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Keznamdi is the winner in the Best Reggae Album category at the 68th Grammy Awards.
February 1, 2026

Keznamdi wins Grammy for Best Reggae Album

Blxxd & Fyah by Keznamdi has won in the Best Reggae Album category at the 68th Grammy Awards. The announcement was made a short while ago at the ceremony now taking place at the Crypto.com Arena…
Naomi Cowan’s ‘Welcome to Paradise’ was released on October 10, 2025.
February 1, 2026

Naomi Cowan earns JUNO nomination for ‘Welcome to Paradise’

Reggae artiste and actress Naomi Cowan has landed her first career JUNO Award nomination in the Reggae Recording of the Year category for her critically praised album, Welcome to Paradise. The…
Helen Lasichanh (left) and Pharrell Williams attend the Recording Academy Honors presented by the Black Music Collective last Thursday, in Los Angeles.
February 1, 2026

Pharrell prays for US leaders at Black Music Collective event

LOS ANGELES (AP): At a pre-Grammy event celebrating black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer, not for himself, but for US leaders. “I want…
Crown Prince of Reggae Dennis Brown.
January 31, 2026

JaRIA kicks off Reggae Month calendar with Dennis Brown concerts

The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) is kicking off its 2026 Reggae Month celebration internationally with a Tribute to Dennis Brown at the Hard Rock Guitar Hotel in Florida today and in…
Popular vendor Coolie Man displays his much-talked-about French-fried lobster.
January 31, 2026

Sean Paul celebrates reopening of Border Food Village

International dancehall icon, Sean Paul, is expressing his joy and gratitude as Border Food Village officially reopened for business on January 16, marking a powerful moment of renewal for vendors and…
Matthew Malcolm
January 30, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions with ... Matthew Malcolm

Singer, songwriter and actor, Matthew Malcolm Blake, known professionally as Matthew Malcolm, is being intrinsically positioned as one of reggae’s newest torch-bearers and an “exciting new voice”. It…
Bridgett Anderson and Ricardo Munoz Bennett, parents of Ricardo Anthony Munoz Bennett speaks at the thanksgiving service for their son, Ricardo Anthony Munoz-Bennett, at Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on Hope Road in Kingston on Wednesday.
January 30, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

Love fills the air at send-off for Bridgett Anderson’s son

Majestically decorated in shades of purple, the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St Andrew played host to the thanksgiving service for Ricardo Anthony Munoz Bennett on Wednesday morning. His mother,…
Catherine O'Hara, a cast member in the Apple+ series "The Studio," poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
January 30, 2026

Actress and comedian Catherine O’Hara dies at 71

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically…
Walter ‘Bob’ Clarke walks back to his seat after being awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of officer at the Presentation of National Honours and Awards held at King’s House on October 15, 2018.
January 31, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘Bob Clarke was foundational to reggae radio’

It would not be far-fetched to say that without Bob Clarke perhaps radio station Irie FM would not have come into existence. Those in the know, credit Clarke and his dogged determination to convince a…