What started out as a song dedicated to his wife after seeing her disappointment when Donald Trump won the United States (US) election in October 2016 has morphed into an entire album, and now, singer Aaron Nigel Smith is celebrating the project’s No. 1 debut on the Billboard Reggae Album chart for the week dated […]

At last night’s Grammy Awards, Beyoncé, who, if you haven’t heard, is pregnant with twins, delivered a transcendent, ten-minute performance, further cementing her goddess status. While us mere mortals could never dream of pulling off such a feat, her glowing beauty look that complemented her gold halo headpiece and glittering Peter Dundas gown, is surprisingly […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake wants no part in competing for a Grammy. The four-time Grammy winner and his management asked the Recording Academy to withdraw his two nominations from the final-round ballot, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. They said Drake’s request was honoured by the academy. The people spoke […]

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has said that Buju Banton’s Long Walk to Freedom concert, held on Saturday, has proven that reggae music is still one of Jamaica’s main attractions. Speaking with The Gleaner minutes before the Gargamel’s first performance on the island in over eight years, Minister Grange expressed joy at […]

DURING the 1970s a wind of social change swept Jamaica and film-maker Lennie Little-White wanted to capture that transformation for a global audience with his movie Children of Babylon. “In the 70s Jamaica went through a social revolution when uptown ‘brownings’ were attracted to the downtown dreadlocks inner-city yuteman. This reached its pinnacle when Miss […]

The promotional muscle for Koffee’s debut album Gifted in the United Kingdom has paid off big time. The 10-track set, which was released March 25 via Promised Land Recordings/Columbia Records UK, debuted at number nine on the Official UK Albums chart on Friday.   It is the first time in the history of the UK […]

Carlene Davis, whose 40-year career has covered various genres, ventures into new territory with her upcoming EP, The Assignment Remixes. Scheduled for release in June, it contains five songs. Three of those are remixes of songs from The Assignment, her previous album which was released last November by VP Records. The Queens, New York independent company […]