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Foundation singer Derrick Morgan.
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‘Forward March’ - Key to the City of Lauderhill for Derrick Morgan during Independence celebrations

More than six decades after Derrick Morgan helped provide the soundtrack to Jamaica’s birth as an independent nation, the legendary singer has received another major honour – this time from one of the most vibrant Caribbean communities in the United States. The City of Lauderhill, Florida, presented the pioneering Jamaican singer with a Key to the City on Saturday, recognising Morgan for his contribution to Jamaican popular music, his cultural legacy, and the resilient spirit that has carried him through a remarkable career.

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Revellers were out in their numbers at the historic Jamaica Day parade in Brooklyn, New York last Saturday.
Updated 14 hours ago by Anthony Turner

Brooklyn’s first Jamaica Day parade a huge success

New York made history on Saturday, August 8, as the inaugural Jamaica Rising Day Parade brought thousands of revellers into the streets of Brooklyn to mark Jamaica’s 64th Independence. It was the…
Portrait of journalist, author, film-maker and cultural consultant, Barbara Blake-Hannah, which hangs in the Museum of Colour UK.
August 10, 2026

‘Life has nice surprises’

Three artists were commissioned by the Museum of Colour UK to create portraits of people of colour who have profoundly shaped British television history, both behind and in front of the camera. The…
A Whitney Houston Barbie doll appears in New York on July 30.
August 10, 2026

The Whitney Houston Barbie doll has arrived

Whitney Houston has been immortalised with her first Barbie doll, unveiled on what would’ve been her 63rd birthday on Sunday and styled after her I Wanna Dance with Somebody look. The Barbie Signature…
Directors of the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival, Gregory Wright (far right) and Jason Henzell (far left) are joined by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green, at the launch of the 2025 event. The festival organisers recently
August 10, 2026

Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival returns

One year after Hurricane Melissa forced organisers to reimagine one of Jamaica’s premier culinary and cultural festivals as a one-day benefit concert, the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae…
DJ Damage sits in front of his Billboard No. 1 plaque hanging prominently on the wall.
Updated 14 hours ago

Billboard Gospel chart success for DJ Damage

Jamaica-born Leonard ‘DJ Damage’ Douglas is celebrating career-defining achievements as the creative force behind Without You, a chart-topping single by Jevon Dewand and The Trap Starz. The single,…
Stranger Cole and Millicent Todd, the duo known as Stranger and Pats,y made their musical mark with songs such as the classic ‘When You Call My Name’.
Updated 14 hours ago by Yasmine Peru

‘Gratitude and sadness’ at posthumous OD for Stranger Cole

A little less than two months after his death, the Government of Jamaica has announced that ska, rocksteady and reggae pioneer Wilburn ‘Stranger’ Cole (also spelt Strangejah) has been awarded the…
Anneli Borgmann, chairwoman of the John Cage Organ Project, adds a pipe during a chord change on the organ inside the medieval Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, on Wednesday.
August 9, 2026

This organ will play one composition until 2640

HALBERSTADT, Germany (AP): A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial pace for…
Singer Keisha Patterson, following her well-received Jazz in the Gardens performance at The Jamaica Pegasus, stuns in red-hot evening wear.
August 9, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

The lady sings what’s new

Delivering a master class in showmanship, Keisha Patterson left the audience at last weekend’s Jazz in the Gardens show lustily applauding. Her velvety smooth vocals throughout a six-song set, which…
Music executive Michael Anthony Bennett.
August 9, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Mikie Bennett says OD is ‘icing on the cake’

For more than 45 years, Michael ‘Mikie’ Bennett has been a driving force in Jamaican music, creating music, nurturing talent, and helping to shape an industry that has become one of the country’s most…