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Jamaica to celebrate International Jazz Day with free concert

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) will, on April 30, present International Jazz Day Jamaica, a concert...

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Mervyn Morris publishes eighth book of poetry

“Today we celebrate and properly recognise someone who embodies excellence,” was the proxy declaration of Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange on Sunday. She was referring to Mervyn Morris, a man whose exemplary...

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Local, int’l acts deliver at well-organised Fun in the Son

Fresh off the plane, international gospel artistes TobyMac and Kirk Franklin did not disappoint at the Best Dressed Chicken Fun in the Son gospel concert held on Saturday at the National Stadium. It was hard to keep still during TobyMac’s...

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Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing?

NEW YORK (AP): Nearly two years after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same. Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his long-time publisher, Random House, he is thinner, paler...

todayApril 21, 2024 1

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‘Comedy is a serious something’

With the explosive onset of social media in the early to mid-2000s came an abundance of content creators who found that lodging themselves in various niches across the Internet created endless opportunities for profitability. One of those niches,...

todayApril 21, 2024 2

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Kirk Franklin sings Jamaica’s praises

When internationally recognised songwriter and gospel singer, Kirk Franklin, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Friday, one thing was abundantly clear in his mind – he was home. It is no secret that the entertainer,...

todayApril 21, 2024 2

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