By Basil Walters--- Derrick Morgan and Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee have inspired many star performers from Greenwich Town---. THE Greenwich Town community in Kingston will honor two of its outstanding musical
Prince Buster--- To the highly incognisant music lover, the term 'Blue Beat' is limited to being just a synonym for 'ska' - a type of popular music that is fast, with a
By Howard Campbell--- Leslie Kong---- The 17th staging of Tribute To The Greats takes place July 27 at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew. Dubbed 'The Chinese Connection', it
Tarrus Riley & Derrick Morgan--- A SLEW of Jamaican acts are scheduled to perform at the 21st annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival set to take place in Boonville, California,
The London International Ska Festival returns to the capital this Easter, April 17-20, with 50 acts from around the world across 15 events at famed and iconic London venues. Headline
Desmond Dekker (left) and the Aces performing their 1968 Festival Song, 'Intensified Festival'.--- 'Honour your Father and your Mother that your days may be long in the land' - an
Exactly 50 years ago, during the build-up to the 1962 Independence celebrations in Jamaica, a 26-year-old gentleman arrived in Jamaica, totally oblivious to what fortunes, misfortunes, and fame were awaiting
Vere Johns The name Vere Johns may mean very little to many though, quite ironically, it is a name that carries a lot of weight in terms of its
Duke Reid's Sound System at work. By Roy Black----- When Duke Reid was crowned king of sound and blues at the Success Club in Kingston in the late 1950s,
By Marlon Burrell Did you know that when Max Romeo wrote the song "Wet Dream" he did not want to record it himself? He brought the song to producer