The Festive season has long since been widely celebrated in song by Jamaicas performers, with plethora of Christmas-related songs recorded by many of its best-loved singing stars over the past 5 decades.This is reflected in the 50 tracks gathered on this digital-only...
More than that of any other nation, the development of Jamaicas music has been shaped by its producers Over the past 50 years, these entrepreneurial individuals have not only found local talent and issued their music, but also established studios, retail...
The past few years has seen a significant surge in demand for skinhead or boss reggae from the late sixties and early seventies. In response to this demand comes an upgraded and expanded version of the classic Monkey Business LP, which originally saw issue as a vinyl...
After making his name as Jamaicas top sound system operator in the fifties, the transition to leading producer seemed a natural progression for the larger than life Arthur Duke Reid.And as ska gave way to the more soulful sounds of rock steady, Reid came into his own,...
The immediate successor to ska, the soulful sound of rock steady first developed during the long hot summer of 1966 and reigned supreme for two glorious years before finally being superseded by reggae.During its two years as the national sound of Jamaica, many of the...
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