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On Tuesday night, the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston was festive in every sense of the word when a bustling Kingston Night Market met International Jazz Day and locked the city. Vendors and an overflowing house of patrons...
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Deidrian Downer, the recently crowned Miss Universe Jamaica Central, says she was always a shy and reserved girl. In fact, if it weren’t for her new-found title, Downer says she would have never even had the confidence to answer questions from The...
Every time you see an action movie, or even just a movie with action elements, what you’re seeing is the underrated field of stunt work. People devote so much to the craft of film-making, they’re willing to suffer actual bodily harm. While they...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 “...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) is encouraging young local music producers to consider making radio edits of their productions to ensure airplay and wide distribution that will maximise revenue. JAMMS General Manager, Evon Mullings, told...
The Miss Universe Jamaica Central pageant made history last year in crowning Ayanna Powell-Myles, a wife and mother, following adjustments to the previously rigid Miss Universe International eligibility requirements. This year the central arm of...
CHICAGO (AP): The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R...
The carnival festivities continue as Main Event Entertainment Group, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and Red Stripe Flavours partner with Kingston Creative to host the “last fête of the season”–Carnival Lyme– on Sunday, April...
