exhibition spearheaded by Cedella Marley with support from members of the Marley family, and curated by Berette S. Macaulay, was officially opened on Bob Marley’s 77th birthday last Sunday, February 6. Prime...
A seven-hour ‘earthstrong’ celebration for reggae icon Bob Marley unfolded virtually on Sunday for what would have been his 77th birthday. Titled ‘Roots 77’, the occasion not only commemorated Marley’s musical and philanthropic legacy, but...
Multi-hyphenate Agent Sasco will be taking on a bigger role with the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), for which he re-signed as brand ambassador yesterday. The artiste spent 2021 promoting the company’s objectives of recycling polyethylene...
Blacklight Choosing the best options for a normal life In this action thriller, Liam Neeson (Travis Block) is a government operative taking stock of his dangerous past while trying to build a relationship with his granddaughter and start fresh...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The ultra-smooth rapper said he will worry about his upcoming half-time performance after the fact. “For me, when performing, I never let the moment get...
Minister Marion Hall, the dancehall icon-turned Christian, has announced that she is walking away from her calling. Hall, known in the dancehall space as Lady Saw, made the announcement on Instagram Tuesday and started trending almost instantly...
NEW YORK (AP): Jane Campion's gothic western The Power of the Dog led nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, where streaming services more than ever before swept over Hollywood's top honours. Campion's Netflix film landed a leading 12...
The thanksgiving service for bassist extraordinaire, Robert Warrendale ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare, was held on Monday at the Webster Memorial United Church in St Andrew. His music and business partner, Sly Dunbar, led a musical tribute titled ‘Taxi Gang...
Gospel singer Jermaine Edwards is usually socially reserved, making his active presence on social media all the more noticeable. The Make a Way crooner has been opening up online during the pandemic with personal, one-on-one videos about navigating...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Minister of Culture Olivia Grange, family members, music industry players and well-wishers all turned out on Sunday to view the body of internationally renowned bass player Robbie Shakespeare at the National Indoor...
Sunday was the day chosen for the public viewing of the body of legendary musician Robbie Shakespeare at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston from noon to 3 p.m. However, on Sunday morning, music industry players, some of them well dressed...
The recording studio was the place where bassist extraordinaire, Robbie Shakespeare, lived. Therefore it is only fitting that today, the day before he is laid to rest, his body took a final tour of the place he felt at home — the studios. Four...
A host of entertainers from various musical genres and locations came together to honour a legend and entertain the world in the virtual Roots 77 Concert. Produced and presented by the Bob Marley Museum and Tuff Gong, the line-up featured new...
Jamaican-Canadian actor Damian Garth Brown “has come a long way, baby,” as they say in showbiz. Brown, who at 6 ft 2 inches is also a model, is known for his performances in Doggy Daycare: The Movie (2015), Kim’s Convenience (2016), Downsizing (...
The Rita Marley art exhibition – a central feature of Bob Marley’s 77th birthday celebrations – will open this Sunday. The Mystic of a Queen installation was organised by acclaimed curator, Berette S. Macaulay, with major input from Rita Marley’s...
Grief has struck the family of former member of The Aces, James Wilson Samuels, known popopularly as ‘Winston’ Samuels, as they mourn the musician’s death. According to Edward Delroy Bradshaw, he took his brother to the Burlington Medical Centre...
