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Chairman of the Art of Music Productions (AMP), organisers of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival Walter Elmore, believes this year's transportation service will be at its best...

Many answered The Gleaner's invitation to come and have a taste of jazz on Thursday. They were not disappointed. The five acts, Raging Fyah, Stone Dub, Total 5, Noddy Virtue and Ruth Royes, not only dished out jazz, and jazz fused with other music genre...

Fund-raising benefit tickets for the 16 performances of Louis Marriott's historical musical play Bedward, scheduled to be presented in March 2012, are now available.

Johnny Osbourne is one of the singers famed for doing dub plates, specialised recordings personalised for an individual sound system and its selectors and/or owners.

One of the most intriguing episodes in early Jamaican popular music was, what came to be known as the musical war between Cecil Campbell better known as Prince Buster and Derrick Morgan, dubbed 'The Ska King'.

The upcoming Jamaica Jazz & Blues weekend may find patrons scrambling for accommodation, as most hotels are either already fully booked or close to being booked out ahead of the festival.

The legendary singer, whose hits included Something's Got a Hold on Me and rhythm and blues standard At Last, has passed away aged 73 after a battle with leukaemia.

WESTERN BUREAU:Businessman Walter Elmore, executive producer of the annual Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, says the 2012 edition...

Production companies are now viewing high-speed, high-capacity Internet service as a standard requirement for major events.

It was a busy week on the social scene...

Here are some more highlights from Tuesday's opening of the new session of Parliament and swearing-in ceremony of members...

The Total 5 group derived from the Oberlin High School Choir (currently TVJ's All Together Sing Choir champions) in the year 2004, under the tutelage of Kolya Robinson. The group was first called the Paragon Boys and later changed its name to Total 5. Since 2004 to present...