AP: Britain’s Prince Andrew was forced to relinquish use of his remaining royal titles after the latest revelations about his relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein proved one scandal too many for his brother, King Charles III....
Rise to the Occasion, Sizzla’s 18th studio album, was released on September 30, 2003. Twenty-two years later, Rise to the Occasion is the theme of the reggae and dancehall legend’s 30 years in music celebration event. Today, Sizzla Kalonji and...
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is continuing his Asian sojourn, which began in Singapore earlier this year and now takes him to exotic destinations such as Malaysia, Bali, and Thailand this month. However, as he traverses the globe, Sean Paul, who...
Born Michael Eugene Archer in Richmond, Virginia, D’Angelo’s legacy is largely tied up with music that emerged in the mid- to late ‘90s that would be marketed as ‘neo soul’. His 1995 Grammy-nominated debut album, Brown Sugar – which he wrote and...
NEW YORK (AP): Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age Broadway musical is all grown up and leaving the nest. And, like any happy parent, Keys may visit it every once in a while. A new Hell’s Kitchen cast has assembled in Cleveland for a...
The sounds of reggae fills The Compound off Molynes Road every Tuesday night with live performances by the Dub Squad band during what is known as Tuesday Service. This week, the event honoured the late reggae legend Peter Tosh, celebrating his life...
Dancehall artiste David ‘Mavado’ Brooks has returned to Jamaica for the first time in several years, following the vacating of a 2018 warrant that had been issued for his arrest. Superintendent Randy Sweeney, head of the St Andrew North Division,...
Some words, like ‘legend’, have been so overused that they have lost their true meaning. Yet, in his original form, dub-mixer, sound system and studio owner, and record producer Lloyd ‘King Jammy’ James can accurately be described as a legend. Born...
If ever there was a poster child for ‘gospel royalty’, then radio personality, singer, worship leader, actress, author, poet, emcee, speaker and “lover of Christ Jesus” Nadine Blair would be it. The daughter of the late Bishop Reverend Dr Ronald...
Renowned guitarist Radcliffe ‘Dougie’ Bryan, known for his work on many hit tracks by Toots and the Maytals, has died. He was 78. His family confirmed in a statement that Bryan passed away in his sleep early Thursday morning in Lauderhill, Florida...
“ Don’t want no ice-cream love it’s too cold for me,” Sparrow Martin belted out as he dropped a “wicked” freestyle at a presentation workshop by Swedish design and technology collective Teenage Engineering at Alpha Boys School in Kingston on Monday...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Few artistes of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion to craft over commerce, he helped define the...
If the name Jordan Peele means anything to you, you’ve likely had some vague interest in the movie Him. Every bit of marketing has featured the horror mastermind’s name as producer. While not at the film’s helm, Him has all the mainstays of his...
It was a night of Jamaican pride and international prestige as Josef ‘Joe’ Bogdanovich, chief executive officer of DownSound Entertainment, producers of Reggae Sumfest, received the International Achievement Award at the American Friends of Jamaica...
JIS: Manchester-born artist Nugent Hewitt has won seven medals in the 2025 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Visual Arts Competition: six gold and one silver. The 72-year-old, who turns 73 in January and was named the Most...
First-round voting to choose the nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards comes to an end on Wednesday, October 15. A total of 73 albums are under consideration in the Best Reggae Album category. After tomorrow, that number will be whittled down to the...
The island’s first living museum, which has been in development for the past six years in Southfield, St Elizabeth, was severely damaged by Hurricane Beryl on July 3, 2024. However, amid the destruction, the organising group, the WARE Collective,...
While he was most known for his prowess on the football field, Allan ‘Skill’ Cole’s thanksgiving service was attended by several Jamaican musicians at the National Arena on Saturday, as they paid their final respects to the man who played a key...
AP: Oscar-winning actress, Diane Keaton, who died at 79, was known for her performances and style that helped shaped some of the most indelible films of all time, including The Godfather, Annie Hall, Father of the Bride and Something’s Gotta Give...
Resilient dancehall star, Latifa Brown, better known as Tifa, has joined the elite class of Jamaican acts like Sean Paul, Beenie Man and Elephant Man who have been featured on Fox’s major late night talk show Goodnight New York. Shelly Ann Frazer-...
“Overwhelmed! Full of joy!” were the expressions from the parents of Grammy-nominated artiste, Chronixx, when The Sunday Gleaner asked them how they felt about their son releasing his sophomore album last Friday. Chronixx excited the music...
LOS ANGELES (AP): When rapper-actor Common was a kid, he carried towels and sneakers as a Chicago Bulls ball boy who was close enough to hear the squeak of shoes and the roar inside the arena. Decades later, Common is helping set a different kind...
