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Text by Jeremy Collingwood
A truly mysterious Rastaman who musical flowering in the late 1970 saw only a handful of singles emerge and a brief glimpse of the man himself in the Island film Rockers. He only ever pressed small numbers of copies of each single and hence they were difficult to find, even at the time release, which only added to the mystery of the man.
Date Added: Jun 23, 2014
Text by Harry Hawks
One of the brightest stars in the dancehall firmament Busy Signal gained his stage name as a young man because he was always too busy to answer his cell 'phone. Little has changed... he has been in constant demand ever since and his 'phone is now constantly engaged with worldwide offers of work.
Date Added: Mar 17, 2014
Text by Harry Hawks
Errol Thompson, also known as Errol T or simply ET, was the most gifted and distinctive recording engineer in the history of Jamaican music. His contribution to the sound of reggae can never be overstated...
Date Updated: Dec 26, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
A forthright and totally committed member of the Bobo Ashanti order and no stranger to controversy Sizzla's outspoken stance has continued unabated over seventy albums and countless seven inch singles...
Date Updated: Dec 05, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
Max Romeo's unerring ability to convey not only the manifest tribulations of Jamaican life but also some of its more amusing aspects with equal fervour and conviction have ensured his position as one of the most popular and versatile singers and songwriters of his generation.
Date Updated: Oct 24, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
Prince Tony's TR International productions, probably more than the work of many other producers, popularised the art of Jamaican deejays, Big Youth and U Roy in particular, and brought them to world wide prominence in the second half of the seventies...
Date Updated: Oct 04, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
The story of Tamoki Wambesi Dove is, in effect, Roy Cousins' story and his struggle for survival and artistic freedom in a viciously competitive world. The history of The Royals, with the group's ever-changing line up of harmony singers, is inseparable from the close-knit community of Kingston 11 where the power and strength of singing was one of the few legitimate ways out of the ghetto.
Date Updated: Aug 16, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
Derrick/David 'Scotty' Scott was not only one of the music's most expressive and soulful singers but also one of the first artists to popularise the art of the deejay when he broke big in 1970... and by breaking big we mean massive.
Date Updated: Jul 30, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
The history of Jamaican music is usually told, naturally enough, through the stories of the music's biggest stars but a whole host of less well known names also played a vital role in the development of the music; the guitar work of Alva 'Reggie' Lewis was an essential component in the nascent sound of reggae.
Date Updated: Oct 20, 2014
Text by Harry Hawks
"Tafari was and still is a true example of how music should be made and sold on record. It's probably the only label in the world that upholds its principles throughout all of its business. The message is in the music." Dave Hendley.
Date Updated: Jan 22, 2013
Text by Harry Hawks
The "music maker from Jamaica" is one of a select number of Jamaican deejays who possessed not only the talent to make great records themselves but also had the generosity and ability to inspire and organise other artists to make great records too...
Date Updated: Oct 11, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
'Living Legend' is a much overused and abused description. However, no-one could argue that Ewart 'U Roy' Beckford is a living legend. The Rightful Ruler, the 'Deejay Daddy', deserves every accolade that comes his way.
Date Updated: Oct 11, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
One of the great unsung heroes of Jamaican music Ossie Hibbert not only played piano and keyboards on countless hit records but also wrote, produced, arranged and engineered countless more.
Date Updated: Nov 09, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
A very talented singer and songwriter who enjoyed considerable success in the sixties with The Techniques and then as a solo artist in the seventies
Date Updated: Mar 09, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
A naturally gifted singer with a fine soulful falsetto Pat Kelly is also a highly accomplished recording engineer...
Date Updated: Oct 19, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
With over one hundred seven inch singles, seventy twelve inch 'disco mixes' and fifteen albums to his credit Trinity was not only one of the most popular but also one of the most prolific deejays in the second half of the seventies.
Date Updated: Nov 01, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
As the eighties began Scientist, born Hopeton Overton Browne, breathed new life into a genre that many commentators had written off as being past its best...
Date Updated: Nov 01, 2012
Text by Harry Hawks
One of the most distinctive deejays of the seventies who, in the following two decades, carved out a similarly successful second career as a record producer.
Date Updated: Jan 30, 2014
Text by Harry Hawks
Jamaica's most articulate and intelligent deejay whose records, ranging from caustic social commentary to humorous observations, set new standards in the deejay school.
Date Updated: Jan 30, 2014
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