Jamaica Gleaner

• Lost in Time Festival closes on a high

  Chronixx, Jesse Royal, Naomi Cowan, D’Yani, Royal Blu, and David Slur were the advertised acts for Day 2 of the highly successful Lost in Time Festival on Sunday at Hope Gardens, and they gave patrons what they craved and more. Chief organiser Protoje was effusive in publicly thanking the thousands who came out over the two days for the festival, which wasn’t held last year and which had its first two-day staging in 2026.

• Raindrops at Reggae Wednesdays tribute to Sly Dunbar

  Some amount of pathetic fallacy was at play when, shortly after D’Kru Band did a heart-stirring tribute to the late Sly Dunbar, the raindrops started trickling down at Reggae Wednesdays last week. Drummer, Junior ‘Bird’ Bailley, who was a student of Sly Dunbar, led the tribute, which he said was”bittersweet”. He shared that from last year he had asked the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) to allow him to pay tribute to Sly during Reggae Month and they agreed.

• Lost in Time stamps its class

  With two stages erected, it was double the pleasure and entertainment value, as the usual lengthy band changes were eliminated with the flow of movement from one to the next being relatively easy for day one of the third staging of Lost In Time.

• Olivia Dean wins 4 Brit Awards

  MANCHESTER, UK (AP): It was Olivia Dean’s night at the Brit Awards; she took home four trophies, including Artiste of the Year and Song of the Year. Dean, once a Brit school pupil herself, also performed her song Man I Need during Saturday’s show. She also won the Best New Artiste at this year’s Grammys.

• Bruno Mars is for lovers on ‘The Romantic’

  Bruno Mars is back. Did you miss him?