Black American music has long since profoundly influenced the national sound of Jamaica and no more so was this apparent than during the early to mid-1970s when soul and funk ruled the airwaves.Featured on a brand new album are 12 of the most sought-after reggae...
In the early eighties, a hard new style returned reggae to its core audience: dancehall.The sound was pioneered by a new generation of performers and producers, whose main source of influence was every day life rather than the teachings of rasta that had dominated...
Jamaican music has never been renown for a proliferation of female singing stars, so those that do make it into the recording studio usually require a degree of talent above and beyond that possessed by their male counterparts. It therefore comes as no surprise that...
July 2016 saw the introduction of Trojans new genre-themed vinyl album range aimed at satisfying the demands of Jamaican music fans of all persuasions from hardcore collectors to casual buyers.Recent years have witnessed a significant resurgence of interest in dub, a...
The late sixties witnessed the development and rise to musical dominance of reggae, with this new, dynamic style rapidly usurping the more languid sound of rock steady, which had reigned in Jamaica since 1966.Early reggae recordings were noted for their tempo and...
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