Ky-Mani Marley gets personal in autobiography
Although he is the son of music royalty, Ky-Mani Marley says life has not always been a bed of roses.
Max Romeo releases definitive collection
If he could have found people willing to give voice to the lyrics he penned, Max Romeo would have never stood behind a microphone."I did not have singing on my mind.
Benjy Myaz supports autism cause with new album
Multi-instrumentalist and singer Benjy Myaz (who plans on adding drums to his playing credentials) officially presented his latest album, You've Got Me, to the public last Wednesday evening.There were praises all around for Myaz...
DJ Usain set to rock super party
Sure he is 'honourable this', 'ambassador that' and a record-breaking track star, but on Saturday, December 5, Usain Bolt will simply be DJ Usain.
Nomdmi, breathtaking mountain experience
NOMDMI, THE home of National Hero Norman Manley, built on the spot in the Blue Mountains that his wife, Edna, fell in love with on horse rides up the steep ridges, is a beautiful house with...
Journeyman Michael Franti finds right formula in Kingston
Michael Franti has spent most of his career happy being a journeyman performer, much in the vein of acts like the Grateful Dead and Bad Brains.
Francophone Film Festival gets new home
The Liguanea Club in New Kingston will be the venue for the 2009 Francophone Film Festival.
No 'Moment' concert this year
Beres Hammond fans will have to preserve the moments created at his previous 'A Moment in Time' concerts, as plans for this year's show have been scrapped.Hammond, one of Jamaica's most endearing reggae singers, had plans to keep the third 'A Moment in...
'Last Hurrah' after 42 years
There won't be a 44th album by Max Romeo. He is currently working on his 43rd and, he says, final, at the Charmax Studio in Palm, Treadways, St Catherine.
Sedene's sublime start - New Pulse star on the rise
Pulse Model Management's newest star, Sedene Blake, is off to a sublime start by capturing the hearts of the fashion industry's most influential arbiters.
Brazilian capoeira celebrates its fifth year in Jamaica
Since 2004, under the guidance of Dennis 'Simpson' Eckart, a German national, Grupo Cativeiro Capoeira of Jamaica has been using martial arts/dance to bring peace and unity to inner-city communities, while at the same time nurturing the health of the minds and bodies of many Jamaicans.
Fraser unfazed by 'Contagious' sales
Despite unflattering sales for singer Tarrus Riley's Contagious, the man who produced the album is refusing to cry in his milk.
J Lo, Adam Lambert ready for AMA stage
LOS ANGELES (AP):Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an onstage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards (AMA).
A music marathon for Sonny B
Last Sunday's musical tribute to the late great Cecil Valentine 'Sonny' Bradshaw mounted in the garden of the Jamaica Pegasus hotel lasted from 4 p.m.