I watched the Nativity with my family this christmas and was so awestruck on how strange the birth of Christ took place.Can you imagine,poor (as in financial-as Nazareth was a lowly place),lowly Mary who was just told of Joseph,had this strange pregnancy?Who would believe that an angel came?Would Joseph understand?How is it that the Christ would [...]
published: Sunday | December 24, 2006
Kevin O’Brien Chang
From a coldly rational point of view Christmas is as ridiculous a notion as mankind has ever deluded itself with. A man marries a supposed virgin, discovers she’s with child, learns from an angel in a dream that she has conceived by the Holy Spirit, and they travel [...]
published: Saturday | December 16, 2006
Ian Allen Staff/Photographer LEFT: Sasha performs with Turbulence at the Macka Diamond birthday bash, held at Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston, in April. RIGHT: Dj Nicholas and Kerron Ennis perform at Jamaica Youth for Christ Genesis Festival at the National Stadium, on New Year’s Day.
Donald K. Stewart, Contributor
As a [...]
published: Friday | December 8, 2006
Andre Jebbinson, Staff Reporter
Terry and Lenford ‘Glen’ Young, the husband and wife team named Soul Inspirers. - Contributed
Terry and Lenford ‘Glen’ Young became one in December, 2002; one in mind, one in spirit, and now, one in ministry. The husband and wife team of Gospel Music ministers, Soul Inspirers, [...]
published: Wednesday | December 6, 2006
Andre Jebbinson, Staff Reporter
( L - R ) Moses and Katalys Krew - File Photos
To leave or not to leave? That seemed to have been the question of the night for disgruntled patrons at ‘Hang On To Jesus‘, a Gospel concert held in Portmore on Saturday.
Before the concert [...]
published: Sunday | December 24, 2006
Teino Evans & Andre Jebbinson, Staff Reporters
Cowan
Christmas comes once a year, and while some artistes cannot be bothered with recording Yuletide songs, claiming it is unprofitable to do so, others say they record such songs, simply for the ‘feel’.
Singer Da’Ville says this year is the first time that he has [...]
Hello everyone there is a artist name Tennyson he does Gospel reggae Music and gives his Music away for free and he also will come to an event free of charge. You can download his free CD at tennysonmusic.com or order it and they will ship it to you free with no shipping and handling. Also, check [...]
By Mel Cooke and Teino Evans, STAR Writers
Ninja Man, right, hangs out with Shaggy (left) & Kingy on the set of the video shoot for the song Church Heathen. - Colin Hamilton
When Shaggy’s ‘Christian Heathen’ premiered on television last weekend, THE STAR’s Artiste of the Month, Ninja Man, was very much in the picture.
However, [...]
published: Friday | December 15, 2006
Andre Jebbinson, Staff Reporter
Lewis
Lester Lewis’ trendy and unconventional apparel and a typical voice set him apart from other Gospel artistes of his time. It is, however, his pioneering Gospel reggae style that has sealed him as an authentic Jamaican Gospel singer.
"I am a traditionalist and the Jamaican feel comes [...]
Air Jamaica hosts a half-day Music festival to highlight the genre and benefit a children’s project. Elizabeth Baier | South Florida Sun-SentinelPosted December 18, 2006
FORT LAUDERDALE — As a child growing up in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Lt. Stitchie had his share of trying times.
"We were so poor, we couldn’t afford textbooks for school," said Stitchie, [...]