VETERAN singer Leroy Gibbons said he is counting his blessings after surviving a shooting incident on Monday morning. The entertainer was shot in the buttocks as he walked with a friend along the Port Henderson main road in Portmore, St Catherine. “I ran off but realised something was wrong when I couldn’t move the way […]

It’s kudos and commendations all round from organisers and participants in the Calabash Literary Festival, which was held in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, on the weekend. The three-day event — which was founded in 2001 — has seen a raft of noted acts perform on the seaside stage at Jakes Boutique Hotel in the quaint, […]

“There’s no sentencing date set for him at this time,” Kari Knudson, chief deputy clerk at the federal district court, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday. “He will not be sentenced until all the parties involved either enter guilty pleas or have gone to trial.” ZJ Wah Wa — given name Deon-ville O’Hara — is one of 26 […]

Last weekend, dancehall star Spice took to Instagram Live to close out 2018 by getting many things off her chest. The entertainer allowed fans across the globe to ask her questions, most of which she responded to in her usual candid, controversial, and ‘peppery’ style. Leaving no stone unturned, the Indicatorsinger fielded a variety of questions […]

TOP-SELLING reggae band SOJA is the winner of the Best Reggae Album in the 64th Grammy Awards held on Sunday. The Virginia-based outfit won for its Billboard-charting 15-track album Beauty in the Silence. The award was handed out during the pre-Grammy telecast at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.   During his […]

Dancehall Queen Spice has been revelling in the success of her latest track, Go Down Deh, which features Grammy-winning colleagues Shaggy and Sean Paul.  In less than 24 hours after its premiere on YouTube on the weekend, it was the number one streamed song and has held firm in that position for four straight days. Spice […]

Don Was has been tapped as musical director for the event which will take place on November 1 at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The initial line-up also features Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Tom Morello, Gary Clark Jr, Jim James, Citizen Cope, Aloe Blacc, Cyril Neville and Terence Higgins. The organisers note that additional artistes […]