NEW YORK (AP): The Grammy Awards are in discussion to remove its nomination review committees, which determine the contenders for key awards at the coveted music show. A person familiar with the Recording Academy's discussions, who spoke on...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The woman who returned Lady Gaga's stolen French bulldogs was among five people arrested in connection with the theft and shooting of the music superstar's dog walker, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Detectives do not believe...
Dancehall recording artiste Chi Ching Ching makes the kind of music one can enjoy in the middle of a nightclub, stage show, street dance or even on a regular Monday morning, having a private dance party while getting ready for work. He describes...
Frenchman David Cairol is no construction worker, but he knows a lot about building bridges. He started listening to reggae music at the age of 14 – nearly three decades ago – and he has been using the message therein to build bridges of hope and...
FLORENCE, South Carolina (AP): Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced to probation Wednesday for assaulting a teenage girl in a South Carolina hotel room. Black was originally charged with rape, but accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to first-degree...
The press conference to launch the digital platform for the opening of entries for the 2021 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) competitions, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed. Acting Executive Director of the JCDC...
LONDON (AP): Small Axe, a series of dramas exploring the experiences of London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s, received 15 nominations on Wednesday for the British Academy Television Awards. Academy Award-winning film-maker...
More than 70 candidates are vying for the prestigious Miss Universe title this year, and voting has already started for people to choose their favourite delegate to earn a spot as one of the Top 21 semi-finalists. Organisers of the local Miss...
LONDON (AP): Novels that explore forgotten and neglected communities in Britain, the US and the Caribbean were named finalists on Wednesday for the £30,000 (US$42,000) Women’s Prize for fiction. The six-book short list includes American author Brit...
Prince Harry and Meghan will serve as the campaign chairs of Global Citizen’s effort to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to medical workers in the world’s poorest countries. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will appear at ‘Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite...
Twenty-three black composers and eight black artistes will commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Saturday and Sunday at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tulsa Opera presents Greenwood Overcomes. Among the composers is...
Xaymaca International’s initiative to support Vincentians impacted by the volcanic eruptions of La Soufrière has surpassed its initial target. Andrew Bellamy, CEO of Xaymaca International, said the effort received strong support from corporate...
The enduring legacy of dreadlocked reggae icon Bob Marley has clearly had a tremendous impact on superstar rapper and businessman Jay-Z. Some 40 years after the death of the reggae legend, Jay-Z said during a recent interview that he wants to be...
Entries for the 2021 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) competition cycle will open on Thursday, April 29. The competitions, which are scheduled to begin accepting entries are the Festival of the Performing Arts in the subject areas of...
Popular theatre outfit Jambiz International, operators of the now-shuttered Centerstage Theatre in New Kingston, has decided to take its productions online. The first offering, Patrick Brown’s hilarious comedy Windscream Pos se, will air during...
The children of reggae icon Bunny Wailer have settled outstanding hospital bills and have secured the death certificate and the documentation needed for them to start making plans for an appropriate and dignified send-off for their beloved father....
Award-winning reggae and dancehall artiste Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell will join Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks as her special guest on the monthly chat series, ‘Lets Connect with Ambassador Marks’ on May 6, at 7:00 p.m. EDT....
Undeterred by the effect of the ongoing global crisis on their education, the future tastemakers theatre continue to zoom innovative productions into people’s homes. Since March 2020, the students of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and...
A documentary about the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is coming to theatres this summer. Directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville, Focus Features said on Friday that Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain will hit theatres on July...
“A lot of people leave their homes to seek better opportunities, and so many do so, not knowing if they will return,” singer-songwriter Kahris shares. Her family moved from Jamaica to Canada in 2013. It brought with it a new environment, a...
Producer Leroy Scarlett, whose early life revolved around Music Mountain Studio, owned by his cousin Chris Stanley, has enough material to write volumes about the flamboyant personalities who have been part of the fabric called reggae music. He has...
Plans for the fourth staging of Kingston’s premier animation festival, KingstOOn, were far advanced when Jamaica recorded its first COVID-19 case last year. Forced to return to the drawing board to facilitate this year’s staging, organisers were...
The name Alpha Boys’ School is synonymous with music, and during its 140 years of existence, the Sisters of Mercy have played their well-documented role in churning out singers and players of instruments who have gone on to perform exceptionally...
NEW YORK (AP): Rapper DMX was mourned on Saturday at a memorial with family and close friends at the Barclays Center in New York. The memorial at the Brooklyn arena was closed to the public and restricted to only close friends and family...
Distinguished marriage and family counsellor, author and minister Reverend Dr Carla Dunbar is putting her best foot forward as she prepares for her ordination into the bishopric today during the sixth staging of the Annual National Families Prayer...
