BY RORY DALEY--- Trevor McNaughton of The Melodians with his award. (Garfield Robinson)--- Organizers of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) Honor Awards stressed its importance Sunday at the Courtleigh
BY KEVIN JACKSON--- Alton Ellis--- A 19-song collection of songs released by Studio One in the late 1960's and early 1970's, debuts at number 15 on this week’s Billboard Reggae
Chris Blackwell--- Legendary music producer Chris Blackwell, who is credited with introducing The Wailers — Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — to the international market, is set
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL--- IT’S been 50 years since singer Hopeton Lewis recorded Take It Easy, reputedly the first rock steady song. A fledgling band is hoping to make its name
“Uptown Top Ranking” is an infectious hit single that knocked Wings’ Christmas blockbuster “Mull of Kintyre” off the #1 spot on the British pop charts in February of 1978. Although
Delroy Wilson---- WHILE it produced some of the ‘baddest’ bass lines and Jamaica’s most influential singers, rocksteady has never enjoyed the acclaim afforded ska, roots-reggae or dancehall. To observe the
Michael Barnett--- Startime, the live show credited with sparking the rocksteady revival of the 1990s, returns in early January. Michael Barnett, who started the event as Heineken Startime in June
By Roy Black--- Alton Ellis Alton Ellis--- Alton Ellis' anti-rude boy campaign has gone down in history as one of the most significant features of early Jamaican music. At a
By Roy Black---- Hopeton Lewis--- BY LATE 1965, the ska beat, which had dominated Jamaican popular music since late 1961, and which was highlighted in last week’s article, was giving way
As we come to the close of Reggae Month 2015, it is important that we remember the struggles and impediments that Alton Ellis encountered in his efforts to help establish