WITH his two-year court case behind him, George Nooks says he will be able to pay greater attention to music. The singer was found not guilty on drug-related charges yesterday when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree. Nooks, who appeared before Judge Jacqueline Wilcott, was represented by Queen’s Counsel […]

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 […]

La-Marko Cobban from Highgate Primary School in St Mary is already creating waves at six years old. He is the recent recipient of two individual gold medals and one silver medal in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) music and speech parish finals.  La-Marko also copped a group gold medal for music in the parish […]

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 […]

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 […]