JOURNALISTIC rivalries were set aside as fiercely competitive practitioners freely chit chat and mingled over drinks at a Mento Night Media Party held on the lawns of Jamaica House in St Andrew on ...

The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 50th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. UNLIKE his contemporaries, ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Just in time for Halloween, Bakersfield Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru has released "Skalloween," a six-song EP of reimagined Halloween music classics from Bakersfield artists Buck Owens and Ronnie ...

For its latest release, local Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru pays tribute to country legend Merle Haggard and his final recording, "Kern River Blues." The new five-song EP "Kern River Blues" is no ...

Alwynne Mentos, who was known as “Corner,” died peacefully on Jan. 1, 2019, surrounded by loving family and friends in Amherst. He was 64. The cause of death was complications related to diabetes. He ...

It originated on a small Carribean island and grew to become a global phenomenon recognised as a cultural institution by UNESCO, the story of reggae's success is closely entwined with the history of ...

Dub music pioneer King Tubby; Pre-dub, pre-reggae Mento Madness; Joplin & The American Ragtime Ensemble; Solo work by Yes guitarist Steve Howe; The wobbly, oscillating sounds of for stars; Former ...