Las May Cartoon- The Jamaica Gleaner I would like to posit that we have reached a sorry situation when the island's two most popular...

It is just a little over one month away from the 60th Anniversary of Jamaica's Independence and as July got under way, there was the...

I was 11 years old when I started secondary school at Kingston College in 1969 and by that time, I had developed more than a passing...

A few weeks ago, Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Robeson Benn announced the imposition of a ban on Jamaica’s dancehall artiste...

There is no arguing against the views regarding the lyrical content of what is being presented by the current generation of...

It was 1966, four years after the island had declared its Independence from Great Britain and things were not going well for the new...

This year Jamaica marks its Diamond Jubilee celebrations as it realizes the milestone of 60 years of Independence from Britain. If...

In the corridors of Jamaica’s music industry, Michael “Mikey” Bennett has one of the most solid of reputations both as a songwriter and...

The very minute former dancehall DJ turned preacher Marion Hall aka Lady Saw or Minister Marion Hall made the announcement, the space has...

It is generally accepted that a hero is a person who is admired and acknowledged for their courage, outstanding achievements, and noble...

As Jamaica continues to grapple with its spiraling crime problems, once again the issue of dancehall tunes promoting violence stepped...

He likened himself to a " Stepping Razor” and at times with a ganja spliff dangling from his lips, his M-16 shaped guitar slung across...

The name Joseph Benjamin Higgs is one that is hardly recognizable in Jamaican music circles unless it is stated as “Joe Higgs” in some...

Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay Yellowman From Rags Winston Foster also known as Yellowman , was born at 54 Chisholm Avenue, in...

One of the greatest proponents of what we now know as Roots Reggae is the Jamaican artiste known simply as "The Burning Spear." In order...

Big Youth's Beginnings Big Youth was born in the Rae Town area of Kingston, Jamaica on April 19,1949, and christened Manley Augustus...

THE HONORABLE FREDERICK NATHANIEL "TOOTS" HIBBERT, O. J., posthumously copped the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Reggae album with his...

The late 1950s to early 1960s was a defining period in the history of Jamaica music as the successes of the pioneering Higgs and Wilson,...

Every year more than 33,000 kids graduate from Jamaica's secondary school system and are confronted at that time with the task of...

Jamaica lost another of its musical sons with the passing on February 17, 2021, of Ewart Beckford OD, better known to Jamaicans as U-Roy....