Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer
17 Jul, 2026
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5 Questions With Kranium
Gold-selling reggae and dancehall singer Kemar Donaldson, better known as Kranium, continues to represent the genre in a major way. His global streams across his catalogue are counted in the hundreds…
16 Jul, 2026
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Fantan Mojah hailed as ‘a true soldier’ - Sumfest to pay tribute on Saturday
Globetrotting dancehall artiste Sean Paul, while expressing his deep sadness at Tuesday’s death of his colleague, Fantan Mojah, hailed his fellow entertainer as “a true soldier”, and the organisers of…
13 Jul, 2026
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JCDC Festival Song Presentation Show ‘excellent’
The nine finalists in this year’s Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song Competition brought their ‘A’ game to the official Presentation Show held on Saturday at the Louise…
13 Jul, 2026
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Jamaica 64 celebration in Lauderhill ‘more than an event’
Excitement is permeating the Lauderhill air as the date draws closer for Jamaica’s 64th Independence celebration, which is being packaged as “an unforgettable evening of culture, music, and national…
10 Jul, 2026
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5 Questions With Beenie Man
On Saturday, August 8, dancehall icon Beenie Man, will join the Queen of Reggae, Marcia Griffiths, along with Mikey Spice, Shuga, Empress Uneek, and Mical Rustle Mustle, for a mega celebration of…
04 Jul, 2026
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Gospel singer hosts book launch and concert tonight
With the firm belief that word and worship go hand-in-hand, music minister Sharilyn Sayles is organising her book launch and a gospel concert tonight at the Swallowfield Chapel in St Andrew. Sharilyn…
03 Jul, 2026
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5 Questions With Aza Lineage
Roots reggae artiste Aza Lineage has sound system culture running through her veins, and when her breakthrough came in 2019, the song that did it was titled Sound System, which was appropriately…
27 Jun, 2026
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Squidly Cole pays tribute to his father Stranger Cole - Pioneering singer ‘helped shape the sound and evolution of Jamaican music’
Drummer Squidly Cole had been rehearsing with Stephen Marley’s band for the Roots and Rhymes Summer Tour with Marley and Buju Banton, which is currently in motion across the US. But when his father,…
22 Jun, 2026
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Finalist out of Festival Song Competition vows to return - It was a nice opportunity from JCDC, says Renegad
The number of competitors in the 2026 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song Competition has been reduced to nine following the removal from the line-up of one of the finalists,…