Month: April 2024

When Surinamese singer Jah Nelson made a visit to Jamaica in March, his intention was to stay in the island for no longer than two weeks. Six weeks later, the Rastafarian entertainer is still here. The singer-songwriter who hails from the...

Comar ‘Frankie Music’ Campbell is a name that has become a heavyweight in the music industry in a relatively short time. The Grammy- and Billboard Award-winning producer and manager is acknowledged as a visionary within music circles, and over the...

NEW YORK (AP): A retrial in New York of disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein won’t be coming to a courtroom any time soon, if ever, legal experts said on a day when one of two women considered crucial to his rape trial said she wasn’t...

World Bash is headed to the O2 Arena in Birmingham, UK on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 5, for what the promoters say will be a historic night of sound system entertainment. Billed as the only sound system concert in the world, the event is bringing “...

Whilst it might appear that digitalisation has both suppressed live musical instrumentation and led the youth away from the musician’s path, there are encouraging signs and statements to the contrary. One such was made recently at Kingston’s...

At least one music marketer is championing the strong link between music and sports as superstar cricketer and reggae artiste Chris Gayle and eight-time Olympic gold medallist and music producer Usain Bolt have been named as ambassadors for the ICC...

The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica is set to take centre stage at the Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) festival at the Curve Theatre on May 3 and 4, marking the company’s second performance in England in two years. As...

These days, Jamaicans rarely have the opportunity to experience a jazz performance by international musicians, but I maintain it is essential that Kingston participate in staging jazz concerts because the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Three pre-eminent Jamaican poets are lauding fellow poet Ishion Hutchinson for being shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious International Griffin Poetry Prize. One of the world’s most generous poetry awards, the prize, this year, is worth CDN$130,000...