Jamaica Gleaner News- Entertainment - Sunday

Jolly Boys bring 'Great Expectation'

Mento, in its original format, is 'country people music', the banjo, maracas and rhumba box needing no electronic amplification to carry home in rural areas of a country where there is still need for a rural electrification programme.

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Red Stripe backs live music again

Reggae Sumfest is less than a month away and, after taking a two-year hiatus from its sponsorship of the reggae festival, Red Stripe is back, and in a big way.

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'Paganini of the Pan' heads to Jamaica

A lover of pan since he was 12 years old, Liam Teague has been playing for more than 24 years. A graduate of Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a skilled pan player who has been hailed as the 'Paganini of the Steel Pan', Teague currently serves as assistant professor of steel pan and co-director of the steel band at NIU.

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Georgie Baddiel for Styleweek Jamaica

Firm on his mission "bring back the glam" to Kingston and St Andrew through the staging of Styleweek Jamaica 2010, Saint International CEO Deiwght Peters is pulling on his global fashion connections.

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New frontman for Wailers

The Wailers band has been injected with new life. The addition of Koolant, the new lead singer of the legendary band, has been notable.

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'Fire Burning' foresees '70s chaos

Bob Andy said Fire Burning "came out of the Michael Manley era", and the man generally credited as the most charismatic prime minister in Jamaica's history (and the most destructive or constructive, depending on perspective) was singed by the incisively critical song.

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Holt, Nooks to reignite Studio 38

After a one-month hiatus, the live concert series at Studio 38 returns today at 6 p.m. at the Pulse Centre, Trafalgar Road. Sunday sees the return of rocksteady's greatest living legend, the inimitable John Holt.