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Excitement builds for Festival Song Competition Results Show

The countdown is on as preparations intensify for the highly anticipated 2026 Jamaica Festival Song Competition Results Show, set for this Saturday, July 25 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment…
July 19, 2026 by Nicola A. Cunningham

Lady G still gets ‘Nuff Respect’

Having started deejaying on sound systems at just 16, Lady G says those early years taught her the discipline needed to build a career that is sustainable rather than seasonal. “My first hit song…
Updated 14 hours ago by Yasmine Peru

Fire energy at ‘Heights of Fire’ listening party

One of the fiery moments of Capleton’s listening party for his Heights of Fire album at Janga’s Soundbar & Grill Sports Bar on Wednesday was the reaction when the selector dropped track No. 7,…
July 19, 2026 by J.T. Davy

From Catherine Hall to Plantation Cove - Did you know these Reggae Sumfest factoids?

Over the years, Reggae Sumfest has gone through many changes. From its event structure to the changes in ownership, as well as the introduction of livestreaming, 2026 will mark another change for the…
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‘Hope’ springs eternal - Visual artist and former Edna Manley vice-principal publishes career retrospective

As glimpses of life’s rear-view peek in, visual artist Hope Brooks has embraced an exciting new chapter. A seminal figure in the Jamaican art world, the painter and retired educator – who just turned…
Updated 5 hours ago by J. T. Davy

Fantan Mojah was ‘a powerful voice for conscious reggae music’

Reggae singer Fantan Mojah was born Owen Moncrieffe on August 5, 1976, in St Elizabeth. After a start in the dancehall scene under the moniker Mad Killer as a tribute to Bounty Killer, whom he…
July 17, 2026

Movie Review | In Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, an ancient epic is reborn

AP: Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of Interstellar painstakingly lose 23 years in space travel, almost the same…
July 18, 2026 by Anthony Turner

‘Too Too Bad’ Buju returns to NY with new music, plenty advice

Grammy-winning artiste, Buju Banton, is preparing for another important chapter in his career as he returns to New York hot on the heels of dropping off a brand new album and ready to deliver crucial…
July 18, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions With Kranium

Gold-selling reggae and dancehall singer Kemar Donaldson, better known as Kranium, continues to represent the genre in a major way. His global streams across his catalogue are counted in the hundreds…