When the Recording Academy announced on Sunday that Got to be Tough, by pioneering ska and reggae band, Toots and the Maytals had won the Best Reggae Album category of the 63rd Grammy Awards, there were at least two persons who were not surprised...
Grammy nominee Maxi Priest was quite excited at the possibility of officially changing that title to ‘winner’ when the announcement for Best Reggae Album was made at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards virtual ceremony, but he remains thankful for the...
The ‘Poor People’s Governor’ Bounty Killer has told The Gleaner that his soon-to-be-released album will be “a definite treat for dancehall fans”. And, as if to prove it, on Thursday he gave a sneak peak of a scorching-hot collab with longtime...
If there is an impression that the Jamaica Rum Festival made in the first and second years of staging, it’s that rum and rhythm go hand in hand, giving the organisers and sponsors more rhyme and reason to stay on beat for 2021, but in a virtual...
Toots & the Maytals earlier this afternoon won their second Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards. The US award ceremony is this year being held in hybrid fashion, with the majority of the audience viewing...
The late Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert has won his second Grammy award for Best Reggae Album with Got To Be Tough. According to manager Cabel Stephenson, it was on the cards for Toots and The Maytals to walk away with the win. “It’s a great moment...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month. The NAACP announced on Thursday that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS. The actor-comedian will be...
“Mankind have to act now, not later … mankind need to see what is happening and where it will lead to. We haffi mek the necessary steps and mek the changes, now, not later, fi the better, and the change starts within yuhself, yuh nuh.” These...
Even as Bunny Wailer’s children have called for her to cease all engagements on behalf of the family, his manager, Maxine Stowe, has vowed to carry out the wishes of the late reggae icon. “I wish to repeat my intention to honour the last wishes...
Monique Thomas is Jamaica’s girl in Thailand, where she is happily preparing to compete in the finals of the Miss Grand International competition, scheduled for March 27 at the Show DC Hall in Bangkok. But if anybody asked her three months ago...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): A structural engineer who trained at the prestigious Technical University in Delft, Lou Ottens, joined Philips in 1952 and was head of the Dutch company’s product development department when he began work on an...
NEW YORK (AP): A year ago, Max Kumangai was dazzling crowds with a jolt of live Broadway excitement. Now, he’s doing it with his bread. The triple threat from the musical Jagged Little Pill has leaned into a fourth skill as the pandemic marches on...
NEW YORK (AP): For years, researchers have said that a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business. A new study by the consulting firm McKinsey...
The Bob Marley Museum may be one of Kingston’s must-see sights for more than three decades - sitting in the middle of the well-trafficked stretch of Hope Road against the noisy urban lifestyle. However, a tour of the legendary grounds where one of...
She was born in the railway farming town of Balaclava in St Elizabeth in the early 1960s and raised in the cultural melting pot of Trench Town. Her home was a modest wooden structure where rays of sunlight would barge in through several small...
Palace Amusement Ltd’s decision to close Carib 5 and Sunshine Palace cinemas was in direct response to the new COVID-19 protocols announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. However, the padlocking of the New Kingston Drive-In had nothing to do...
It’s been a little over one year since on-the-rise recording artiste Zac Jone$ introduced the collaboration with Agent Sasco, Miss Jamaica. An ode to the beauty and temperament of Jamaican women, it had the industry speaking about the talent and...
NEW YORK (AP): Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. The popular streaming service has been using pop ups to ask some users to verify their account via email or text, or to “verify later". “If you don't live with the owner...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Trevor Noah took a careful approach hosting The Daily Show from his New York apartment during the pandemic, but he said that travelling across the country to host the Grammys was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. “If you get...
Not even COVID-19 can keep a festive girl down. Ms Legendary, Ishawna, has continued to carve out her niche in the dancehall space. During 2020, in between releasing songs, she performed on Reggae Sumfest, secured an ambassadorship with...
“Today is a beautiful day,” says someone in a cheerful tone. This is how the conversation starts out with Ardrianna Mairs, better known on the fashion scene as Annalesia, who is one of the five models featured sitting in the snow for a scene of...
Following a family meeting last week, the children of reggae icon Bunny Wailer have released a joint statement about their focus moving forward, who is authorised to speak on behalf of the family, while also making a case for the return of their...
Reports that Verzuz creators Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have sold their popular livestream song-battle franchise to Triller Network came with some empowering news for all the artistes who have been part of the historic battles, including Jamaican...
Frankie Campbell, frontman for the musical aggregation Fab 5, is hailing the start of Jamaica’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, noting that the vaccine seems to be the best way out of this predicament the world has found itself in, and “the sooner...
