Entertainment
February 2, 2026
Trench Town festival to raise awareness for Wailers 50 project
Reggae lovers are looking forward to the Trench Town Culture Festival on February 4 at the Vin Lawrence Park on First Street in Trench Town. The event, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., will…
February 2, 2026
Fela Kuti, Chaka Khan, Cher among Grammy Lifetime Achievement awardees
LOS ANGELES (AP): Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti and Whitney Houston received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards on…
February 2, 2026
Damage Musiq drops ‘Created by Pain’
Damage Musiq, one of a new vanguard of producers who have continued to define dancehall’s changing subgenres and sounds, has signalled his intention to stay on top of the game with the release of a…
February 1, 2026
by J. T. Davy
The ‘Word Sound and Power’ of Sly Dunbar
There are production twosomes whose contribution to modern musical history cannot be quantified. In hip hop, there is the Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo); for the Minneapolis sound that…
February 1, 2026
Keznamdi wins Grammy for Best Reggae Album
Blxxd & Fyah by Keznamdi has won in the Best Reggae Album category at the 68th Grammy Awards. The announcement was made a short while ago at the ceremony now taking place at the Crypto.com Arena…
February 1, 2026
Naomi Cowan earns JUNO nomination for ‘Welcome to Paradise’
Reggae artiste and actress Naomi Cowan has landed her first career JUNO Award nomination in the Reggae Recording of the Year category for her critically praised album, Welcome to Paradise. The…
February 1, 2026
Pharrell prays for US leaders at Black Music Collective event
LOS ANGELES (AP): At a pre-Grammy event celebrating black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer, not for himself, but for US leaders. “I want…
January 31, 2026
JaRIA kicks off Reggae Month calendar with Dennis Brown concerts
The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) is kicking off its 2026 Reggae Month celebration internationally with a Tribute to Dennis Brown at the Hard Rock Guitar Hotel in Florida today and in…
January 31, 2026
Sean Paul celebrates reopening of Border Food Village
International dancehall icon, Sean Paul, is expressing his joy and gratitude as Border Food Village officially reopened for business on January 16, marking a powerful moment of renewal for vendors and…