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Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Reggae artiste Fantan Mojah is adamant that he will return to his place in reggae music as an educator and cultural ambassador for the youth. He is gearing up to educate and entertain patrons, who will witness his upcoming...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Princess Tia, 2009 Rising Stars second runner-up and youth ambassador of Music Unites! was invited by the International Proxy Parents Community Outreach Group to visit the Glenhope Place of Safety in order...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Many artistes have had a musical upbringing in the Church. The story of learning to enjoy the beauty of the art form from belting out notes as part of a choir is certainly not unusual....

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The weekend saw much activity on the social calendar and we have some highlights....

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Brotherly Love, the third chapter in the documentary series, Africans in America, illustrates a period of triumph and fear for white Americans, and despair and revolt for those of African descent.

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A staple on the Reggae Month calendar, the Reggae Night series held at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, has seen a major increase in attendance this year....

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

As the world collectively awaits the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton, people might want to ponder, as the motion picture The King's Speech indirectly reminds all, that if David, the first of three sons of King George V, had not abdicated the throne...

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Several hundred men, women and children turned up at the Stella Maris church grounds last Sunday afternoon - scores of them apparently hungry.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

With the increase in people's access to technology, it seems there has been a rise in the rate at which Jamaican comedy has been making its way into overseas markets.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Last Sunday, as Bob Marley's 66th birthday was celebrated at the famed 56 Hope Road, St Andrew, address, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange pledged her support for a move to make Bob Marley a national hero.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Although its lineage runs to dancehall and sound systems, via Kool Herc, rap has not taken root in Jamaica as a homegrown product. It has had a presence since the early to mid-1980s, courtesy of 'Beat Street' and 'Breakin'' movies, along with respective soundtracks. And the cable explosion, starting in the early 1990s, brought Biggy Small to Sting and LL Cool J, Jay-Z and 'Fiddy' to Sumfest.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Drummer and producer Cleveland 'Clevie' Browne says 'we' when talking about his latest project with late musical tag-team partner, Wycliffe 'Steely' Johnson. He is not being macabre or holding on to one who has passed, though. Clevie is simply acknowledging that the keyboard player - who died in New York in September 2009 - is key to their Memories album, due in May.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

For one generation of music consumers the duo Steely and Clevie is associated strictly with the bare bones drum and bass-heavy rhythms of dancehall.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts recently celebrated Black History Month through the staging of 'From Museum Pieces to Colour Museum', a collection of cultural pieces in dance, music, drama...

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, USA: It's hard for Willie Stewart to keep still. Not while he's talking about his greatest thrill.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Having danced their way into the dancehall kingdom through the Red Label International Dancehall Queen competition, the queens are putting their crowns to good use through the 'We Submit Our Crowns' praise dance evangelism charity project.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Having won Jamaica's Battle of the Bands two months ago, the Dubtonic Kru is scheduled to leave this week for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where they will participate in the competition's global final.

Published:Sunday | February 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Section three of The National Honours and Awards Act (1969) states that "there shall be six societies of honour, namely - the Order of National Hero; the Order of the Nation; the Order of Excellence; the Order of Merit; the Order of Jamaica and the...

Published:Saturday | February 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Fast-rising reggae singer Andy Livingston is very happy with the progress of his career. The baritone singer, who scored his first number-one single last year with the song titled My Promise, is currently busy in the studio working on several soon-to-be-released projects.

Published:Saturday | February 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Reggae star I-Octane energised the hardcore grassroots dancehall audiences in the United States with a trio of high-energy performances in frigid, wintry conditions in the Tri-State Area earlier this month.

Published:Saturday | February 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Though the daunting prospect of a lengthy prison sentence hung over his head for most of 2010, Buju Banton still found time to direct the final phase of Before The Dawn, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album last Sunday.

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Here are our final fashion picks from Sunday's Grammy Awards, as well as another look at the New York Fashion Week ...

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

International reggae artiste Duane Stephenson and noted record producer Handel Tucker have teamed up to do the song A Better Tomorrow.

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

If a promoter is hosting a party for the first time, there are sure to be a few problems along the way. The glitches may be so tricky that they get in the way of delivering the intended quality event to patrons...

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Digicel has announced that it will be streaming Bacchanal's opening night live to its Digicel Jamaica Facebook page as well as to Jamaicansmusic.com.According to Shelly-Ann Curran, senior sponsorship manager at Digicel...

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