LOS ANGELES (AP): Few artistes of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion to craft over commerce, he helped define the...
If the name Jordan Peele means anything to you, you’ve likely had some vague interest in the movie Him. Every bit of marketing has featured the horror mastermind’s name as producer. While not at the film’s helm, Him has all the mainstays of his...
It was a night of Jamaican pride and international prestige as Josef ‘Joe’ Bogdanovich, chief executive officer of DownSound Entertainment, producers of Reggae Sumfest, received the International Achievement Award at the American Friends of Jamaica...
JIS: Manchester-born artist Nugent Hewitt has won seven medals in the 2025 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Visual Arts Competition: six gold and one silver. The 72-year-old, who turns 73 in January and was named the Most...
First-round voting to choose the nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards comes to an end on Wednesday, October 15. A total of 73 albums are under consideration in the Best Reggae Album category. After tomorrow, that number will be whittled down to the...
The island’s first living museum, which has been in development for the past six years in Southfield, St Elizabeth, was severely damaged by Hurricane Beryl on July 3, 2024. However, amid the destruction, the organising group, the WARE Collective,...
While he was most known for his prowess on the football field, Allan ‘Skill’ Cole’s thanksgiving service was attended by several Jamaican musicians at the National Arena on Saturday, as they paid their final respects to the man who played a key...
AP: Oscar-winning actress, Diane Keaton, who died at 79, was known for her performances and style that helped shaped some of the most indelible films of all time, including The Godfather, Annie Hall, Father of the Bride and Something’s Gotta Give...
Resilient dancehall star, Latifa Brown, better known as Tifa, has joined the elite class of Jamaican acts like Sean Paul, Beenie Man and Elephant Man who have been featured on Fox’s major late night talk show Goodnight New York. Shelly Ann Frazer-...
“Overwhelmed! Full of joy!” were the expressions from the parents of Grammy-nominated artiste, Chronixx, when The Sunday Gleaner asked them how they felt about their son releasing his sophomore album last Friday. Chronixx excited the music...
LOS ANGELES (AP): When rapper-actor Common was a kid, he carried towels and sneakers as a Chicago Bulls ball boy who was close enough to hear the squeak of shoes and the roar inside the arena. Decades later, Common is helping set a different kind...
NEW YORK (AP): Prince Harry and Meghan urged parents to stand against social media companies that they said lure children with predatory algorithms designed to exploit their data amid the “explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence”. “Like so...
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall, The Godfather films and Father of the Bride, whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. People Magazine reported...
The Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival, taking place from November 7 to 9, officially unveiled its full weekend schedule at its launch event on Tuesday. The event brought the South Coast to Kingston, giving guests a preview of the three-...
Odiyo, the Caribbean’s pioneering digital audiobook platform, has acquired audio rights to five titles from independent publisher Akashic Books, including two novels by the late Jamaican author Anthony Winkler. Under the agreement, Odiyo will...
Jermaine Blair has had a long and impressive career in the world of beauty pageants. Over the past 12 years, he’s gone from training contestants in walk and pose to judging high school and college pageants, and eventually becoming the franchise...
Last Saturday night, a smiling Johnmark Wiggan happily made his way to centre stage when his name was called to accept the award for Collaboration of the Year. The odds of him winning that particular category were definitely in his favour. He had...
Inside the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, a select group of friends, media representatives, and industry insiders gathered on Wednesday afternoon for the official listening party of reggae singer Naomi Cowan’s debut album, Welcome to...
The thanksgiving celebration for the life of football legend Allan Aloysius ‘Skill’ Cole will be held at the National Arena in Kingston on Saturday, October 11, three days before what would have been his 75th birthday. Funeral directors Perry’s...
After a long hiatus, reggae star Chronixx is back in the spotlight, beginning the rollout of his highly anticipated album, Exile. Although an official release date has not been announced for all regions, the album is now available to listeners in...
In the not-too-distant past, there was one sentence scrawled under bridges, across walls, and in some unusual places that was certain to cause a lot of emotion: “LA Lewis is a big DJ”. It made some people annoyed, others shook their heads in...
As the closing feature at The Skylark Film Festival, the newly completed Threads of Us was one of the festival’s most anticipated screenings. Written by Donisha Prendergast and directed by Mykal Cushnie, the film stars Shomari Downer as Malcolm and...
