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Published:Tuesday | December 14, 2021 | 12:10 AM

Sharon Tsahai King Productions Inc is conducting auditions in Jamaica for multiple roles in the off-Broadway play Follow De Drum, described as an African-Caribbean musical dramedy. King, a Jamaican who migrated to the US when she was 11, has...

Published:Tuesday | December 14, 2021 | 12:10 AM

B elfast and West Side Story have dominated the nominations for the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards, each receiving 11 nods. The Sir Kenneth Branagh comedy-drama, set in 1960s Northern Ireland during the troubles, and the Steven Spielberg remake...

Published:Tuesday | December 14, 2021 | 12:09 AM

On Sunday, December 19, Jazz on the Duke will host its second concert for this year as a part of its ongoing music series. The event, which gets under way at 6 p.m., will continue as a virtual concert available as a live stream on all major social...

Published:Tuesday | December 14, 2021 | 12:09 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

Some know her as Sasha or Sista Sasha, but if you’ve been following her on social media recently, you’ll also be familiar with her new alias, Sashamani. The gospel singer calls it a rebranding that was partly inspired by the virtual times of the...

Published:Tuesday | December 14, 2021 | 12:08 AM

NY: Renowned party series Blue...

Published:Monday | December 13, 2021 | 12:54 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer -

Daena Soares was not named among the top 16 at the 70th Miss Universe pageant held at the Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel tonight, but "she represented very well", said Mark McDermoth, co-director of the Miss Universe Jamaica Organisation. "Daena...

Published:Monday | December 13, 2021 | 12:09 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

“My eyes welled up having received the news that my musical brother passed,” said Wailing Souls founding member Lloyd ‘Bread’ McDonald of his reaction to hearing that former bandmate Rudolph ‘Garth’ Dennis had died. Not only did the reggae...

Published:Monday | December 13, 2021 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Following a dispute, the estate of the late Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert has settled with the members of his former backing band, the Maytals, over the use of the name, and the band is now using a new name — O’Bessa. A press release with the headline...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 11:44 PM

EILAT , Israel ( AP ): Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe on Sunday, topping a field of some 80 contestants in a pageant that was touched by politics and the pandemic. The previously reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 7:11 PMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer -

Miss Universe Jamaica 2021 Daena Soares' excitement is palpable, so much so that the 22-year-old says she feels "breathless". Speaking with a burst of energy, Soares shared that "although everyone else gets breathless out of feeling nervousness, I...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 4:42 PMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer - -

Reggae recording musician Rudolph ‘Garth’ Dennis, one of the founding members of Grammy Award-winning group Black Uhuru and later a member of The Wailing Souls, has died. He was 72, having celebrated a birthday on December 2. International music...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:11 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, closed the chapter on an era in reggae music brought to life by the wickedest drum-and-bass duo in history – Sly and Robbie. On that day, Robbie Shakespeare, one half of the dynamic duo, took his final breath, and as a...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:10 AMSade Gardner - Staff Reporter

Be mindful of the things you repeat – it’s the takeaway singer Nadine Sutherland wants people to get from a chapter in her story that involved false and hurtful rumours that she was a drug addict. The soulful performer, who had risen to prominence...

Published:Sunday | December 12, 2021 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

The final round of voting, which will determine the recipients of the annual Grammy Awards, opened on December 6, and Grammy-nominated producer Cristy Barber is ready to go. “There is no better art to have in your home than a Grammy,” she tells The...

Published:Saturday | December 11, 2021 | 12:09 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

“What are the rights of God’s children?” belted members of the ASHE Academy and Junior Department in their new music video for the single Rights of a Child. The upbeat track, produced by Ottmar Campbell, sees the members highlighting the given...

Published:Saturday | December 11, 2021 | 12:08 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Superstar Alicia Keys on Friday debuted her new album live in front of a packed crowd at the world’s fair in Dubai – a lively pop performance full of soaring vocals and piano solos. “We can live on the air,” she...

Published:Saturday | December 11, 2021 | 12:08 AM

ALBUM: KEYS by Alicia Keys (RCA Records) In Alicia Keys’ latest album, the R...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:14 AM

CHICAGO (AP): The jury in Jussie Smollett’s trial reached a verdict Thursday afternoon on charges that the former Empire actor orchestrated a fake attack on himself then lied to Chicago police about it, courthouse staff said. It was expected to...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:13 AM

HOUSTON (AP): Rapper Travis Scott said in an interview that he didn’t know that fans had died at his Astroworld festival in Houston until after his performance. In a lengthy interview with radio personality, Charlamagne Tha God posted on YouTube...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:11 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Rocking a huge Afro, Sharon King oozes a personality that’s as big as her ‘fro. The daughter of Herman ‘Woody’ King, the man known as Jamaica’s “first uptown Rasta”, King certainly does not stand on ceremony. Perhaps it’s the actress in her. She...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

As we enter into the season where faithful friends who are dear to us travel near to us once more, many people may not be so keen on seeing some familiar familial faces. For the amazing Madrigals, the family at the centre of Encanto, those faces...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

Reggae icon Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert would have celebrated his 79th birthday on Wednesday, December 8. In celebration of this event, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport...

Published:Friday | December 10, 2021 | 12:05 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

“It takes a lot to make a winner,” a soulful Elijah Mawli sings on his new single Winner. The EastSyde Records-produced track is an autobiographical account of once being naïve and reactive, but evolving for the better through the lessons of...

Published:Thursday | December 9, 2021 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The passing on Wednesday of Robbie Shakespeare, one half of Jamaica’s internationally famous Riddim Twins, Sly and Robbie, has left the music industry in a sombre mood. The 68-year-old legendary bass player had been ailing from kidney-related...

Published:Wednesday | December 8, 2021 | 3:18 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Robbie Shakespeare, one half of the powerhouse rhythm duo of Sly and Robbie, has died. A close associate confirmed his passing to The Gleaner a short while ago. Shakespeare had reportedly been ailing for some time and had undergone surgery...

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