Dancehall goes for peace

"For this nation, for this time, time now ...Too many suffering, too many tearsTo see a yute die and mi know him for yearsWhen mi look round nobody care and di people dem a live inna...

Styleweek postponement has not slowed momentum

This year, the postponement of Styleweek Jamaica has strengthened the resolve of CEO Deiwght Peters to show the world that Kingston city (and by extension Jamaica) is indeed a cosmopolitan city of creative, sophisticated,...

Young took a chance on youngsters

Carl Young, chairman of Irie FM, Jamaica's first all-reggae radio station, died on Thursday in Chicago, Illinois, his long-time friend Bob Clarke told The Sunday Gleaner.

'One Blood' written to ease election tension

Junior Reid's One Blood is both a gung-ho party song and an appeal for unity, a combination which guarantees movement on the dance floor and an attendant spirit of bonhomie, if even for the moment.

The power of 'One'

The Sunday Gleaner asked Junior Reid if he referenced Bob Marley's One Love when he was writing One Blood and he said no.

Askhelle's musical insight

Despite being visually impaired, singer, songwriter and producer Askhelle has been making beats for many a popular song.

Jessica Biel does not like kissing scenes

The A-Team actress - who locks lips with Bradley Cooper in the forthcoming action movie - insists there is nothing romantic about getting close to her hunky co-stars because an on-screen smooch is so technical.She explained: "It's not at all hot.

Charting new courses

With poise, grace, beauty and with loads of laughter, Candice Buchanan sauntered into the editorial department of The Gleaner offices this week.

Nichols adds AFI honour to long prize roll

CULVER CITY, California (AP):Julia Roberts hurled a four-letter word at Mike Nichols to get things rolling for the American Film Institute's life-achievement honour for the director."Mike is one of the few people in the world who's an 'egot'," Roberts,...

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