The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed deep sadness at the sudden passing of famous guitarist Winston “Bo Pee” Bowen who passed away on Tuesday. Bowen, 62, was a sought-after touring and session guitarist. Minister Grange described Bowen as a one-of-a-kind personality and a special musician. Minister Grange said: “Winston emerged out of...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says her Ministry is collaborating with the Ministry of Tourism and the St James Municipal Corporation to honour the Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff at a special ceremony on Thursday afternoon in Montego Bay, St James. Minister Grange says the hip strip in the city will be renamed in...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has awarded grants totalling $1.25M to 50 businesses in Accompong as part of her Ministry’s programme to boost economic activity in the culture-rich Maroon community. Minister Grange presented the grants during her Ministry’s Economic Opportunities Workshop in Accompong on Friday (today). The workshops, which began in September 2018,...

“I think it is a fitting and great thing that is being done,” says the Reggae Icon, Jimmy Cliff, about the planned Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony which will take place on Wednesday evening (February 27) at the National Indoor Sports Centre. The Reggae Gold Awards Ceremony, being staged by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, is a main...

Fifty Jamaicans, who have played a major role in the development of Reggae music, will be honoured at the Reggae Gold Awards ceremony to be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston on February 27, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The function is one of the premier events for Reggae Month, which is being celebrated in February. It is...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the Reggae Films In The Park event launched preparations to establish the new digital Reggae Film Archive at the National Library of Jamaica as “a big step towards preserving Jamaica’s cultural heritage and Reggae history on film.” Addressing the Emancipation Park audience at the February...

More than 150 Reggae festivals are held annually in countries around the world, and the fans of artistes who perform on them want to know more about them and about how they make their music. Accordingly, film makers have been producing hundreds of documentaries that introduce the artistes, tell their stories and share their music, creating a new genre of...