Award-winning playwright David Tulloch took just one week to complete a script about National Hero Sam Sharpe, a project which he found particularly fulfilling. The production will have its triumphant unveiling next month at the weekly Yaadbridge...
The Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), which has become known as “the Caribbean’s premier gospel music awards show”, recently unveiled the official nominees for its ninth staging, set to take place on October 4 at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church,...
When the extraordinarily talented organist and choir director Audley Davidson walks into the sanctuary and sits at the pipe organ console at the St Andrew Parish Church, his commanding presence is pretty hard to miss. His persona looms large across...
NEW YORK (AP): It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:08 AM
On Tuesday, the Vincent and Patricia VP Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, officially launched the Vincent and Patricia VP Foundation...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:07 AM
The cultural synergy between dancehall music and football is undeniable, intertwined through shared origins in black culture, fashion and lifestyle. Football has always been a sport providing cultural references and inspiration for dancehall music...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:07 AM
NEW YORK (AP): Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits. Play, his eighth studio album out Friday, stays in that familiar lane...
Jeffrey Cobham, a Barbadian by birth and a distinguished banker in Jamaica for several decades, will be remembered not only for his contributions to finance but for his profound impact on the arts. The music and dance communities mourn the loss of...
Bad Bunny didn’t include the US in his upcoming tour because he was “very concerned” about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents targeting his shows. The 31-year-old rapper and singer-songwriter, who was born in Puerto Rico, insisted...
Whether he is wearing his ‘Universe Boss’ branded clothing, dressed like royalty at Ascot while puffing on a cigar, or meeting Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Chris Gayle traverses the globe with style, panache and a swag that is unmatched...
Today marks five years since the passing of legendary ska and reggae singer, Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert, the lead singer of Toots and the Maytals. Toots passed away at the University Hospital of the West Indies in 2020. He was 77. Cabel ‘...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:08 AM
Reggae music ambassador and Grammy Award-winning reggae artiste, Kabaka Pyramid, continues his 2025 world tour with historic performances in Asia. On August 3, Kabaka delivered a powerful set at the ACC X Music Festival in Gwangju, South Korea,...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:11 AM
Munga Honorable has earned a reputation for carving his own lane in the dancehall space. From his breakout hit Bad From Mi Born, to being self-branded the ‘Gangsta Ras’ of the lot, to now, he continues to embrace reinvention while holding onto...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:11 AM
AP: Hundreds of prominent Hollywood industry figures have signed onto a pledge to boycott some Israeli film institutions — including festivals, broadcasters and production companies — that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the...
Independent film-maker Lennie Little-White recently “gave birth”, as he calls it, and he is as excited as any new mother. On Sunday morning, an intimate group of mainly longtime friends heeded the call to be marked present at the S Hotel Kingston...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Kendrick Lamar won his second career Emmy on Sunday night, while the 50th season of Saturday Night Live was the biggest winner with 11 on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lamar and Tony Russell won for the music...
Internationally acclaimed reggae singer Mortimer didn’t sing at the celebration of life service for his mother – he spoke and he cried. Inside the packed Meadowvale Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, where his mother, Denise McPherson, was...
When reggae singers Naomi Cowan and Jesse Royal touched down in Japan in the summer, they carried more than music, they brought the very heartbeat of Jamaican culture to Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai. Their vibrant performances at the National Day...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Julie Andrews won her third Emmy Award at age 89 Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, while The Studio will take nine trophies and The Penguin will take eight into next weekend’s main Emmys ceremony. Andrews won for best...
DJ Ras Tariq, a well-known selector from Amsterdam, is excited about the cultural possibilities of the Jah Mission Sound Africa Tour which kicked off in the Gambia, West Africa. “We have been touring and meeting with ones and ones. They love...
Sometimes all you have got to do is ask. Dancehall star Don Yute found out that universal rule of life when he landed a collaboration with reggae legend Half Pint this year, and all he had to do was simply ask the Greetings legend for a hook during...
Blessed with musical genes in his DNA, Isat Buchanan produced an album before becoming a lawyer. He once fancied himself becoming a big entertainer, following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary Manley ‘Big Youth’ Buchanan. But after...
NEW YORK (AP): Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows. “I spent a lot of Saturday mornings in front of the TV,” he says. “I was one of those kids who waited with bated breath because going...
