Entertainment

Ten years ago when Alberto D'Ascola settled in Port Antonio, Portland, all he wanted to do was record some wicked tunes with the biggest names in dancehall/reggae.

Dennis Brown's The Promised Land and Buju Banton's Till I'm Laid To Rest present differing takes on the recurrent Africa theme in reggae.

The Caribbean's premier fashion event is off to a great start.

Mervyn Eyre (left), president and chief executive officer, Fujitsu Caribbean (Jamaica) Limited, has the full attention of (from right) Fay Jacobs, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC); Bruce Levy, Myers Fletcher & Gordon (MF&G), and presenter Tricia-Gaye Watson, attorney-at-law, MF&G, at the conclusion of the presentation on 'The Cybercrimes Act'...

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways/I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight/For the ends of Being and ideal Grace," are the first four lines from British poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous poem.

Reggae crooner Freddie McGregor will be delivering all his hit love songs this Sunday at Studio 38 at the Pulse Centre, New Kingston. McGregor's Valentine's Day performance marks the third in Studio 38's live concert series...

The Gleaner asked Dr Donna Hope Marquis, lecturer in reggae studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, if academic examination of Jamaican music still needs legitimacy and she says "in Jamaica, yes". "You still have to be explaining why you are studying it.

African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ) director Bernard Jankee made it clear that remounting 'Movements Through the Passage' had not been planned in honour of the late Professor Rex Nettleford. However, speaking at Monday's launch in the ACIJ's Ocean Boulevard...

As he had predicted, 2010 is off to a good start for Iceman. With his songs Mischievous and Keep My Hustle Alive having good momentum, the singer is also making a name for himself among the teenage population as he participates...

Western Bureau: Excellent theatre coordination and performances emanated from the stage during the world premiere of Jane Crichton's White Witch play, held at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay at the weekend. Directed by renowned director, Douglas Prout...

REWARDING REGGAE'S BEST - Local celebs put on their finery for this year's EME Awards presentation show, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston....