Jamaica Gleaner – Entertainment News
- Jimmy Cliff: The voice that still moves the world November 30, 2025Following his passing last Monday, Jimmy Cliff’s albums and singles took over both the iTunes Top 100 Reggae Albums and Top 100 Singles Charts. Music executive Maxine Stowe told The Sunday Gleaner that this posthumous dominance is “a testament to...Yasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer
- Jodian Pantry drops holiday single ‘My Christmas’ November 29, 2025Jamaican singer Jodian Pantry releases her new holiday single, My Christmas, a soulful love song produced by Paul ‘Patchy’ Wright for IslandYard Productions. With warm vocals and a contemporary Christmas sound, Pantry offers a heartfelt performance...
- We’re in this for the long run – Dwayne Dacres November 29, 2025For nearly two decades, event producer Dwayne Dacres has been creating experiences that bring people together. From the early days of his New Year’s Eve show, Absinthe, in 2006, to crowd-pulling series such as Daybreak and Allure, he has carved out...
- Films That Move Festival supports community healing November 29, 2025Films That Move is hosting a winter edition festival dubbed ‘The Calm After the Storm’ to provide emotional, mental, and physical support to those affected by Hurricane Melissa. Dwayne ‘Stewy’ Stewart, director and co-founder of Films That Move,...
- Hurricane Melissa won’t rain on Jamaica’s Christmas parade — Minister Grange November 28, 2025Reggae music is “a music for all seasons”, and Hurricane Melissa “is not going to rain on our parade”. That’s the word from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange when The Gleaner asked if the usual Christmas...Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer
- 5 Questions With America Foster November 28, 2025This week, 5 Questions With… caught up with America Foster, the British-Jamaican artiste, content creator, and performer, who joins Diplo, Walshy Fire, and Ape Drums as the fourth member of Major Lazer. The charismatic Foster, who “brings fresh...Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer
