Local dancers are claiming a new film from Tower Isle Productions, A Dance for Grace, will shine a much-needed light on the Jamaican dancehall. "Dancers need more exposure because we get pure fight," a young dancer named Kamada...
Though he had been making hit songs since the late 1960s, Dennis Brown was not a big name outside of reggae circles in 1979. It took an outstanding performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival that year to introduce the Crown Prince of Reggae to a new audience.
Western Bureau: The heavy rains which drenched the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay did not dampen the enthusiasm of veteran songbird Gem Myers and red-hot deejay Food Kartel, as they both ruled supreme...
Imagine a bright sunny day, against the backdrop of rolling hills, lush green flora, the happy sounds of children laughing and, subsequently, the aroma of food permeating the air....
The Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artists (JADA) staged an excellent pair of one-act plays at the Theatre Place, New Kingston, on the weekend. They were strikingly different, Rishille Bellamay Peliece...
Western Bureau: Fast-rising reggae and dancehall entertainer I-Octane easily stole the show at the Fuel Cell Energy Drink's Honouring Dancehall Heroes fête at The Jungle in Negril over the Heroes weekend....
Today marks the 67th anniversary of the birth of reggae star Peter Tosh and, like previous years, the landmark will likely pass without fanfare. However, the University of the West Indies...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP): A re-styled version of the Elvis Presley hit Suspicious Minds hit radio stations on Monday, part of an album being released later this year featuring newer, more contemporary takes on many of his hits.
NEW YORK (AP): When a top music executive found out that John Legend was working with The Roots on an album dedicated to social change and activism, he didn't give Legend words of encouragement.
Saturday night's poetry session of the Manifesto Jamaica Festival of ART'ical Empowerment presented two strikingly different styles of dub poetry by No-Maddz and D'bi Young....
LOS ANGELES (AP): Johnny Knoxville and his 'Jackass' gang are even bigger hits in three dimensions.Jackass 3D, their latest big-screen collection of crazy stunts and antics, opened with a whopping $50 million, soaring past the debuts of their first two...
WINE LESSONS FROM HARDY'S - As we get in gear for the sixth annual Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week, Hardy's, one of the sponsors, is making sure diners understand the wines they will select at dinner during the week of November 13-21.
If a great dance show is characterized by the choice of music, vibrantly coloured costumes, creative exploration of spaces and fantastic extension of the body, then Esor Dance Ensemble's 5th season of dance titled Images was a success.
All roads will lead to the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston on Saturday, November 6, when Grammy Award-winning, American R&B singer Betty Wright gives music lovers a night to remember.
Due to an overwhelming demand, tickets to the Arthur Guinness Celebration are now restricted to 'Text and Win' winners. All tickets for the '4 Crowns for 1 Ticket' have been depleted.
There are many faces to dancehall deejay Spice. Known to her friends and family as Grace Hamilton, Spice is on one level an astute businesswoman, on another, a raunchy deejay, and, on yet another, a mother and soon-to-be wife.
The Gleaner continues to keep its eye on the Miss World competition, more specifically Chantal Raymond. Not just her chances at victory, but her experiences in China. She has been writing a series of missives to her countrymen about those experiences.
With a recent Black Enterprise Magazine article, and a feature of his video, Lest We Forget, on BET last Sunday, David Minott who goes by the stage name David M, is currently making headway on the international music scene.
Tony Rebel along with artists pooled their efforts to aid in research and care for children with Down's Syndrome. Rebel, a surprise guest performer, at the Jamaica Cooperative Credit Union League (JCCUL) Credit Union Week launch party, also has a child with Down's Syndrome and thought the cause worthy.
RiseUp, the first feature-length documentary directed by Luciano Blotta, and Jamaican associate producer, Carlo Less, showcases emerging and legendary artistes, and bellows original music by Sizzla,
In 2007, music instructor Dean Barnett started a band as part of a social outreach project for children attending high schools in Kingston's inner cities. That band - The Silver Birds Steel Orchestra - has now blossomed into an award-winning squad of 40 talented musicians and performers.
After years of working together, they remain together, still standing strong performing the 'good old' reggae music. The Tidals represent the deep-roots reggae era of Jamaican music.
