Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Victor Thompson, is the headline act for the Jerusalem concert scheduled to take place at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston, on March 30, and he is promising Jamaicans that it will be a “mind-blowing” experience....
Following Tuesday’s government walkout of Gordon House led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, during Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s contribution to the Budget Debate, members of the entertainment industry have weighed in on the matter. In a...
With Thursday’s ruling by the Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council that the murder conviction of Vybz Kartel be set aside and the case sent back to the Court of Appeal in Jamaica for a retrial to be considered, Isat Buchanan, lawyer...
Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels, while happy that his client Shawn Campbell is “no longer a convict”, has expressed his dissatisfaction that it took the Privy Council in England to quash the murder conviction of Campbell, dancehall star Adidja Palmer...
Dancehall diva Gaza Kim has moved on with her life and is happy to forgive – if not totally forget – a much-publicised incident which happened to her with alleged members of Vybz Kartel’s high-profile Portmore Empire/Gaza camp. As Kartel and the...
Sunday was celebrated as Mothers Day in the UK, and one picture which has attracted a lot of attention is that of Kate Middleton – the wife of heir to the throne, Prince William – posing in skinny jeans and boots with her three children by her...
In six days time, incarcerated dancehall deejay, Vybz Kartel, will know whether or not he will be a free man. Next Thursday, one month after the February 14 hearing into his case by the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, Kartel will know...
Independent dancehall artistes, Bay-C from popular dancehall group TOK and Billboard chart-topping artiste Xyclone, lived up to the title of their project when they dislodged reggae icon, Bob Marley, from atop the USA iTunes Reggae Albums Chart on...
Who won the Jamaica Local Government Elections was the $64,000 question of the week. And, with the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) still counting, and both the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the Opposition People’s National Party claiming...
Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae artiste Stonebwoy is devastated by the death of Peetah Morgan, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning sibling reggae group Morgan Heritage, but he is doing his best “to look on the brighter side”. Peetah...
The music fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Morgan Heritage lead singer Peetah, who passed away on Sunday. Social media is awash with tributes and expressions of disbelief that the life of the 46-year-old...
Jazz vocalist, Zara McFarlane, names American jazz singer and pianist Sara Vaughan as one of her main inspirations, and she will pay tribute to her this evening at Herbie Miller’s Downtown Jazz at the F...
At the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 4, in Los Angeles, it was announced that Colors of Royal, an album by Julian Marley and Antaeus, had won the award for Best Reggae Album. Alexx Antaeus has been involved in recording, remixing, or...
With Bob Marley’s 15-time-platinum Legend reigning at number one on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart for the umpteenth week, Marley mystic continues to flow through the chart with Bob Marley And The Wailers – One Love: Original Motion Picture...
When Sanchez touched the stage at 8:45 p.m. at Hope Gardens on Sunday, with his signature opening song, Here I Am, it was clear that the “big chune” segment had arrived. Audience reaction aside, just his suit alone, fiery red jacket and vest with...
Rastafarian reggae singer Kabaka Pyramid is that people person who is only too aware of his responsibility as an ambassador of the music, whether in Jamaica or abroad. And he gives off the vibes of being just at home striding the halls of academia...
The theme for this year’s heritage series, Grounation, sounds rather lofty: ‘Music and Reasoning in Working Class Culture: Implications for Governance and Constitutional Reform’, but Herbie Miller, director of the Jamaica Music Museum, which stages...
As the February 14 opening of the Bob Marley: One Love movie nears, and the number of premieres increase – the third one was held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, following those in Jamaica on January 23 and London on January 30 – the producers are...
The third time’s the Grammy charm for reggae singer Julian Marley. On his third nomination, Julian Marley won his first Grammy award. The album Colors of Royal, a project in collaboration with Alexx Antaeus, was announced as the winner in the Best...
King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, will be represented by his manager at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony in the United States as the dancehall icon’s ongoing visa woes prohibit him from travelling. Beenie Man’s album Simma is one of five...
Kingston Night Market, held every Tuesday on Hillcrest Avenue, is a vibe. A meeting place for the sellers and buyers of exquisite Jamaican art and craft; and lovers of musical melodies, food and culture, the last staging also incorporated a...
What is the worth in dollars and cents of a Grammy award, the golden gramophone that is handed out each year at music's biggest night? Some websites quote a grand total of US$15 (excluding the workmanship) and note that it is "made with a unique...
For the 66th Grammy Award, five albums, namely Born For Greatness (Buju Banton); Simma (Beenie Man); Cali Roots Riddim 2023 (Collie Buddz); No Destroyer (Burning Spear); and Colors of Royal (Julian Marley and Antaeus) are vying for the coveted gong...
The potent message of ‘One Love’ and the divinity embodied in reggae music was the theme of the sermon from ‘Reggae Pastor’, the Rev’d Al Miller, at the launch of Reggae Month at his reggae-loving church, Fellowship Tabernacle, on Sunday morning....
“ The wickedest time when rain start fall, the girl dem start fi bawl, who nah send telegram, dem a make phone call. Yeah.” “ Promoter and him idrin juss a laugh. How dem laugh? Tra la la la la la la la laaa.” The Real Rock ‘riddim’ was the star...
