By Howard Campbell--- Students of Jamaican popular music usually point to rocksteady as the sound that keeps on giving. To this day, dancehall and pop artists sample its
BY KEVIN JACKSON--- Desmond Dekker --- In the summer of 1967 Desmond Dekker and the Aces' reached number 14 on the UK pop chart with the hit 007 (Shanty Town).
By Howard Campbell--- WHEN Leslie Kong died from a heart attack at age 38 in August 1971, Jamaican music lost one of its most astute businessmen. The Chinese Jamaican
By Roy Black--- Laurel Aitken--- Laying the foundation for the dissemination of Jamaica's popular music to the outside world is the focus of this retrospective. Last week, the Music Diaries paid
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL---- Top: Barry Morrow on the set of his latest film, Smitten, in northern Italy. Bottom: Reggae legend Bob Marley--- IT was the summer of 1974 and, according to
Desmond Dekker--- At the crack of dawn on Labor Day earlier this week, thousands of Jamaicans embarked on their various chores, totally oblivious of the fact that one of the
Desmond Dekker---- SINGER Suzanne Couch says she is still trying to find a distributor for Dekker, her tribute album to reggae great Desmond Dekker. Production on the album was completed
Top: Graeme Goodall being honored by Lisa Hanna in 2012--- GRAEME Goodall, the Australian who played a pivotal role as engineer and producer in the early years of Jamaican music, has
By Kevin Jackson--- Kafinal-- SINGER Kafinal pays tribute to reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker with his latest song, Road Tonight. It is inspired by Poor Mi Israelites, Dekker's 1968 international hit.
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