By Sade Gardner/Gleaner Staff Reporter— Playwright Andrea Wright is back as Delcita in her newest production, ‘The Ex Baby Motha’. Playwright Andrea ‘Delcita’ Wright is shedding light and context on the impact of toxic step relationships on children in her current production The Ex Baby Motha. Teen actress Kai-Alana O’Connor and Andrea ‘Delcita’ Wright. Dubbing it her contribution to Jamaica’s diamond jubilee, the play takes a critical look at children who are separated from their parents due to distance, jealousy … Read entire article »

By HOWARD CAMPBELL— Ernie Ranglin ERNEST Ranglin, the master guitarist whose career spans seven decades, turns 90 today. The jazz-influenced musician is one of few remaining from the early days of Jamaica’s music industry. Ranglin was among the first employees of Island Records when that company started in 1959; he arranged My Boy Lollipop, Millie Small’s global ska hit for that label in 1964, and played the stellar guitar solo on The Wailers ballad, It Hurts to be Alone. In May, … Read entire article »

By Kevin Jackson— THE life and career of singer Johnny Osbourne will be chronicled in a docuseries by Canadian director Graeme “DJ Gramera” Mathieson. The five-part documentary project, which showcases reggae acts who have lived in Canada, is currently in production. Mathieson, who was born in Toronto to a Jamaican mother from Buff Bay in Portland, said he grew up listening to Osbourne’s work. Johnny Osbourne— “Well, he is absolutely one of the legends of reggae music but specifically for … Read entire article »

Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer—- Tinga Stewart sits alone outside the church as the eulogy for his late wife Andrea was read.— Veteran singer Tinga Stewart, who has been ailing from a debilitating illness that doctors have not been able to diagnose, surprised many at the thanksgiving service for his wife, Andrea, which was held at the New Life Assembly of God Church on Constant Spring Road on Monday. Tinga, though grieving, was able to walk unaided into … Read entire article »