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Ikaya
January 16, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions With Ikaya

Reggae singer, Ikaya, whose musical journey is liberally sprinkled with purposeful activism, recently launched her Working Girl Movement, a brand which recognises the importance of sisterhood in…
‘Heart of Love’, Ras-I’s third studio album, is set for release on May 15 and features reggae and dancehall artistes including Kabaka Pyramid, Govana, Khalia, and Nesta.
January 16, 2026

Ras-I to drop third studio album in May

Reggae singer-songwriter Ras-I has announced his third studio album, Heart of Love, set for worldwide release on May 15. The 13-track album is now available for pre-save on all major digital streaming…
Ralph Fiennes (left) and Jack O’Connell in a scene from ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’.
January 16, 2026

‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ is a bonkers, triumphant zombie movie

You know what zombie movies never seem to have enough of? Dancing. They’ve got gore and screaming and lots of guttural snarling, but no boogie. That all changes with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple…
Gospel singer Sharilyn Sayles was the chief organiser of the Still Here Benefit Concert which raise funds for Hurricane Melissa relief. The event raised more than $1 million.
January 15, 2026

Gospel singer Sharilyn Sayles shares her Still Here concert testimony

The Still Here Benefit Concert, held last December at the VH Percy Centre on the grounds of the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church, was voted by our panellists as the Best Hurricane Melissa…
This combination of photos shows Bad Bunny (left) at the première of ‘Caught Stealing’ in New York on August 26, 2025 and Brandon Lake at the 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 19, 2025.
January 15, 2026

Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025

NEW YORK (AP): The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6 per cent from 2024, which held the previous record. The 2025 Year-End Report from…
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias smiles during his star unveiling ceremony at the Walk of Fame in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 29, 2016.
January 15, 2026

Probe into Julio Iglesias’ alleged sexual assault in Caribbean

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and…
left: Dionne Warwick gave the Jamaican audience a symbolic big hug following her performance at Coveside Concerts’ Timeless in March 2025 at Plantation Cove, St Ann.
January 14, 2026 by Nicola Cunningham

Plantation Cove pressing on

It has been more than two months since Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica. While Plantation Cove, which hugs the north coast of St Ann, was impacted by the hurricane, it luckily did not…
Trevor Noah
January 14, 2026

Trevor Noah to host Grammys for the sixth and final time

NEW YORK (AP): Trevor Noah will be hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth consecutive year, but this time, it’s being billed as a farewell gig. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the South…
L.A. Reid
January 14, 2026

L.A. Reid settles sexual assault lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP): Grammy award-winning music producer Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid reached a settlement Monday with a former record company executive who alleged in a lawsuit that he sexually assaulted her and…