Ten finalists are competing for the 2025 Jamaica Gospel Star title. This year the competition, which replaced the Jamaica Gospel Song competition in 2021, returns with a different flavour. The ...

UPDATE (July 8): Grammy-nominated dancehall icon Bounty Killer will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards, which will be held on Thursday, Aug. 28, at Kings Theatre ...

As Nigel Lewis soared in the world of Caribbean entertainment, he made a deal with God. “If I get to do well with the music that I like, then I’ll come into the kingdom and serve you,” he said. That ...

Gospel singers harmonized. Reggae blended with calypso, and soca mixed with hip-hop. Jazz strains wafted over the night air. Marley sounds were everywhere. Picnic baskets, coolers and blankets dotted ...

The multitalented musician Klassik Frescobar is living proof that music can help you escape the harsh realities of life, even if it’s only for a few minutes. This is particularly good news in these ...

Soca Versus Reggae [SVR] will be held this August, with the organizer saying “this return promises to be momentous.” A spokesperson said, “In the years since Soca Versus Reggae [SVR] last lit up a ...

You can’t keep a good festival down. The Caribbean Food and Rum Festival will finally get its long-awaited reboot on Sunday, Dec. 12, after COVID-19 caused a delay from the original Labor Day weekend ...

To say there is a plethora of global parties worthy of “bucket list” status is an understatement. But if you’re like me, you know that music is the real currency of any bacchanal; also if you’re like ...