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Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:05 AMMichael Reckord/Gleaner Writer

Traditionally, art music and popular music are placed at opposite ends of the musical spectrum. That changed on Sunday evening when opera and dancehall played together on stage at A Moment of Music with Raehann Bryce-Davison, held at the Vera Moody...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:12 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Everybody loves Sly. That was the clear message from the hundreds who turned out to the nine night at the Ranny Williams Centre on Tuesday to celebrate the life of one half of legendary Jamaican duo, Sly...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:13 AM

Kerry-Ann Henry, principal dancer of the National Dance Theatre Company will be honoured by The Rex Nettleford Foundation at “Remembering Rex”, a performance of the National Dance Theatre Company and University Singers. The event, which will take...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:13 AM

Ngeri Livingston, the daughter of the late Bunny Wailer, is gearing up to expand the merchandising arm of her father’s estate with the release of a special, limited edition “My father was never merchandised, he resisted every corporate attempt to...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:09 AM

After four sold-out, critically celebrated productions between 2022 and 2025, acclaimed Jamaican playwright and storyteller Debra Ehrhardt, in partnership with S Hotel Kingston, returns with the 5th Annual What’s Your Story, Jamaica? – a powerful,...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:05 AMNicola Cunningham/Entertainment Coordinator

Perseverance has always featured heavily in her life. Indeed, she says she does not know how to quit or give up, which is why days after Hurricane Melissa almost left her homeless, she was on a plane headed to Tokyo to represent her country in the...

Published:Tuesday | February 3, 2026 | 12:11 AM

Reggae Month officially commenced on Sunday, February 1, with a church service at the Fellowship Tabernacle at 2 Fairfield Avenue in Kingston. A wholesome praise and worship session was held under the theme ‘Reggae ... A Balm In Gilead’, magnifying...

Published:Tuesday | February 3, 2026 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

When at 11:37 p.m. on Sunday reggae maestros Benji Myaz and Beezy Coleman crooned “ Girl your love is like wildfire spreading all over the world” – the memorable line from Wildfire, performed by reggae greats Dennis Brown and John Holt – total...

Published:Monday | February 2, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Reggae lovers are looking forward to the Trench Town Culture Festival on February 4 at the Vin Lawrence Park on First Street in Trench Town. The event, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., will feature acts like Lutan Fyan, Erup, and Earl ‘...

Published:Monday | February 2, 2026 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards on Saturday night. “Music has been my prayer, my...

Published:Monday | February 2, 2026 | 12:05 AM

Damage Musiq, one of a new vanguard of producers who have continued to define dancehall’s changing subgenres and sounds, has signalled his intention to stay on top of the game with the release of a various artistes’ album, Created by Pain, powered...

Published:Sunday | February 1, 2026 | 6:33 PM

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Published:Sunday | February 1, 2026 | 12:07 AM

Reggae artiste and actress Naomi Cowan has landed her first career JUNO Award nomination in the Reggae Recording of the Year category for her critically praised album, Welcome to Paradise. The nomination, announced by the Canadian Academy of...

Published:Sunday | February 1, 2026 | 12:06 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): At a pre-Grammy event celebrating black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer, not for himself, but for US leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the...

Published:Sunday | February 1, 2026 | 12:06 AMJ. T. Davy - Sunday Gleaner Writer

There are production twosomes whose contribution to modern musical history cannot be quantified. In hip hop, there is the Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo); for the Minneapolis sound that dominated the 1980s, there is Jimmy Jam and Terry...

Published:Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 12:09 AM

International dancehall icon, Sean Paul, is expressing his joy and gratitude as Border Food Village officially reopened for business on January 16, marking a powerful moment of renewal for vendors and the wider south coast community. Situated at...

Published:Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 12:08 AM

The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) is kicking off its 2026 Reggae Month celebration internationally with a Tribute to Dennis Brown at the Hard Rock Guitar Hotel in Florida today and in Jamaica on Sunday at the Edna Manley College of...

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 3:15 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s...

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Majestically decorated in shades of purple, the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St Andrew played host to the thanksgiving service for Ricardo Anthony Munoz Bennett on Wednesday morning. His mother, well-known artiste manager and décor specialist...

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Singer, songwriter and actor, Matthew Malcolm Blake, known professionally as Matthew Malcolm, is being intrinsically positioned as one of reggae’s newest torch-bearers and an “exciting new voice”. It was on TVJ’s popular All Together Sing that his...

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged action thriller One Battle After Another leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, securing 14 nominations Tuesday including acting nods for five of its cast. Ryan Coogler’s blues-...

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:12 AM

Wayne Wonder’s long and influential journey in music received fresh recognition last Thursday when the dancehall star was awarded two Grammy certificates at the Back 2 Da Future Music Limited, in partnership with The Royalty Network, Grammy...

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 11:45 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

It would not be far-fetched to say that without Bob Clarke perhaps radio station Irie FM would not have come into existence. Those in the know, credit Clarke and his dogged determination to convince a somewhat sceptical Karl Young to apply for a...

Published:Wednesday | January 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

Friday, January 30, marks the final day for new entries into the 2026 National Festival of the Performing Arts. That’s the word from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). However, persons who would have submitted their entries prior...

Published:Wednesday | January 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

The Jamaica Music Museum, in the heart of Kingston, turns its gaze once again to the enduring journey of the African spirit with the 2026 edition of Grounation, its flagship public education series. This year, under the theme “African to Jamaican:...

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