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Reggae star Buju Banton has been granted permission to perform in Bermuda, the national security minister confirmed last night. Wayne Caines said that he had decided to allow the popular musician, whose real name is Mark Myrie, to visit the island. ...

Jamaican reggae superstar Buju Banton is expected to perform in Bermuda this summer. Buju, who was released from a US prison last December after serving eight years of a ten-year sentence for conspiracy to import cocaine, is scheduled to appear on Au...

Bach, Bob Marley and Bon Jovi are all on the bill for music fans and the Bermuda Guitar Festival’s line-up means there is something for everyone. The 16th annual event opens on Thursday when Tooz Company will perform their own arrangements of rock cl...

One of Bermuda’s star musicians who performed in what was dubbed “Bermuda’s answer to the Beatles” has died. Howard “Howie” Rego, a gifted drummer, was 69. Rego’s music career took him from being a teen heart-throb to working with Sly and the Family ...

Gospel group Last Call will take to the airwaves this weekend with an array of broadcast personalities to support young musicians and the Bermuda Entertainment Union. The news came after the BEU, led by acting chairwoman Selena Fields, founded a scho...

The Bermuda Philharmonic Society is to perform a medley of musical pieces to mark Mother’s Day. And aspiring young musicians are invited to apply for scholarships and bursaries to pursue their studies. The family-friendly programme on Sunday will inc...

Roddy Nesbitt leads a double life. By day he’s an excess casualty broker; at night he’s Rowdy Piper, boisterous singer with DIA. “Sometimes it feels like both are alter egos with ‘me’ tucked in somewhere between but I try to be myself regardless,” th...

Jamaica’s iconic Half Moon Hotel will pay tribute to Bermudian musician Lance Hayward by naming its new oceanfront bar and grill “Hayward’s”. Sylvia Hayward, Mr Hayward’s daughter, was delighted by the news. She said: “I immediately began to cry. I w...

A key player in the foundation of the Bermuda Folk Club has died. Howard Evans, who was 74, a musician and former long-term Bermuda resident, created the club with Annabella Fraser and Pat Griffin after a 1971 jam session at his Paget home. A past pr...

“A classic in its own right.” “Changed the game.” “Flawless.” That is just some of the effusive enthusiasm that greeted Beyoncé’s cover of Before I Let Go. The song is a bonus track on her live album, Homecoming, which was released — unexpectedly — w...

When Cher-ann Brangman picks up her saxophone to perform, something incredible happens: any nervousness disappears and she’s filled with a great sense of purpose. “Playing gospel music has given me a bold confidence that I’ve never experienced with ...

A trio of musical brothers have launched a schools programme to help to keep Bermuda’s entertainment traditions alive. The Simons Brothers — Jonathan, 18, Solomon, 16 and Leo, 12 — aim to visit nine primary schools and kicked off at the Gilbert Insti...