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Merritone Disco is in celebration mode, having reached the biblical milestone of three score and ten, and for them, their mantra accurately sums up their modus operandi: ‘Things of quality have no fear of time.’ Or, as owner Monte Blake puts it,…

As the COVOID-19 virus continues to spread throughout the world, the face of live entertainment as we knew it has been altered. In a matter of weeks, major music festivals and concerts across the world have either been postponed or cancelled. Now…

Re’Ashored , the epic, musical drama mounted by Quilt Performing Arts Company, has snagged the lion’s share of nominations for this year’s Actor Boy Awards (ABA). The production earned a total of 15 nominations for the awards which recognise excellence in local theatre.

The stage at Little Theatre in St Andrew was dark this morning. No dancers waiting in the wings, no musicians tuning their instruments, no singers waiting to enthral an audience.For nearly 40 years the stage of the theatre has come alive at 6:00 am on Easter Sunday, thanks to National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica […]

“And then came the brothers Nap ster and Aimster and though they were definitely wrong, I think it was worse to be forced to buy a [expletive] album just to get one good song” — Tanya Stephens, Way Back from the album Gangsta Blues WAY BACK

FOR Oraine Frater, one of two Jamaican dancers now part of the cast of the UK touring company of the hit musical The Lion King, the current layoff as a result of the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic has been a roller coaster of emotions.Frater and fellow Jamaican Tara Price joined the touring company […]

Entertainment and Culture Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange continues to brim with confidence regarding today’s staging of the national telethon ‘Together We Stand Jamaica’, which is being held to solicit assistance for the country’s battle with the deadly coronavirus.

Conscious reggae singer Samory I has found joy in the midst of the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.The artiste known for his critically acclaimed début album Black Gold and the hit single Rasta Nuh Gangsta, welcomed his first child, a son named Jahseh Chantory Frazer, on March 21, during the height of the increased […]

Mandeville, Manchester: Four days after the sudden passing of veteran Manchester cop Sergeant Garfield Morgan, colleagues, friends and relatives are still reeling from the shock of their loss. Morgan, who spent more than 30 years in the Jamaica…

Ratings agency Fitch has said the Jamaican economy is expected to contract by four per cent this year as the shock from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the foreign currency revenues drying up. Fitch yesterday revised Jamaica’s outlook from…