By News Source Guyana on June 27, 2015
Entertainment, News
New York based Guyanese singer, Lisa Punch will be representing Guyana at this year’s Miss World Pageant in Sanya, China. Punch who is better known on the local stage for her singing voice rather than for her catwalk moves, was selected at a glitzy special invitees only “Coronation” event at the Guyana Marriott Hotel on […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
(Hollywood Life) Attention, Rihanna Navy: Queen RiRi has graced us with the glorious sound of her voice in not one, but TWO teasers for her brand new track, ‘If Only For A Night.’ Prepare to be amazed — because this song sounds like it’s going to be a hit! Rihanna, 27, just made our day […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
(BILLBOARD) Before there was Ultra or Electric Daisy Carnival, there was the original fete: Carnival. Across the world, pre-Lenten celebrations have long been among the most debauched (and the most fun). The necessity of sustaining celebrants through hours of drinking and dancing has also encouraged the growth of entire genres of music: samba in Brazil, brass […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
Buju Banton has instructed his legal team to halt any further appeals of his 2011 conviction on cocaine charges. Buju Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie, is currently serving a mandatory 10-year sentence in an American correctional facility. The entertainer has been strident in his fight for his freedom. On Thursday, the Associated Press […]
By News Source Guyana on April 7, 2015
Elections, Entertainment
Guyanese songbird Lisa Punch is throwing her full support behind the APNU+AFC coalition for the May 11, 2015 regional and general elections. Punch who now lives in the United States but has been making regular trips to Guyana since migrating just over a year ago, has declared that the youths of Guyana need to vote […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Entertainment
(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL deejay Tommy Lee Sparta is venturing into new territory. He has recorded an EDM (electronic dance music) track with Philadelphia’s G1fted Music. The single is entitled Mellow Me Out and is slated for a summer release. “Yea, man, mi like dem vibe. They journeyed to Westmoreland with me fi a stage show. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2014
Entertainment, News
Gordon Moseley writes I remember my first trip to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. The year was 2005. Bunji Garlin was King of Soca while Fay-ann Lyons was making moves to become Queen. Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is really one of the most captivating events on earth. The pulsating beats of sweet Trini soca music only […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2014
Entertainment, News
Gordon Moseley writes… A few months ago, I really had no idea who Alkaline was. I would have heard a few of his songs blasting through speakers and drizzling across the local airwaves, but it was just another Jamaican dancehall act to me. Then word came that this tattooed eye artiste would be heading Guyana’s […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2014
Entertainment, News
She may have been eliminated from the Rising Star TV singing competition, but Guyanese songbird Lisa Punch is expected be the star of the show when she sings at the opening of the Guyana Festival on Friday at the National Stadium. News Source understands the Tourism Ministry is in the final stages of completing Punch’s […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2014
Entertainment
(Huffpost) OPENING: JULY 17 – JULY 31 www.demeraragoldtheshow.com You have only to read a few poignantly detailed paragraphs below which tell about the life changing journey of Ingrid Griffith and her family from Guyana to the United States to want to see her new one-woman play, DEMERARA GOLD, at Dorothy Strelsin Theatre in Manhattan. Griffith plays […]