Jamaican Music Events

Jamaican Music Events

Like all  fans of Jamaican music, we’re keen that everyone to enjoy the wonderful that we love.With this in mind, we’d like anyone holding events promoting ska, rock steady and reggae to send us details so we can add them to the events...
Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards – A Jamaican Originator

Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards – A Jamaican Originator

On 15th August 1992, Jamaican music lost one of its most influential and successful performers, Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards.Arguably the island’s first recording superstar, the singer-songwriter first made his mark on the local recording scene...
Max Romeo

Max Romeo

To celebrate his 70th birthday on 22nd November,  Max Romeo is this week’s Artist Of The Week.After emarbarking on a singing career during the rock steady era fronting the Emotions, the singer-songwriter was thrust into the international...
Augustus Pablo

Augustus Pablo

After first making his first mark as a session pianist in the late sixties, Horace Swaby assumed the pseudonym of Augustus Pablo and began experimenting with the then unfashionable melodica. His groundbreaking recordings for Herman Chin-Loy in 1971 resulted in his...
Barry Biggs

Barry Biggs

In the history of Jamaican music, few performers  have proved more successful than Barry Biggs, yet despite recording a succession of international hits in the 1970s and 1980s, his remarkable achievements have been largely overlooked by music...