During the recent Independence celebrations, gospel singer Chevelle Franklyn took a packed National Arena to church with a collection of praise and worship songs that included not only up-tempo, foot-stomping tracks but also songs that allowed...
The death of dancehall artiste, Stephanie ‘Medikk’ Williams, which remains an unsolved murder, has sparked a new light and life in her mother, Millicent McCurdy. The businesswoman is now imbued with a passion to help to enrich the lives of young...
In the era of all things Taylor Swift, Jamaican singer, Omi, has been lucky to grab some headlines in the UK press, which is approving of every move the leader of the ‘Swifties’ makes. On August 15, the same day Swift’s Eras Tour kicked off in the...
Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths is congratulating veteran singer, Leroy Sibbles, on his 60 years in the music business and his upcoming crowning as King of Reggae Basslines at a concert set for August 31. Although she is being advertised to...
As a young musician, Dean Fraser had one musical dream, and reflecting on it decades later, the renowned saxophonist can only smile the smile of the grateful, having achieved that dream on repeat throughout the decades while also amassing a...
Making it crystal clear that he was there just to honour Spice, Beenie Man, however, took two minutes to answer a few questions from The Gleaner on Thursday night. He was one of the guests at dancehall artiste Spice’s 25 years celebration in the...
“Well deserved” is how the Lady of Dancehall, D’Angel, described the double honour bestowed on her exes Bounty Killer and Beenie Man by the Government of Jamaica. On Independence Day, the veteran dancehall artistes were both honoured with the...
On Sunday, Jaida Messam convincingly beat out all competition to become the fourth winner of the prestigious Jamaica Gospel Star Competition, and the vocal powerhouse is clothed in humility as she “gives God all the praises”. The finale and gospel...
On Independence Day, August 6, accolades were heaped on VP Records, the reggae music conglomerate founded in 1977 by husband-and-wife team Vincent and Patricia Chin. Standing tall beside Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness and President of...
The performing arts community is shattered by the news of the passing of Ifidel Williams, a singer, actor, performer, teacher, social worker and behaviour change intervention specialist, and team leader of performing arts group Ashe’s AOK...
Jaida Messam, the woman constable with the powerful voice and a commanding stage presence, sang her way into the judges' hearts to cop the title 2024 Jamaica Gospel Star at the finale of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC)...
At the end of a keenly contested Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition finals last Saturday night, it was a beaming, body-positive Miss St Elizabeth Omolora Wilson, dressed in a sparkling red gown, who elegantly walked away with the title. “To...
World Boss, Teacha, Kartel, Vybz Kartel – Adidja Palmer goes by many names. However, it was his ‘Teacha’ moniker that entertainer Harry Toddler addressed him by when asked to comment on the news of Kartel’s freedom that spread like wildfire on...
When the roll of great reggae basslines is called up, a formidable force present will be Leroy ‘Heptones’ Sibbles. Not shy to blow his own trumpet, or in this case, play his own bass, Sibbles is known to tell his fans, “Every prominent Jamaican...
Recently, reggae-country fusion singer, Gramps Morgan, got the phone call he had long been waiting for. He was offered the opportunity to represent the genre at a star-studded tribute concert for Country Music Hall of Fame legend, Dean Dillon....
Reggae singer, Nigy Boy, rocketed onto the Reggae Sumfest stage in Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, dressed in a space suit, an indication, as one fan said, that his performance would be "out of this world". By the end of his performance, all...
Reggae Sumfest Night Two, which got off to a comfortable start, is currently in full swing at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay. Among the early artistes to perform on stage were JayEDGE, Iyunda, Christian 'Yung Lion' Low Hoy, and Christopher Ellis,...
Like many reggae and dancehall artistes, Samory-Tour Frazer’s musical journey had its genesis in the Christian church. Having later embraced Rastafari and subsequently adding that significant ‘I’ to his name, the young roots reggae artiste took to...
Internationally acclaimed singer Judy Mowatt is completely distancing herself from an online advertisement in which she appears to be endorsing a drug used for hypertension, and is begging persons not to fall prey to it as it is a scam powered by...
It was in 1980 that Kingsley Cooper and fellow attorney Hilary Phillips started Pulse, a company that would develop the talents of several well-known models and which became a global force. Four decades later, at a memorial service for Cooper,...
Victory is sweet and nobody knows that better than this year’s Festival Song Competition winner, Candy Isaacs. In a highly competitive year when all 10 finalists had songs which Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission,...
The countdown is on for the Magnum Tonic Wine-powered Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash which unfolds next Wednesday at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay. Chris Dymond, the “mouthpiece” of the well-decorated Code Red Sound System, which...
Sibling group Morgan Heritage has been nominated for this year’s Caribbean Music Awards in the Album of the Year, (Reggae) category, for The Homeland, an album that the group says it “took a chance on in terms of the musical experimentation”. A...
The Greater August Town Film Project, which expanded into GATFFEST (the Greater August Town Film Festival), started with a vision to provide a platform for the graduates of the UWI Community Film Project “to unveil their cinematic creations”....
The world of fashion and entertainment is mourning the passing of founder and chairman of Pulse Investments Limited, businessman and lawyer, Kingsley Cooper. The fashion and modelling luminary died Tuesday night in Florida where he had been...
