Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, unveiled the first mural on Temple Lane in downtown Kingston, under the multidimensional mural project, titled, ‘Paint Up Yu Creative Space’, on Monday (February 10). Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Juan...

The Jamaica Music Museum’s annual Grounation series will kick off this Sunday (February 9) at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) Lecture Hall, 10 East Street, downtown Kingston. The discussion forum, which is free to the public, will begin at 2:00 p.m. A mini exhibition will be opened to support the series, which will continue on February 16, 23 and March...

The Jamaica Jamaica! exhibition — which tells the story of the island’s music; and has been seen by thousands of people in France and Brazil — is finally on show in the birthplace of Reggae music. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, officially opened the exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in Kingston...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has welcomed home the Jamaican Grammy-winning artiste, Koffee. Minister Grange met the artiste at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday (today). It was the singer’s first time returning to Jamaica since winning the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in Los Angeles, California on 26...

Jamaicans, particularly members of the entertainment industry, have been called on to play their part in advancing the Reggae industry. This call was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at a Reggae Month Church Service held on Sunday (February 2), at the Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston. The service was the second activity for Reggae...

A number of reggae stalwarts will be recognised at this year’s staging of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) Honour Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place on February 25 at the Little Theatre in St. Andrew. The annual Reggae Month event will honour persons who have contributed to the growth and development of reggae music. “Performers, songwriters, administrators and producers...

The statue of Olympian Asafa Powell will be unveiled on February 9 at the National Stadium Statue Park in Kingston. The unveiling is one of many events scheduled to take place during Reggae Month under the theme ‘Come Ketch de Riddim’. Powell’s statue is the last of four monuments of outstanding Jamaican athletes commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Gender,...

Reggae Month kicks off on Saturday (February 1), with the first of six free ‘Children of the Icons’ concerts in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The events will feature the offspring of some of Jamaica’s greatest performers as well as emerging artistes. Other events will be staged in Falmouth, Negril, Kingston, Annotto Bay and Ocho Rios...

An event titled, ‘Echoes of Sound Systems’, will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, on Saturday, February 29. It is one of the many events to celebrate this year’s Reggae Month (February), being held under the theme ‘Come Ketch di Riddim’. During February, there will be 29 days of Reggae day-and-night activities islandwide. Speaking at a...