Jamaica Gleaner Entertainment
Published: Monday Sunday | June 21, 2009
Contagious - Tarrus Riley spreads 'sweet sickness' on third album
It's early Tuesday evening at Grafton Studios in Vineyard Town, St Andrew. Tarrus Riley has just finished voicing a track, but that is not his only reason for being particularly upbeat. He is in the later stages of preparing his third album for an August release on the Cannon label, VP Records handling distribution. Read More...
Dancehall Math - 2x2 never sounded simpler
Mathematics is a subject that most children face with anxiety. However, Claude Evans thinks he can change this by fusing the infectious rhythms of dancehall with math. Starting with just the multiplication table, Evans believes his idea can go a far way. Read More...
Movie Review - Skip the proposal and get over it
At some point, fatigue sets in. Ever since we figured out that we could all do more if we each did less, most of us have been delegated (or is it relegated?) to perform specialised tasks over and over again - most of us, in other words, have jobs. Read More...
Belafonte praises Jean for humanitarian work
Haitian recording artiste Wyclef Jean triggered swollen tear ducts on June 8 as he accepted the prestigious 2009 ASCAP-Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from Jamaican-American recording star, actor and humanitarian, Harry Belafonte, in Manhattan, New York. Read More...
Monkees' cover is 'So Nice' for Boris Gardiner
By 1969, Boris Gardiner's voice was once again his main instrument, after recording A Thousand Teardrops with the Rhythm Aces in 1960 and then getting more into instruments (primarily the bass guitar) after that unit broke up. Read More...
Xpress yourself - Female trio lives for dancing
The sun pierced fiercely on their backs as the clouds faded into the distant sky. It was about midday at the busy Half-Way Tree Entertainment Centre. The outgoing Shelly Callum, Dance Xpressionz's traditional folk dance specialist, smartly adjusted under a makeshift umbrella as the heat got more oppressive... Read More...
