Entertainment
17 Oct, 2025
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Merritone Music celebrates 75 years
Monique Blake is feeling especially grateful to carry on the Merritone Music legacy. The sound system and music movement marks its 75th anniversary this month with a line-up of activities and the…
17 Oct, 2025
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‘A force to be reckoned with’
Following an intimate funeral service in Florence, Italy, Starr Brewster, widower of late theatre icon Yvonne Brewster, says he hopes to honour her life and work at two upcoming ceremonies: one in the…
17 Oct, 2025
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Alicia Keys’ musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ hits the road
NEW YORK (AP): Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age Broadway musical is all grown up and leaving the nest. And, like any happy parent, Keys may visit it every once in a while. A new…
17 Oct, 2025
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When the music became ceremony: D’Angelo’s Caribbean connection
Born Michael Eugene Archer in Richmond, Virginia, D’Angelo’s legacy is largely tied up with music that emerged in the mid- to late ‘90s that would be marketed as ‘neo soul’. His 1995 Grammy-nominated…
17 Oct, 2025
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Wherever I go, Jamaica always on my mind
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is continuing his Asian sojourn, which began in Singapore earlier this year and now takes him to exotic destinations such as Malaysia, Bali, and Thailand this month.…
16 Oct, 2025
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5 Questions with King Jammy
Some words, like ‘legend’, have been so overused that they have lost their true meaning. Yet, in his original form, dub-mixer, sound system and studio owner, and record producer Lloyd ‘King Jammy’…
16 Oct, 2025
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Guitarist Radcliffe 'Dougie' Bryan dies at 78
Renowned guitarist Radcliffe ‘Dougie’ Bryan, known for his work on many hit tracks by Toots and the Maytals, has died. He was 78. His family confirmed in a statement that Bryan passed away in his…
16 Oct, 2025
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Nadine Blair ‘surprised’ by honour from City of Tamarac in Florida
If ever there was a poster child for ‘gospel royalty’, then radio personality, singer, worship leader, actress, author, poet, emcee, speaker and “lover of Christ Jesus” Nadine Blair would be it. The…
16 Oct, 2025
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Talks of Mavado concert
Dancehall artiste David ‘Mavado’ Brooks has returned to Jamaica for the first time in several years, following the vacating of a 2018 warrant that had been issued for his arrest. Superintendent Randy…