The Miss Universe Jamaica (MUJ) organisation has expressed deep sorrow at the untimely passing of Tyra Spaulding. The 26-year-old accountant was a “beloved finalist” in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition and already there are plans to...
Representatives from the parishes of St Ann and St Andrew were on their A-game as they faced off for the nail-biting finals of the 2025 National Seniors Spelling Bee Competition on Wednesday evening. The Legacy Suite of The Jamaica Pegasus in New...
In 2024, Ras-I, the singer who makes music to uplift and enlighten, won Best New Reggae Artist at the Caribbean Music Awards. One year later, he was nominated for the prestigious Reggae Impact Award by the same organisation, in acknowledgement of...
The nine-night ceremony for Allan ‘Skill’ Cole, legendary Jamaican football star and tour manager for Bob Marley and the Wailers, will be held tonight at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road, St Andrew. Cole, who had been ailing,...
It was Under the Plane Wing that foundation singer, Papa Biggy, announced his musical arrival in the ‘80s on a riddim dubbed Heavenless on the Taxi label, produced by the legendary duo, Sly and Robbie. An in-your-face, weed tune, the smoky...
Award-winning playwright David Tulloch took just one week to complete a script about National Hero Sam Sharpe, a project which he found particularly fulfilling. The production will have its triumphant unveiling next month at the weekly Yaadbridge...
Whether he is wearing his ‘Universe Boss’ branded clothing, dressed like royalty at Ascot while puffing on a cigar, or meeting Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Chris Gayle traverses the globe with style, panache and a swag that is unmatched...
Today marks five years since the passing of legendary ska and reggae singer, Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert, the lead singer of Toots and the Maytals. Toots passed away at the University Hospital of the West Indies in 2020. He was 77. Cabel ‘...
Independent film-maker Lennie Little-White recently “gave birth”, as he calls it, and he is as excited as any new mother. On Sunday morning, an intimate group of mainly longtime friends heeded the call to be marked present at the S Hotel Kingston...
Internationally acclaimed reggae singer Mortimer didn’t sing at the celebration of life service for his mother – he spoke and he cried. Inside the packed Meadowvale Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, where his mother, Denise McPherson, was...
Australia is calling again and foundation singer, Stranger Cole, is ready to pack his bags and go. On December 5, the ska, rocksteady and reggae pioneer will kick off the first in a series of six concerts which will see him performing at venues in...
During an energetic session last Wednesday at the Rooftop Terrace of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, prolific writer and music producer Mikie Bennett, had participants helping him to create a tribute in song to Olympian...
Dream Weekend, the uber-popular party experience held annually in Negril for 16 years is evolving. And that’s a word that the stakeholders are using a lot. As Dream Weekend evolves, this year in particular, talk of them packing their bags and...
On Independence Day, August 6, there is only one place to be: Grand Gala at the National Stadium in Kingston. On Wednesday, a public holiday, Jamaicans from across the island made their way to the venue, wrapped in the black, green and gold colours...
If there is one person who is happier than Raheim Betty, the JCDC Gospel Star winner for 2025, it has to be his mother, Valerie Mundle. On Sunday night, when he was announced the winner of the competition, she jumped out of her seat at the National...
The 2025 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition was certainly one for the books. As Executive Director, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Lenford Salmon, told The Gleaner, “it must go down as one of the most outstanding editions in...
Rastafarian reggae legend Capleton had major “full joy” moments at this year’s Reggae Land Festival held at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England. The UK festival, which is promoted as a “massive celebration of reggae music...
His parents christened him Miguel Orlando Collins, but the minstrel would later take on the name Sizzla Kalonji as he journeyed through hills and valleys blazing a musical trail. A critically acclaimed reggae artiste, Sizzla has released more than...
At 76 years old, Bro C is an old-timer and he’s as fit as a fiddle. A singer who hails from Kellits in Clarendon, he remembers only too well the time when the Festival Song Competition stirred the nation. Last Saturday, when Emancipation Park came...
Owen Gray, the pioneering singer who is often hailed as “Jamaica’s first home-grown star”, passed away on Sunday morning at his home in England. Gray’s lifelong friend, Anthony ‘Chips’ Richards, confirmed to The Gleaner that the 86-year-old...
Saturday night marked the first time in nine years that the Anointed Bugle performed for fans at the Caribbean's biggest reggae festival, Reggae Sumfest, and it was straight fire. Fans online flooded the live chat with fire emojis, while inside...
At 9:53 p.m. on Saturday, the energetic flagman for Rastafarian reggae-dancehall artiste Fantan Mojah cleared a path for him to enter centre-stage on Night Two of Reggae Sumfest in Catherine Hall, Montego Bay. With the experienced Warrior Love...
Reggae’s Cool Ruler, Gregory Isaacs, would have celebrated his 75th birthday on Tuesday, and naturally there is a buzz around this milestone diamond jubilee. Red Roses are an integral part of the celebration for the legend whose Red Rose for...
Five years after her splashing Reggae Sumfest début – which took place in the virtual space, owing to the 2020 pandemic – Marcy Chin is still setting tongues a-wagging and enjoying every moment of it. The artiste, christened Lonique Chin, was...
