Ricardo ‘Drummie’ Davis, drummer for award-winning band Ruff Kutt, is feeling relieved that keyboard player Nigel Staff has been reacting favourably to treatment following a stroke last Saturday. “He is improving,” Davis told The Gleaner. “If you...
Although well-fitted masks covered their mouths and noses, the members of the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) nonetheless belted out high notes of praise which floated up towards the high ceiling of the St Theresa Roman Catholic Church and...
Fans of beloved Jamaica actor Volier ‘Maffie’ Johnson will be given an opportunity to see him one last time at a viewing set for Monday, August 9, his daughter Asha confirmed to The Gleaner. “There will be a viewing Roman’s [Chapel] between 10 a.m...
It is touted as the Caribbean’s largest party festival, and Dream Weekend kicks off today along the seven-mile beach strip on Norman Manley Boulevard in the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland. It’s all systems go for the promoters, Dream...
Eighteen-year-old Gospel Star winner, Erica Lumsden, is happy that she could put a smile on her father’s face. Her dad, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, always told her that he was her biggest cheerleader, and despite suffering a stroke last year...
Chairman of the Festival Song and Gospel Star Committee Orville Hill is pleased with the entire production and execution of the Festival Song, Gospel Star, and the Festival Queen competitions, all of which have already crowned...
Following a drought, Kevin Downswell Ministries and Clearsound Production Services are planning the mother of all gospel concerts for August 7 at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road, with a set-up that could set the trend for the hosting of...
‘Hunger’ is a word both Chris Martin and Robert Livingston used in separate interviews to describe their passion for music. The two are collaborating now, more than before, to satiate that need and give the world the proper medicine, especially in...
During her interview at the July 15 presentation show for all 12 finalists in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song Competition 2021, a sassy Stacious, oozing with confidence, had declared, “Me – trendsetter; me – history...
Nelson Mandela International Day was celebrated on July 18, which was also the 103rd birth anniversary of the freedom fighter and former president of South Africa. Mandela, one of the most celebrated and respected statesmen in the world, had a...
Nine-year-old poet and songwriter Mikaya ‘MiK’ Sinclair is poised and articulate, plain and simple. But don’t be fooled by her seemingly no-fuss persona; she is ready and able to kick up a storm. The youngster recently co-wrote her first song, an...
Veteran singer, songwriter, producer, promoter and artiste manager Tommy Cowan firmly believes that the right music, given the right airplay, will have the right impact. And while this position is not by any means new, Cowan says that this is a...
Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson, a founding member of reggae band The Maytals, is dismissing as “a storm in a teacup” recent reports that a legal battle is looming between the estate of Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, otherwise called Toots and the Maytals,...
One week before the final showdown at which the winner will be declared, the 12 contestants in the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition got a chance to show their mettle at a televised presentation show, which was also streamed live on various...
Actress Deon Silvera is fit and fabulous at 60 and declares, not surprisingly, that she “feels like 16”. The multi-award-winning actress celebrated her birthday on June 23, but a “surprise” party was held last Saturday in Norbrook, one of the many...
Singjay I-Octane is keen to bridge a perceived generational gap between the 55-year-old Festival Song Competition and the current crop of dancehall and reggae artistes, and he says this is one reason for his entry in the 2021 contest. Noting that...
Argentinian Hernan ‘Don Camel’ Sforzini has been promoting, playing, recording and producing reggae since 1990, playing percussion for reggae bands in his homeland, as well as for Israel Vibration, UB40, Steel Pulse, The Abyssinians, The Congos,...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, is hoping that the message embedded in the newly premièred Dennis Brown docufilm will resonate with those persons in the music industry who “find themselves moving in the...
Top broadcaster, Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess, recently made “one of the toughest decisions” ever. The popular radio jock has resigned from the newly formed radio station, The Edge 105 FM, which he joined at its opening in February last year. “My...
The ‘1Love’ theme chosen to celebrate International Reggae Day (IRD) today has resonated across the globe, with several countries jumping on board to savour the One Love experience. Co-producer of the event Lisa-Ann Ogilvie shared with The Gleaner...
Dave Rodney is that guy who always looks so unbothered that he fits into the décor – any décor. He really defines ‘been there, done that’, but the exceptional thing is, far from being blasé, his attitude says that he’d do it all over again, with...
There is surely an element of pre-destiny in the fact that a man with the surname ‘Case’ would make his livelihood by making cases for vinyl albums and CDs. From the days of physical cut-and-paste and when music was packaged and sold as albums,...
Pageturner Publishing House Limited is the medium through which television host-turned-recording artiste and restaurateur Yanique ‘Curvy Diva’ Barrett will publish her first cookbook, Dining With Curvy – From My Table To Yours. Living recently...
For quite a few persons, healthy vegetarian food conjures up images of boring staples – veggie chunks and veggie mince or some sausage-looking stuff in tins. But there is actually a world of exciting veggie dishes that compare ‘flavour-ably’ with...
Up until last year June, the affable Bobo Negus, selling juices out of the box fitted on his bike, was a familiar sight in Half-Way Tree and on the plazas along Constant Spring Road in St Andrew. However, in the midst of the pandemic in 2020,...
