Evon T. Krishna Benjamin - Contributor

Veteran broadcaster Fae Ellington (left) shares the frame with Queen Ifrica at Sheldon Shepherd’s album listening event at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on September 9.

September 20, 2026 Evon T. Krishna Benjamin - Contributor

Sheldon Shepherd gives thanks with debut album

In the small hours of November 11, 2023, Sheldon Shepherd jumped out of his bed in New York, stumbled into the living room, found a sheet of paper and started to write. What came was a poem about Neville Garrick – Bob Marley’s famed art director, the hand behind the Rastaman Vibration and Exodus covers, and the man Shepherd had spent months becoming on the set of the movie, Bob Marley: One Love.

19 Apr, 2026 0

Album Review | Protoje evolves, but leaves room for more on ‘The Art of Acceptance’

There is a particular challenge that comes with reviewing an album from an artiste like Protoje. At this stage in his career, he is no longer emerging or proving that he belongs. That question has…

18 Jan, 2026 0

Chronixx’s ‘Exile’, a quiet chapter in a loud legacy

There are artistes we listen to, and there are artistes we witness. Jamaican reggae singer Chronixx has always felt like the latter. When he emerged in the early 2010s as part of what later became…