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Shuga, whose real name is Mitsy Campbell, has created a GoFundMe to assist in hurricane recovery.
December 2025

Shuga releases ‘Montego Bay’; sets up GoFundMe

On her new single, which was released last Friday via VP Records, singer Shuga revisits Bobby Bloom’s 1970 classic, Montego Bay. Produced by Donovan Germain, the track reimagines the song in a reggae…
A$AP Rocky, left, and Rihanna attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’ exhibition in New York on September 13, 2021. Rocky has been names brand ambassador
December 2025

A$AP Rocky new Chanel brand ambassador

A$AP Rocky has been appointed brand ambassador for Chanel. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, will be representing the French fashion house because of his “talent, curiosity and…
American singer Charlie Puth performing at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
December 2025

Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones for Super Bowl 2026 pregame

LOS ANGELES (AP): The Super Bowl pregame show will open with a trio of standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take…
Osanna Praise leading the praise and worship segment during Divine Service  at Meadowvale SDA Music Day on Saturday, November 29.
November 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Powerful ministry in song at Meadowvale SDA Music Day

Seventh-day Adventists are acknowledged as having the gift of singing, and, on the annual calendar of events for many churches is Music Day – that Sabbath when even the birds seem to pause and listen…
Jimmy Cliff and Barbara Blake-Hannah.
November 2025 by Barbara Blake

Jimmy Cliff, me and ‘The Harder They Come’

I met Jimmy Cliff in 1964 when he first stepped foot onto English soil. I had some Jamaican friends Carl and ‘Pepsi’ who had been given the job of meeting him at the airport, and they asked me to…
Blanco Brown performs during CMA Fest, Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee..
November 2025

AI country hit built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions

LOS ANGELES (AP): When an AI-generated country song called Walk My Walk hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artiste named Breaking…
Actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt.
November 2025

New date for Debra Ehrhardt’s ‘Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree’

Two performances of Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree, actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt’s newest play, have been rescheduled for January 17 and 18, 2026 at the University of Technology on Old Hope…
Jamaican vocalist Jodian Pantry.
November 2025

Jodian Pantry drops holiday single ‘My Christmas’

Jamaican 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…
Jimmy Cliff, the legendary reggae icon whose voice shaped generations.
November 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Jimmy Cliff: The voice that still moves the world

Following 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…