After spending the first half of the 1970s making his mark as a singer-songwriter with popular recordings for many of the greats of Jamaican music recording, most notably Augustus Pablo, Bunny Lee and Lee Perry, Linval Thompson launched a...
Best known for her risqu?? hit, ‘Barbwire’, Nora Dean was a truly unique talent whose recordings as both a solo performer and member of the Soul Sisters had a significant impact on the Jamaican music scene from the late sixties to the...
Bass supremo, Robbie Shakespeare, half of Jamaica’s best-known rhythm section of all time, Sly & Robbie celebrates his 63rd birthday on 27th September 2016.Over the past four decades Robbie and his drumming partner have been involved in the...
Before you ask, we are sorry to say that these amazing trainers aren’t available for purchase, but if there’s sufficient demand, who knows? We’d all certainly wear them!The story behiond their creation is told by their...
Few individuals have exerted a greater influence on the sound of Jamaican music than Ewart Beckford, the man more commonly known as U Roy.In the early seventies, the pioneering DJ was a dominant force on the reggae scene, recording a series of classic 45s,...
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