Singer, rapper, songwriter and producer Honorebel is prepping for an extremely busy last quarter of 2023, and he couldn’t be more excited. His 10th studio album, 444, will be officially released today, Friday, September 8, marking a significant...
Forty years after Lionel Richie released All Night Long, the song which would go on to become one of his best-loved classics, or as the NY Post termed it, “a cultural phenomenon,” Jamaican singer, Richie Spice has done a reggae cover. It is one of...
Having learnt from his mistakes last year, dancer Shakeem ‘Skitta Star’ Thomas again put on his dancing shoes and entered the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition. By the end of the night on Saturday, he was crowned the 2023 national champion and...
Closing out a super eventful summer was the successful Streetz Festival held last Saturday night at the National Stadium Car Park, which had as its main drawing card, dancehall artiste Masicka, performing in Kingston for the first time in nearly...
Contestants are getting ready to put their best dancing feet forward as they compete to rule the floor on the Jamaican leg of the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition, the global, all-styles, street dance event series. The action unfolds this...
Reggae singer Hezron is honoured to not only be part of Tad’s Records new album, Celebrating Jamaica 61, he is also humbled to be collaborating with pioneering toaster Big Youth on the track I Shall be Released, which has been released as one of...
Within the entertainment industry, popular broadcaster and mogul Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess has done just about everything. He has been a promoter, an artiste manager, booking agent, record producer, and even opened a distrbution company to...
When speaking about her life, “journey” is a word that Malaika Lepine uses often, and it resounds with strength. She notes that her life has been “harmonised by music” and stresses that “the intricate tapestry of the music industry is a testament...
The upper floor of the International Youth Fellowship compound on Deanery Road came alive with the sound of music last Monday evening as a group of incredibly talented children, all dressed in angelic white, made their voices heard loud and strong...
Lover’s rock singer Gregory Isaacs was the coolest ruler reggae has ever seen, and long before swag was even a thing, he embodied swag in every fibre of his being. In demand for live appearance, Isaacs travelled the world, and on that journey...
On the eve of his milestone 50th birthday, Beenie Man invited family, colleagues and media to a launch party for his long-awaited album, Simma, at Di Lot on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew. On entering the venue, a huge screen was prominently...
Roots reggae singer on a mission, Samory I, has teamed up with Grammy Award winner Kabaka Pyramid and the Prophet Capleton for a single titled Wrath, which is spitting ton loads of reality mixed with anger. “The youth dem not taking no form of...
Rising roots-reggae group, Kuzikk, which comprises Kamau, Kool Johnny Kool and Krysi Webb, hosted the launch of their EP, Hot Wata, on Wednesday at the Footprints Café. Backed by the Skool band, the group showed their mettle at the upbeat jam...
With the release of his Rebellution album in 2022, roots reggae singer Natty King said he was anticipating touring the world again “bringing the message of reggae and Rastafari, and old and new songs to fans all over the globe”. Currently in Europe...
Some of the children of foundation reggae singer, producer and sound system operator Lincoln Barrington ‘Sugar’ Minott are focusing on preserving his legacy by rebuilding his Youthman Promotion organisation. Led by his daughter Ashanty, a GoFundMe...
The thanksgiving service for Doreen ‘Pinky’ Prendergast will be held on September 17 at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on Hope Road. Pinky, a leading dancehall siren in the ‘90s, and the sister of Dancehall Queen Carlene, passed away on Saturday...
The joy being experienced currently by pioneering Jamaican singer, Owen Gray, is pretty much indescribable. Following the announcement of the list of recipients of national awards for 2023, it was revealed that Gray has been conferred the...
Proud and Strong ... Jamaica 61 was the theme for this year’s Independence celebrations, and the annual Grand Gala held at the National Stadium on August 6 epitomised this ideal. A capacity crowd of men, women and children, full of vim, vigour and...
Thirteen individuals who have excelled in the fields of entertainment, arts and culture will be honoured on National Heroes Day by the Jamaican Government. Leading the charge will be veteran singer Marcia Griffiths, who will be acknowledged “for...
A 16-year gap between the release of two albums may sound like a long time, and for most artistes, it would surely beg the question: what took you so long? However, if you are AJ Brown, veteran singer, songwriter, performer extraordinaire and lead...
There has been much chatter ever since Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley released, on July 28, a reggae version of late member of The Beatles’ George Harrison’s song, My Sweet Lord. Apart from the fact that My Sweet Lord is in no way the typical Rastaman...
On Emancipation Day, August 1, Aundrene Cameron entered the National Arena as a parish queen wearing the sash Miss St Catherine, but hours later, the 21-year-old law student was beaming and holding court as the newly-crowned Miss Jamaica Festival...
Sonny Roberts, a Jamaican who migrated to the United Kingdom in 1958, was last week Wednesday honoured by the Nubian Jak Community Trust, with a Blue Plaque in recognition as one of the most important pioneers of UK black music in Britain. The...
The thanksgiving service for calypso, ska, and rocksteady great, Lord Creator, will be held at the Prosper SDA church in Hanover,on Sunday, July 30, starting at 11 a.m., his widow, Nesline, confirmed to The Gleaner. Kenrick Randolph Patrick, better...
Despite a lot of talk and braggadocio from Jamaican selectors about keeping the trophy at home, the Reggae Sumfest Global Soundclash trophy has gone to the Motherland, Africa. Dynamq, the River Nile Crocodile, was declared winner a few minutes to...
