Reggae-dancehall recording artiste Bay-C has voiced his praises of the ongoing non-fungible token (NFT) trend, saying that “ it is the future for our music”. Sales of the blockchain-supported asset, which proves ownership of a piece of digital...
Pepsi-Cola Jamaica has relaunched its popular 2019 ‘Jamaica I Can’ campaign. Dubbed ‘JAMA I CAN 2.0’ (Jamaican I Can), this year’s revitalised campaign seeks to make a greater connection with its customers by reminding individuals that they are the...
Xaymaca International is launching an initiative to support the recovery efforts in St Vincent. The popular carnival band has launched a drive for the collection of essential items as the island faces a shortage of necessities. From a humanitarian...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP): Viola Davis was named Woman of the Year on Friday by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. “Viola has inspired our company with her incredible grit and determination, and we cannot wait to celebrate her...
There’s music; then there’s everything else, said Nature Ellis, a reggae crooner known for delivering social commentary and conscious messages to raise awareness on global issues. “As messengers, it can’t be about the money,” Ellis said in a...
“Family” was the word used by music industry veteran and producer extraordinaire Gussie Clarke when describing engineer, Donald ‘Tixie’ Dixon, whose death last Friday stunned the industry. Tixie, who had been battling cancer, passed away at home in...
IN ADDITION to being singers and players of instruments, Tommy Cowan, Wayne Marshall, Shinehead, Bunny Wailer, Pinchers, Capleton, Cat Coore, Benjy Myaz, Sizzla, Stephen Marley, Big Youth, Duane Stephenson, Tarrus Riley, General Degree, I-Octane...
THE SOUNDS of crickets playing an all-too-familiar country nightlife concerto in Yaksta’s background sets the mood for a conversation that brings out the best in the entertainer. Adding to the natural vibrations, the friendly calls of people...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP): American rap artiste and singer, Akon, is drawing criticism from rights activists over his meetings with Uganda’s president as he pursues the development of a futuristic city in the East African country. Akon is helping to...
The residents and staff at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester are singing songs of gratitude for the gift of shiny new musical instruments, courtesy of the Buju Banton Foundation and music streaming platform, Audiomack. The presentation was...
In the wake of La Soufrière volcanic eruptions in St Vincent and the Grenadines, popular musician, singer- songwriter Skinny Fabulous has been pooling resources with other cultural ambassadors to aid the devastated island nation. “It feels like a ‘...
The Jahdon story neither begins nor ends with music. The reggae artiste has several talents, such as making traditional coconut palm brooms and cooking. He even owned his own cookshop, but was faced with choosing between the kitchen and the stage...
Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley is known for his blend of roots reggae and dancehall, with several singles and mixtapes under his belt to date. The recording artiste, who has an inherited skill for producing, has pushed himself out of his comfort zone for...
Music producer and People’s National Party politician Patrick Roberts is in partial agreement with Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who used a recent sitting of the House of Representatives to criticise certain aspects of Jamaica’s popular culture,...
Marlene (Milnes-Fenton) O’Brien, the beauty who glided away with the Miss Jamaica title in 1955, passed away last Friday at her home in Fairfield, Connecticut, after a long illness, her daughter Sarah O’Brien, told The Gleaner. She was 83. The...
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, recording artiste Ce’Cile rediscovered her zeal for music. She begun writing three songs a day and vowed to put together a body of work that will showcase just how much she has grown musically over...
Director of Contractor Music Group Sean ‘Contractor’ Edwards is upbeat that a major collab, which he produced by drawing on artistes from England, Mexico and Jamaica, has racked up a whopping one million streams on streaming giant Spotify in just...
The love affair with Jamaica was instantaneous for Marguerite Wibaux during her recent weeklong artist-in-residence stay in St Andrew. From forging connections with island-raised creative peers in the capital city, to discovering the intrinsic...
(AP): Keri Hilson is projected to have a busy year, but it does not include releasing new music. The two-time Grammy nominee is preparing for the release of several film projects, and if that surprises you, you are not alone. "It took even me by...
To commemorate the anniversary of Bunny Wailer's birthday today, Wailers Ltd announced the planned release of the Soul Rebel 50 album recorded by The Wailers Trio Tribute Band. The tribute band is actually a conceptual group of young artists that...
Legendary deejay, Wade Brammer, better known as 'Trinity', has died. His long-time friend, Rodguel 'Blackbeard' Sinclair, confirmed to The Gleaner that the entertainer, who also used to sing using the moniker, Junior Brammer, passed away this...
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have paid tribute to Prince Philip following his death. The 99-year-old royal – who is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II – passed away peacefully on Friday, and following the tragic news, his grandson...
NEW YORK (AP): DMX built a multiplatinum career as one of rap's stars in the 1990s and early 2000s. He made a splash in rap music in 1998 with his first studio album, It's Dark and Hell is Hot, which debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart...
NEW YORK (AP) — DMX, the raspy-voiced hip-hop artist who produced the songs “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here)” and who rapped with a trademark delivery that was often paired with growls, barks, and...
Even as the death of 2008 Digicel Rising Stars contestant Tiffany Thompson has shaken the creative community to the core, her mother, Carolyn Thompson, is trying to put on a brave face. She remembers her only daughter as somebody who cared for...
