Jamaica Gleaner - Entertainment - Saturday

Thiecko releases 'Stand Tall'

Having spent time here in January, adding Jamaican flavour to his latest album, Senegalese reggae entertainer Thiecko is loving the final product. It was released about a month late, but he said it is as good as he wanted it to be.

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E-Dee doubles up in movie

Reggae artiste E-Dee has collaborated with I-Octane to record a song for the movie Out The Gate, which stars Oliver Samuels, Paul Campbell and, doing double duties, E-Dee. .

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'Hatta Sketches' video launch in Portmore tonight

In 1984, Sketches - a riveting, rhyme-and-rhythm depiction of urban crime and violence, that was first published by pioneer performance poetry artist Oku Onuora in his 1978 book Echo - re-emerged as a poignant and powerful single on his ground-breaking...

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Patti LaBelle, Sanchez added to Groovin line-up

New York-based promoter Christopher Roberts, CEO of New York City's annual reggae and R&B concert, Groovin In The Park, announced recently that R&B icon Patti LaBelle and reggae legend Sanchez have been added to the line-up for the June 30 concert.

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Ja-born broadcaster honoured in Georgia

Jamaica-born Pat Baccas-Bowen, founder, CEO and host of Atlanta-based Future Movement Radio (FMR), has been appointed lieutenant colonel aide de camp by the governor of Georgia, the Honourable Nathan Neal.

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'Fire and Ice' at Final Fête

Tis is the season when the university academic year is coming to a close, and the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Taylor Hall is gearing up to host its annual official UWI Final Fête tonight at the Students' Union...

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Excellent final-year presentations at EMC

Perhaps it's just as well that the general public is not aware of the free, high-quality final-year productions that have been running at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC).

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Karaoke, whiskey and company

JoJo's Jerk Pit and More on Waterloo Road, St Andrew, has found a winning recipe for a great karaoke night - whiskey and friends.According to Jordan Chin, the mastermind behind JoJo's Thursday-night karaoke, Jack Daniels whiskey is preferred and the...

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Dexta Malawi, Iyunda to launch 'Yaad Man Skank'

With an eye on promoting the new single Yaad Man Skank by Dexta Malawi and Iyunda of The Reach di People Chantaz, Reach di People Edutainment (RDPE) presents Yaad Man Skank Inna Kongal Hat on Sunday, May 26.

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Anancy Chaptaz - Winners' Circle opens May 25

On Saturday, May 25, Independent Actors Movement (I AM) debuts Anancy Chaptaz - Winners' Circle, the third episode in the Damion Radcliffe Anancy Chaptaz children's theatre series....