Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | December 2, 2008
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Return of a dancehall rebel
DEEJAY TONY Rebel rode into the dancehall on a wave of consciousness during the early 1990s, helping to spark a Rasta revival reminiscent of the 1970s.There are flecks of grey in his beard and his frame is a lot more bulky, but the message that made songs ...

British publicist for U2, Marley dead at 60
ROB PARTRIDGE, the British music industry veteran who worked as a publicist for Bob Marley and Irish superband U2, has died. Partridge succumbed to bowel and liver cancer on November 26 in London, England. He was 60 years old...

Box office cheer for Reese, Vince
LOS ANGELES (AP): Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy, Four Christmases, which debuted at number one with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.The Warner Bros release,...

Ali Campbell Flying High
Former UB40 frontman Ali Campbell says his new album will be released in early 2009. He told the New Zealand Press Association that he maintains a reggae vibe on it. The name of the album is Flying High...

Something extra
There were some fabulously dressed women on the party scene last weekend, and over in Ocho Rios, the town's Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association chapter held its annual fund-raiser....


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