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Published:Monday | December 8, 2025 | 12:08 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): The steelpan, a percussion instrument created in Trinidad and Tobago in 1939, is making a comeback as a new generation embraces its bright, melodious sound on stage and on the dance floor. Fans say new technology has...

Published:Monday | December 8, 2025 | 12:08 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico’s anti-money laundering office has frozen the bank accounts of the Mexican co-owner of Miss Universe, as part of an investigation into drugs, fuel and arms trafficking, an official said Friday. The country’s Financial...

Published:Monday | December 8, 2025 | 12:08 AM

A woman who accused Cardi B of assault and battery has been denied a second trial. In September, the WAP hitmaker, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, was found not liable in a civil lawsuit brought against her by security guard Emani Ellis. The...

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Reggae chanteuse Xana Romeo exudes a girlish excitement when talking about her new album, but there is still a bit of nostalgia that seeps through. However, the singer, who is among her siblings carrying on her father Max Romeo’s legacy, knows how...

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Producer Cordel ‘Skatta’ Burrell says he is looking to replicate across the local music fraternity his recent global success from a lucrative publishing deal. Having joined forces with Reservoir Media Inc, an independent music company based out of...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

AP: Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest studios, signals major shifts for the entertainment industry and the future of movie-going. At 102 years old, Warner Bros. – one of the remaining “big five” studios – remains...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:08 AMO’brian Wynter/ Gleaner Writer

As Jamaica continues to rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, local music collective Island Kings is stepping forward with music and community spirit. On Sunday, December 21, the group will host Kings of Christmas, a charity concert...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Reggae/dancehall artiste Christopher Martin has pulled out of Sunday’s Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Benefit Festival on medical advice, following an onstage incident in Sierra Leone on November 29. Martin was injured during his performance...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:11 AM

Jah Vinci, affectionately known as the World Signa, is set to perform live at the Fri-Nally 6th anniversary celebration tonight on 36 Hope Road. Powered by Campari and Courvoisier, the all-white themed event will feature a live performance from the...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Dare to Care has partnered with Oliver Mair, consul general of Jamaica to the Southern United States, to host a benefit concert this Saturday, December 6, at The Faith Center in Sunrise, Florida. The event, titled One Love Jamaica Rebuild, aims to...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): It arrived in 2024. And it never left. Rosé and Bruno Mars’ massively popular, Grammy-nominated APT. topped Apple Music’s global song chart in 2025 as the giant music streamer released year-end lists Tuesday and provided listeners...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:06 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

One of the defining cinema experiences of 2024 was watching Cynthia Erivo shatter the ceiling of theatres across the world, hitting high notes hitherto unknown with her climactic number ‘Defying Gravity’. Wicked: For Good has the unfortunate...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The holiday season has arrived, and so has Spotify Wrapped. Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has been named the platform’s most-played artiste for the fourth time, edging out Taylor Swift. On Wednesday, Spotify released its annual...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Netflix have defended their documentary about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after the rapper branded it “a shameful hit piece”. The streaming service released Sean Combs: The Reckoning on Tuesday and the four-part series includes “explosive” footage of the 56...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

More than £20,000 has been raised by Jamaicans and other supporters in the UK for children’s homes, early childhood institutions, homes for the elderly, persons with disabilities, community groups, and first responders in areas most affected by...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:08 AM

What began as a celebration of music, culture and creativity has evolved into a powerful act of solidarity. Deh Yah, the showcase of young Jamaican talent, returns on Friday, transformed by purpose as its collective of organisers and artistes unite...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Vocalist Apryl Jaye Raymond returns on Thursday with the second staging of her signature production, Island Car Rentals Presents Jazz Must Be, an intimate two-hour jazz fusion showcase at The Summit in St Andrew. This year’s staging is proudly...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:07 AMToussaint Davy/Contributor

MOBO Organisation CEO and founder, Kanya King, launched the House of MOBO in south London last week, ahead of its award ceremony on March 26, 2026, at Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena. Done in partnership with national pub and drinks retailer, Greene...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Rihanna is loving seeing her children grow up. The Diamonds hitmaker and her partner A$AP Rocky welcomed daughter Rocki into the world in September, having already had sons RZA, three, and Riot, two, together, and the 37-year-old singer is loving...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): The Super Bowl pregame show will open with a trio of standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take on America the Beautiful, and Coco Jones will...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

On her new single, which was released last Friday via VP Records, singer Shuga revisits Bobby Bloom’s 1970 classic, Montego Bay. Produced by Donovan Germain, the track reimagines the song in a reggae style and features a saxophone performance by...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:08 AM

A$AP Rocky has been appointed brand ambassador for Chanel. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, will be representing the French fashion house because of his “talent, curiosity and limitless creativity” and the upmarket fashion...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 9:02 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Seventh-day Adventists are acknowledged as having the gift of singing, and, on the annual calendar of events for many churches is Music Day – that Sabbath when even the birds seem to pause and listen keenly as human songbirds lift magnificent and...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Two performances of Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree, actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt’s newest play, have been rescheduled for January 17 and 18, 2026 at the University of Technology on Old Hope Road in St Andrew. The play stars Ehrhardt...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:07 AMBarbara Blake-Hannah/Contributor

I met Jimmy Cliff in 1964 when he first stepped foot onto English soil. I had some Jamaican friends Carl and ‘Pepsi’ who had been given the job of meeting him at the airport, and they asked me to accompany them. I remember Jimmy being very...

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