Reggae legend Pato Banton plays at 11 p.m. Friday at the Alibi. Born in London and raised in Birmingham, England, Pato Banton has performed with his bands Crucial Music and Reggae Revolution, and toured with Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Burning Spear, Third World, Yellowman, Black Uhuru, and Dennis Brown and Steel Pulse. He worked with Sting on a reggae remix of “This Cowboy Song” and a remake of the Police classic “Spirits in a … Read entire article »

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL—- THROUGHOUT her 20-year Hollywood career, Jamaican actress Madge Sinclair never lost sight of her Caribbean identity. It was a similarity she shared with a famous cousin, pan-African giant Marcus Garvey. Sinclair, who died in December 1995 at age 57, was one of three persons honoured last Friday by the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the organisation Garvey established in 1914. Top: Gary Sinclair receives award on behalf of his mother. Bottom: Madge Sinclair and Eddie … Read entire article »

RJR Group’s Managing Director Gary Allen speaking at the launch of a $1-billion, 10-year sports-programming package at the group’s Lyndhurst Road head office. – Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer——-   André Lowe—- The RJR Communications Group announced a $1-billion, 10-year sports-programming package, which includes some of the biggest local and international sporting properties, at its Lyndhurst Road studios yesterday. Acquired through an agreement signed with International Media Content (IMC), the RJR Communications Group, which will be using its TelevisionJamaica, Hitz 92FM and … Read entire article »

By Cabbrina Lennox—- Charity with a difference, the annual charitable event, A St Mary Mi Come From, held under the theme ‘Ole Time Some Ting Come Back Again’, gave the crowd at the Gray’s Inn Sports Complex in Annotto Bay a rare treat. The show, which is normally held on the day before Independence Day each year, had to be postponed because of inclement weather caused by the passing of Tropical Storm Ernesto. The show had to go … Read entire article »

Having done quite a few shows in the United States in the past two months, reggae singer, Junior Kelly will now stretch across the border into Canada as he continues his quest to thrill his North American fans. “Canada has been clamoring for Junior Kelly,” explained Tasz Smith of Triple T Productions.”We have been collaborating with promotional teams across Canada to work out suitable dates and everything has finally jelled. Interestingly, things have worked out in … Read entire article »

 By Richard Johnson—- The artwork for seminal Jamaican albums is the subject of an exhibition at the Jamaica Music Museum, located at the Institute of Jamaica on East Street, in downtown Kingston. Director and curator of the museum, Herbie Miller, explains that the exhibit, titled ‘Equal Rights: Reggae and Social Change’, “uses album covers to highlight the work of graphic artists and the use of art to extend the message contained within the grooves of the records … Read entire article »

In every generation a few definitive voices present themselves, with a unique sound and soulful appeal. Dubbed “The New Golden Voice”, Jah Van I’s first single on Royal Warriors Muzik label, “In My World”, debuted at number 4 on the widely acclaimed Stampede Street Charts, in Jamaica. Since then Jah Van I has appeared on several popular Jamaican television and cable stations, CVM TV, Hype TV and RE TV. His music has received rotation internationally … Read entire article »

The funeral service for deejay Maxwell ‘Ranking Trevor’ Grant will take place Sunday, September 2 at the Hagley Park Road Seventh Day Adventist Church, in St Andrew starting at noon. His sister, Yvonne Bassaragh, told the Jamaica Observer that a wake is scheduled for September 1 at Australia Road off Olympic Road. Maxwell ‘Ranking Trevor’ Grant Ranking Trevor died from injuries sustained in an accident on August 7 when he was hit from his motorcycle near Cling Cling … Read entire article »