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Taddy P leads with bass, Laro with lyrics - Bassline ends with a jam at Redbones

Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke

Bass guitar player Taddy P and singer Lord Laro were the performers advertised for Friday's Bassline at Redbones Blues Cafe, New Kingston, but several vocalists also contributed to a night where there was a strong sense of community. In that vein,...

Red Stripe Oval to host Guinness Sounds of Greatness

Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

It has been an intense three weeks of sound clashes in the Guinness Sounds of Greatness competition. Most of the sound systems have shown that it is more than just a competition to them, doing their research, practising and putting the most into...

Voicemail finds 'Game Changer'

Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Dancehall duo Voicemail recently released their mixtape titled Game Changers. The mixtape features 12 singles from several top producers. This comes after the success of their dance single, I Wanna Dance, produced by Mark Hize, and its video,...

Keznamdi scores big Int'l collab

Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Reggae artiste Keznamdi has scored his first international collaboration with Grammy-nominated EDM artist/producer Zhu, who is signed to Sony/Columbia Records. The song, As Crazy As It Is, is the next single from Zhu's highly-anticipated Generation...

Campion tops Shakespeare contest

Published:Monday | September 21, 2015 | 6:39 AMMarcia Rowe

"The world is a stage, and we are the players," wrote William Shakespeare many centuries ago.This will become more than words for a drama teacher and several students of Campion College, who, by virtue of winning the JN Shakespeare Schools'...

Industry Insiders weigh in on Hall of Fame talks

Published:Thursday | September 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMShereita Grizzle

For more than two years, there have been talks of the country possibly establishing a reggae hall of fame, and since the idea arose, many Jamaicans, includingseveral persons from the music fraternity, have been in support of the idea. However,...

Jamaican-born novelist, Anthony Winkler will be missed

Published:Sunday | September 20, 2015 | 4:17 PMShereita Grizzle

On Friday, September 18, 2015, the region lost a literary legend in Jamaica-born novelist Anthony Winkler.Winkler, renowned for his work The Lunatic, died at his Atlanta home in the United States. He is survived by his wife, Cathy. Winkler was born...

Clarendonian makes Tyler Perry drama series debut

Published:Sunday | September 20, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Tomorrow night at 9 p.m., Tyler Perry fans in Jamaica will be gearing up to watch his riveting drama, If Loving You Is Wrong. The show ended on a climax that had everyone holding their breaths - just who is the father of Alex's baby.There is,...

'Maze Runner' sequel outpaces 'Black Mass' at box office

Published:Sunday | September 20, 2015 | 4:57 PM

AP:The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials edged out Johnny Depp's Black Mass at the box office, as the two films split young and old moviegoers in half on the first weekend of the fall movie season.20th Century Fox's sequel to The Maze Runner earned an...

Wolmer's Dance Troupe celebrates 25 years

Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMShereita Grizzle

The Wolmer's Dance Troupe is celebrating its 25th anniversary and according to the group's artistic director, Barbara McDaniel, the festivities will be big.The acclaimed dance troupe began celebrating their 25th season of dance back in April and has...

Sacred space between the speaker columns

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 10:26 AMMel Cooke

There is no shortage of biblical references in Jamaican popular music, where the sacred and the secular are cheek and jowl, most times comfortably. Toots and the Maytals list from Genesis to Ruth in Six and Seven Books of Moses, The Melodians use...

Jamaican author publishes 'Obama’s Drama' on Amazon

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Three years ago when Jamaican author James J.J. Thomas published his first book on Amazon.com, Black America, Why?, it caused a stir.Now he's back on Amazon.com with what he claims is a more riveting book, a 115-page fiction titled Obama's Drama.The...

32-year all-star Sting plan - No clash scheduled for 'best of' Boxing Day concert

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:00 AM

There are images of performers who were promising youngsters in a particular Sting year who are now considered dancehall elders, or then established acts who have had varied fortunes - as well as those artistes who had a good patch but, like so many...

Sponsorship remains uncertain

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 3:00 PMMel Cooke

Sponsorship woes are not new to Sting, and the 2015 staging is following a familiar pattern of uncertainty. Three months before the event, Supreme Promotions' Isaiah Laing, Heavy D, and DiMario McDowell tell The Sunday Gleaner that there are no...

Final showing for Samson & Di Liar tonight

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 4:39 PM

The highly acclaimed comedy play Samson and Di Liar will have its final local run tonight at the Little Little Theatre. Headlined by ace actor/comedian Tony 'Paleface' Hendriks and anchored brilliantly by Ricky Rowe (of Blue Mountain Theatre and...

The Mighty Diamonds bring soulful harmony to the 70s

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMRoy Black

The Mighty Diamonds belong to an exclusive fraternity of three-part harmony group singers that emerged in the mid-1960s in Jamaican popular music and lasted into the next decade. Earlier, The Heptones, The Techniques, The Paragons, The Melodians,...

Young act to represent Jamaica in Converse Music program

Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2015 | 11:19 AMShereita Grizzle

There were approximately 9,000 applicants, but up-and-coming reggae artiste dBURNZ and his band, The Flashmob, have been hand-picked to represent Jamaica at an internationally acclaimed music programme, courtesy of American sneakers company,...

Marlon James makes Man Booker Prize final six

Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMShereita Grizzle

Jamaica-born author Marlon James has been shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. He was named among the final six on Tuesday at a press conference at the offices of major sponsors,...

Heineken Cities look to New York

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:51 AM

As the Heineken Cities campaign winds down, two lucky persons are steps closer to winning a trip to the Big Apple. The excitement of the city awaits, as the winners will have the opportunity to enjoy the many scenic spots and attractions in the city...

Major Lazer's 'Peace is The Mission' goes one up on Billboard

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Major Lazer's Peace is The Mission has climbed one place to No. 31 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.Known to be prolific producers of reggae and dancehall music, the Major Lazer album features Tarrus Riley, Chronixx and Machel Montano, among...

All set for Wet Fête tonight

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMCurtis Campbell

Marketing and promotions company Profound Entertainment has collaborated with Butchers Block, Taylor Hall, University of the West Indies (UWI), to host the annual Wet Fête event tonight.According to founder of Profound Entertainment and former...

Rita Marley honoured

Published:Friday | September 18, 2015 | 4:03 PM

The African Union Diaspora Africa Forum, in collaboration with the United Nations Women, held an historic two-day event in New York to award African Women of Excellence.On September 11, the honourees convened at the United Nations Women Conference...

Gospel, dancehall blend for PAN-X MoBay

Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Gospel veteran Lubert Levy will share the stage next weekend with King of the Dancehall Beenie Man and Way Up artiste Chi Ching Ching when he ministers at Regional 2 of PAN-X, hosted by CB Foods on Saturday, September 26.The live performances, to be...

Pink Panther wins Sounds of Greatness battle

Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Last Saturday night saw Flava Unit, Pink Panther, Platinum Vibes and Interceptor battling in Alexandria, St Ann, in the third round of the 2015 Guinness Sounds of Greatness sound-system clash, hosted by Badda Bling from Di Unit.Opener Platinum Vibes...

Majestic 'Aida' at Cineplex on Sunday

Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM

A huge favourite with audiences worldwide, including Jamaica, Verdi's Aida with its magnificent music and pageantry has long been hailed as the "grandest of all grand operas".It is a fitting denouement to the Met's 2015 Summer Encore season, giving...

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