BY BRIAN BONITTO—Associate Editor — Dexta Daps— Dexta Daps’s lead attorney, Peter Champagnie QC, will be seeking to get his client released today when he appears in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree. The dancehall singjay has been detained at Hunts Bay Police Station in Kingston since last Wednesday. “I’m seeking the court’s intervention because he has been there for an extended period of time. I’m advised that he is detained under the state of emergency, … Read entire article »

Whenever Jerone enters the recording booth, his objective is not just to get a hit song, but maintain the lofty legacy of Waterhouse, his hometown.The singer is currently promoting his latest songs, Give Me A Minute and Brother’s Keeper, both produced by Real People Music.They are driven by the lovers rock and roots-reggae message themes synonymous with artists from Waterhouse, a working-class community in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital. Jerone “Waterhouse is rich with musical history, producing the … Read entire article »

Bob Marley—- Shakespeare famously noted, “If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that surfeiting the appetite may sicken and so die.” Music is a very important facet of everyday life. It provides the soundtrack of our experiences. We usually remember important signposts in our lives through music. Bob Marley famously said, “One thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain … Hit me with music.” Dennis Howard With one of … Read entire article »

(From left) Lila Ike, Protoje, and Sevana. (Photo: Yannick Reid)— KINGSTON, Jamaica — Protoje, Lila Ike, and Sevana are now part of the RCA Records family. A partnership signed between Protoje’s In.Digg.Nation Collective and Six Course/RCA Records, will see the release of projects by all three artistes through a multi-album venture. In.Digg.Nation Collective was founded six years ago. Protoje “I feel very grateful to have been given the opportunity to not only impact my life and career journey with this … Read entire article »

By CLAUDE MILLS @ Loop Jamaica—- Foota Hype Controversial dancehall selector, Oneil Ricardo Thomas, popularly known as Foota Hype, has been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility where he was detained since December of last year. News of the development was confirmed by artiste manager and Foota Hype’s confidante Kerry Ann Townsend, who in an interview with Loop News, said the selector was ‘grateful’. “Foota said he will do media next week. He just jumped out, so he … Read entire article »

By Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer— Alton Ellis (left) and Eddie Parkins of Alton and Eddie, the duo responsible for the hit ‘Muriel’. Eddie Parkins, one half of the duo Alton (Ellis) and Eddie, who, in 1960, recorded what would become a monster hit, ‘ Muriel’, passed away in New York last week Thursday, his lifelong friend Eric Collins confirmed to The Gleaner. Collins said that the singer, who was a resident of the Caton Park Nursing Home in Brooklyn, … Read entire article »

By Romario Scott/Gleaner Writer— Nigel Clarke—- Ratings agency Fitch has said the Jamaican economy is expected to contract by four per cent this year as the shock from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the foreign currency revenues drying up. Fitch yesterday revised Jamaica’s outlook from positive to stable but has maintained its Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at B+. The agency said the sharp contraction of the foreign currency revenues will interrupt the prior downward trend in government … Read entire article »